We hereby invite you to take part in the upcoming webinar on the topic Selection of arbitrators: Wor(l)d of mouth or wor(l)d of click will be discussed between:
Date & time: 20 April 17h CET
Please register by e-mail to michelle.funes@swlegal.ch
NSTLAW is pleased to announce that we have once again been recognized as one of the leading law firms in Serbia in the 2021 Legal 500 rankings.
NSLTAW has been ranked in all eight, practice areas, a feat not many firms of our size has achieved. The firm was ranked in tier 2 of The Legal 500 rankings in the field of Dispute Resolution, a huge practice area within the firm.
The Legal 500 emphasised that NSTLAW is “a great firm for clients looking for combined Serbian law and international arbitration experience”. Our NSTLAW team is described as “very professional, client oriented and dedicated to providing the best service“ and it has been noted that the team “has a unique client-orientated approach“.
Also, we are proud that Senior Associate Sara Pendjer is listed as rising star in the Dispute resolution area, in recognition of her experience there.
We sincerely thank and appreciate the effort of our clients for taking part in the research process as they confirm that having our clients at the centre of everything we do pays off.
For more detailed information please visit https://www.legal500.com/c/serbia/
Pozivamo sve zainteresovane da se priključe online predavanju na temu – Advokatura – sud i arbitraža u praksi, koje će u okviru predavanja Simulacija suđenja i studija slučaja održati Sara Penđer. Detalji za prijavu putem webex aplikacije su naznačeni na flajeru ispod.
NSTLAW has had the pleasure to be invited to take part in the 5th Serbian Property & Infrastructure Development Conference, which was held on February 11, 2020. This annually held venue gathers representatives from some of the most prominent international companies and financial institutions active on the Serbian market, as experts in their respective fields and participants, along with representatives from the public authorities, all from various sectors of the economy.
This year’s conference has covered many hot topics, ranging from challenges of future urban project investment perspectives, property management of shopping-malls, the real estate market prices forecast, green field investment management, following with that topics of energy efficiency, commercial and residential construction and urbanism matters, as well as property valuation and real estate project funding subjects.
NSTLAW Attorney at Law Mitar Simonovic has had the honour to share the conference’s stage as a speaker on the panel “Real Estate Project Funding: Concerns and Prospects”, along with Dusica Gakovic from Deka Inzenjering, Onur Ekmen from BEEOANT Turkey, Milan Cojbasic from Intesa Leasing, and Ervin Pasanovic from Adventis Real Estate. With each speaker conveying their own perspective to the subject matter, the discussion went along the lines of the prospects of real estate project funding as means to “kick-start” a whole country’s economy, but also to-the-point issues, such as concerns regarding mortgages on objects under construction as collateral for project funding, as well as newly formed practices in the Serbian market that pertain to real estate residential projects, that are being micro-financed by the future residents of the residential complex in construction, including the prospects of the under-utilized option of financial leasing of real estate.
On November 22, 2019, along with attorney Nenad Kovacevic from CMS Belgrade, attorney at law from our law office, Sara Pendjer moderated the panel on careers in international commercial arbitration – perspectives and challenges of under 40 arbitration practitioners. The event was organized by Under 40 section of the Arbitration Association, together with the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum.
Some of the conclusions reached during the third ICC YAF in Belgrade were: find a job that you like and you will never have to work; mingle, interact, do not stay behind the computer, ask questions, remain flexible, take responsibility, speak up, etc.
Sebstiano Nessi from Shellenberg Wittmer (Geneva), the ICC YAF representative for Serbia made introductory remarks by talking about tracing career paths in arbitration. Keynote address was delivered by Daniela Karollus – Bruner from CMS Vienna who spoke about the significance of both office and out of office life. She emphasized that in order to build a career in arbitration it was equally important to work hard and to attend social events. At the panel discussion, Benjamin Gottlieb from Shellenberg Wittmer (Zurich), Minu Gvardjancic from Karanovic & Partners (Ljubljana), Dalibor Valnicic from Wolf Theiss (Zagreb), Senka Mihaj from MIM (Belgrade) and Sonja Otenhajmer from CMS (Vienna) shared their career stories, obstacles and challenges they went through in creating their arbitration careers.
The audience acted as additional participant of the event, taking active part with numerous questions and comments.
For the second time now, NSTLAW is one of the members of the Japanese Business Alliance in Serbia JBAS, who contributed to the creation of JBAS’s newsletter vol. 2. JBAS as one of our most esteemed pro bono clients embarked on this exciting adventure, with the launching of its own newsletter. It was an honour for us to participate by providing an insight into the most interesting regulatory news in the past period and the period to come.
Our Senior Associate, attorney at law Tijana Kovacevic, who is the author, gave her view of the upcoming tax reform, affecting entrepreneurs and companies doing business with them as service providers, particularly in the IT sector.
Tijana also gave some interesting insights into the new Guidelines for Tax Benefits of Donors, as well as the novelties the new Law on State Aid Control imposes.
Click here to read the article.
On June 6 and 7, attorney at law from our law office and a co – chair of Under 40 section of Arbitration Association, Ms. Sara Pendjer attended a co – chair circle retreat that took place at the beautiful lake Neusiedl in the south of Austria. The host of this year’s co – chair circle retreat was YAPP (Young Austrian Arbitration practitioners). Co – chairs from around 20 countries (including but not limited to Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, France, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Turkey, Austria, Czech Republic) discussed the best practices on how to involve members to young arbitration associations as well as on how to ensure their active participation. Second topic that was on the floor was is the below/above 40 division outdated and how can under 40 ensure their seat on the adults table. Some of the conclusions were that events for under 40 shall remain free of charge; that all organizations shall work more actively in order to attract not only attorneys but also in – house lawyers to take participation; that no show off policy shall remain the drive among young arbitration organizations; that venues and conferences shall be followed by respectable social events. The fact that all participants already marked June 05 and 06, 2020 in their calendars for upcoming co – chair circle retreat and Global Conference of Co – Chairs in Brussels speaks for itself how fruitful and successful this event was.
Attorney at law from our law office, Sara Pendjer was one of the moderators at the round table that took place on 6 April 2019 in Belgrade. Round table was organized by ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and Under 40 Section of Serbian Arbitration Association in the premises of CMS Belgrade as part of the Belgrade Arbitration days (Belgrade Arbitration Conference and Belgrade open pre moot in preparation for the Vienna Willem C. Vis Moot. The venue was organized in a fresh debate form under the topic Debating hot topics in International Arbitration.
The first panel discussing the topic of Transparency vs. confidentiality was moderated by Florian Ettmayer (Junior Associate Baker McKenzie Vienna) while Ivana Blagojević (Deputy Counsel ICC International Court of Arbitration) and Marija Sćekić (Senior Associate WilmerHale London) offered their opposing view on the issue.
The second panel dealing with question whether third party funding and security for costs shall be mandatory or exceptional was moderated by Sara Pendjer (being also co-chair of Under 40 Section of Serbian Arbitration Association) with inputs from panelist Giulio Palermo (Partner Archipel Geneva) and Alina Tugearu (Partner Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners Bucharest).
The conference was opened by Nenad Kovačević (Attorney at Law CMS Belgrade and Co-Chair of Under 40 Section of Serbian Arbitration Association) who also gave concluding remarks at the end of the conference.
Judging from the number or present guests and the reaction to this concise and efficient debate format, the audience was enjoying the discussion.
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On 7th November, attorney at law from our law office, Sara Pendjer, participated at the round table organized by the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law along with Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Belgrade Arbitration Center, Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP) and Under 40 Section of Serbian Arbitration Association.
The aim of the roundtable was to stress out the advantages of bringing arbitration to the region and to its institutions, in particular VIAC and BAC. The emphasize was on the benefits related to:
• Costs,• Communication in local languages,
• Comprehension of local procedures,
• Location and moderate travel expenses.
Opening statement was given by Mr. Günther Horvath (president of VIAC) and Prof. Maja Stanivuković (president of BAC) while the discussion was moderated by Milan Lazić of Karanović & Partners and Filip Boras of Baker McKenzie Vienna and YAAP. Round table consisted of three panels, led by an Austrian and a Serbian lawyer (Philipp Peters of Konrad & Partners, Dragan Psodorov of Joksović Stojanović & Partners, Natascha Tunkel of KNOETZL and Jovan Nikčević of Baklaja Igrić Tintor). Sara Pendjer being also co – chair of Under 40 Section of Serbian Arbitration Association was on the panel along with Mr. Helmut Ortner (Counsel in WilmerHale London office) which dealt with Innovative ideas to make Regionally Handled Arbitration more attractive. Closing remarks were made by KNOETZL Partner Patrizia Netal and Assis. Prof. Milena Đorđević of the Arbitration Association.
The event was attended by more than 70 lawyers incl
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We are proud to announce that Ljiljana Urzikic Stankovic was the speaker on the Data Protection Seminar organized by Japanese Business Alliance in Serbia – JBAS and Canadian Serbian Business Association – CANSEE in cooperation with member NST Law Office on the January 29, 2019.
