The Role of Sports Arbitration in Light of Public Order of the EU and the Issue of Potential Violations of European Competition Law by FIFA Regulation...

October 2025 Natasa Pipan Nahtigal, Managing Partner, Grega Paternoster, Senior Associate, and Domen Humar Selih & partnerji An arbitral award is, as a rule, final, since pursuant to Article 38 of the Slovenian Arbitration Act (Zakon o arbitraži – ZArbit), it has the effect of a final court judgment between the parties. Finality, of course, is subject to exceptions. Article 40 of ZArbit sets out the circumstances under which an arbitral award may be challenged by filing an action for annulment. Moreover, an arbitral award may also be challenged on the grounds of incompatibility with the…
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Civil Procedure Reforms Introduced by Law 5221/2025

September 2025 John Kyriakides, Managing Partner, Vasiliki (Vicky) Kriketou, Partner, and Konstantinos Lygkonis, Associate Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm On 28 July 2025, Law 5221/2025 was published in the Government Gazette (Issue A’ 133/28.07.2025). The Law introduces key reforms to the Civil Procedure Code ("CPC"), aimed at accelerating the delivery of justice in the Greek courts through targeted legislative measures. Most of its provisions will enter into force on January 1, 2026. The key changes introduced by the Law are as follows: I. Filing of Lawsuits Since the introduction of…
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Amendments to the Administrative Proceedings

August 2025 Meglena Konstantinova, Senior Associate BOYANOV & Co. On August 1, 2025, amendments and supplements to the Administrative Procedure Code (the "APC") were promulgated (SG No. 63/2025). These amendments affect various aspects of the administrative process, and the legislator has established different deadlines for their implementation. Pending proceedings before the administrative body or court will be completed according to the current procedure until the amendments take effect. The amendments to the APC, which concern justice in electronic form and will take effect on 1 July…
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Courts’ Requirement for Finalisation Certificate in the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Turkey

November 2024 Our Turkish member firm, Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı, has recently issued a Law Bulletin on "Courts’ Requirement for Finalisation Certificate in the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards". To access the document, please use the following link.
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NNDKP Wins a Landmark Customs Dispute

November 2024 Our member firm, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, has secured a final favourable decision for an important manufacturer of components for automotive safety systems, in a customs dispute. The final decision issued by the Timisoara Court of Appeal confirms the company’s right to recover the customs duties paid based on incorrect customs declarations, marking a significant benchmark in the legal field. The decision shows that customs duties can be reimbursed even if the goods are not physically available at the time of the claim, if there is conclusive evidence establishing…
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Working with the Unified Portal for e-Justice: Improvements and Practical Issues

February 2024 This article is available in Bulgarian here.  Three years after its launch[1], e-Justice in Bulgaria is still under construction and improvement and has not yet reached its final form. At the end of March 2023, the unified platform of e-Justice – the optimised Unified Portal for e-Justice (UPEJ) – started working. Prior to that, the pilot programme of the Unified Information System of the Courts (UISC), which was the forerunner of the actual UPEJ, operated for more than 3 years. The optimised UPEJ is a single electronic database of court cases considered by all regional,…
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Working with the Unified Portal for e-Justice: Improvements and Practical Issues

February 2024 Meglena Konstantinova, Senior Associate BOYANOV & CO. Three years after its launch[1], e-Justice in Bulgaria is still under construction and improvement and has not yet reached its final form. At the end of March 2023, the unified platform of e-Justice – the optimised Unified Portal for e-Justice (UPEJ) – started working. Prior to that, the pilot programme of the Unified Information System of the Courts (UISC), which was the forerunner of the actual UPEJ, operated for more than 3 years. The optimised UPEJ is a single electronic database of court cases considered by all…
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REM unlawfully discontinued proceedings against Happy TV for denial of atrocities in Prijedor camps, Administrative Court rules

February 13 In a recent decision, the Administrative Court in Belgrade refuted the position of the Serbian electronic media regulator (REM) that the purported lack of a majority of votes entitled the regulator to discontinue the proceedings against a television broadcaster. On 10 May 2021, REM discontinued the proceedings against Happy TV, initiated two months earlier by former prisoners of the concentration camps Omarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje (in the area of Prijedor) that existed during the Bosnian war (1992-1995). REM stated that it was unable to reach a majority of votes either in favour…
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NNDKP Successfully Finalized Arbitrations Worth over EUR 50 Million

July 2023 NNDKP has successfully finalized the two successive arbitration cases related to the design and execution of one of the four sections of the Sebes-Turda motorway. These arbitrations, which started in 2017 and 2019, respectively, and spanned more than 3 years each, were related to the claims raised by the Contractor – an extension of time, additional costs, loss of profit, and interest having an aggregate value of over EUR 50 million, arising in connection with the performance of the same administrative contract drafted based on the FIDIC Yellow Book (1999) rules (design and build). The…
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NNDKP Obtains the Annulment of the Fine Imposed by the Competition Council on a Major Food Supplier

May 2023 NNDKP successfully represented a major local food supplier in connection with the annulment of the fine imposed by the Competition Council following an investigation initiated in 2009 for alleged anti-competitive agreements between several suppliers and retailers operating in the domestic market. The NNDKP team representing the client in this dispute was led by Sorina Olaru (Partner) and included Daniela Savin (Managing Associate) and Andreea Ciubotaru (Associate), from the Dispute Resolution practice, as well as Anca Diaconu (Partner), from the firm’s Competition, State Aid…
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Merkur Osiguranje d.d. Acquires Wustenrot Zivotno Osiguranje d.d.

December 2022 DTB is proud to announce that after obtaining all regulatory approvals, one of the leaders in the Croatian insurance sector, Merkur osiguranje d.d. Hrvatska, completed the acquisition of a well-known life insurance company Wusternot zivotno osiguranje.  DTB’s Corporate, Regulatory, Employment, Dispute Resolution, IP, and Real Estate teams jointly performed comprehensive legal due diligence on the target company. DTB’s acquisition team consists, among others, of Senior Partner Mario Krka and Attorney Dominik Glavina.
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NNDKP Successfully Assisted Enel in a Complex Fiscal Dispute

November 2022 Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) successfully represented ENEL (E-Distributie Banat) in a complex tax dispute relating to the possibility of the taxpayer deducting the value of tax depreciation for tangible assets (electricity grid connectors) acquired from the company’s clients through transfer, for the calculation of corporate income tax. Initially, tax authorities rejected this possibility based on the way in which the company acquired the connectors (free of charge) and considered the existence of accounting depreciation rules different from the tax depreciation…
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