- Managing Partner: Tijana Kojovic
- Number of partners: 4
- Number of lawyers: 19
- Languages: English, French, Hungarian, Serbian/Montenegrin/Bosnian
Firm Overview:
BDK is a full-service law firm, providing business law advice in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina (Republika Srpska). The firm has offices in Belgrade and Podgorica and maintains a Republika Srpska desk within its Belgrade headquarters. BDK’s approach assumes specialisation in different areas of law combined with the knowledge of specific industry regulations. BDK is on the panel of a number of magic circle international law firms.
Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate/M&A:
3 partners; 10 fee earners
• Watson Pharmaceuticals: Acquisition of the Serbian subsidiary of the pharmaceuticals company Actavis in relation to the global acquisition of Actavis
• CVC Capital Partners (Starbev):Acquisition of Apatinska brewery in Serbia and Niksicka brewery in Montenegro (part of the acquisition of the entire CEE business of Anheuser Busch Inbev, with a total deal value of USD 3 billion) in 2009 and the subsequent sale in 2012 to Canadian Molson Coors
• Royal Friesland Campina:Attempted acquisition of Imlek and Mlekara Subotica, two largest, publicly listed, Serbian dairies
• Gilbarco Veeder-Root (Danaher Corporation): Acquisition of Acis, a target engaged in the fuelling stations business across Central and Eastern Europe, including Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia
• Atlantic Grupa:Acquisition of the major Serbian confectionary and beverage company (part of acquisition of Droga Kolinska,with total deal value of USD 0.7 billion)
• Atlantic Grupa: Post-acquisition squeeze-out of minority shareholders in the Serbian listed company “Soko Stark” and a downstream merger of two corporate shareholders into Soko Stark
• The Government of Serbia: Joint venture agreement with US Cooper Tires
• The Government of Republika Srpska: Privatisation of Telekom Srpske
Contact: Vladimir Dasic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: vdasic@bdklegal.com
Finance:
1 partner; 3 fee earners
• Atlantic Grupa: Security sharing arrangements in connection with a loan agreement with multiple institutional creditors
• Chinese Development Bank: Project finance related to construction of a thermal power plant in Republika Srpska with full security package
• EBRD: EUR 35 million loan facility agreement with the Serbian soft drinks procure Nectar for the financing of acquisition of Slovenian Fructal and accompanying security documentation
• Bank of Moscow: USD 75 million and USD 50 million loan facilities to the Serbian state-owned company Srbijagas
• HSBC: Capacity and enforceability opinion on the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements and Credit Support Documentation
• Nomura: Legal opinion on the validity and enforceability of the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements and Credit Support Documentation
• Banca Intesa: Legal opinion on the validity and enforceability of the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements
Contact: Tijana Kojovic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: tkojovic@bdklegal.com
Dispute Resolution:
2 Partners; 4 fee earners
• Siemens: UNCITRAL arbitration in a construction dispute against a Serbian public company
• Consortium of construction companies Alpine and Porr: ICC arbitration against the Republic of Serbia arising from a concession contract
• Raiffeisen Investments: UNCCITRAL arbitration against Republika Srpska arising out of a consultancy agreement
Contact: Tijana Kojovic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: tkojovic@bdklegal.com
Competition:
1 Partners; 3 fee earners
• Coca Cola:Advising on vertical agreements and other competition law issues
• Moneygram:Advise on vertical restrictive agreements
• Nestle: Representation in merger approval proceedings in connection with the acquisition of the Serbian manufacturer of food products Centroproizvod
• Philips: Advice on competition-law related aspects of termination of distributorship agreements.
• Volvo-Renault: Advice on information exchange arrangements
Contact: Tijana Kojovic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: tkojovic@bdklegal.com
Intellectual Property:
1 Partner; 2 fee earners
• Tiger Coatings: Representation in proceedings for the annulment of an infringing trademark
• Islamic Relief: Litigation for the cancellation of a trademark registered in bad faith
• Raiffeisen Bank International AG: Representation in connection with the refusal of a TM registration
• SC Johnson:Advice on unregistered design infringement and unfair competition issues
• Stock: Representation in administrative proceedings for attachment of counterfeited products
Contact: Bogdan Ivanisevic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: bivanisevic@bdklegal.com
Energy & Natural Resources:
1 Partner; 3 fee earners
• Akuo Energy:Advising the French renewable energy company on their acquisition of a wind farm project in Montenegro
• Montenegrin TSO CGES: JV with Italian Terna for construction of undersea transmission cable and upgrade of the Montenegrin transmission grid
• Fersa: Project for the development of a wind farm in Montenegro
• EFET: Legal opinion on the enforceability of close-out netting and the validity and enforceability of collateral arrangements, and other related Issues, under the EFET General Agreement Concerning
• IFC and Government of Montenegro: DBOT concession for 240 MW hydro-power plants on the Moraãa river
Contact: Dragoljub Cibulic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: dcibulic@bdklegal.com
Real Estate:
1 partner; 4 fee earners
• Aviv-Arlon: Full legal support in connection with the development of three real estate projects in Serbia including a commercial complex on 7.5ha in Pancevo and commercial-residential project with more than 25,000m2 GSA in Belgrade
• LPGD:Development of a golf course in Montenegro. Partner: Vladimir Dasic
• Hilton:Due diligence of locations for hotel developments
• Pluto Capital: FIDIC-based construction agreement for the development of a residential complex in an elite part of Belgrade
Contact: Dragoljub Cibulic Tel: + 381 11 3284 212
Email: dcibulic@bdklegal.com
Employment:
1 partner; 3 fee earners
• Zavarovalnica Triglav:Advising the Slovenian insurer and its Serbian subsidiary on various sensitive employment matters
• Philips: Termination of a management agreement and representation in termination-related litigation
• ZST:Advising the subsidiary of the Russian railways on employment, cross-border tax and secondment matters
• JV of Johnson Controls and Magneti Marelli:Advising on a full range of employment-related issues.
Contact: Tijana Kojovic Tel: +381 11 3284 212
Email: tkojovic@bdklegal.com
Areas of PracticeCompetition
Corporate/ M&A
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Energy & Natural Resources
Finance
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Regulatory Compliance
Tax
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