Damir Topic
Damir Topic is a senior partner at Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic Law Firm and the head of M&A and Banking and Finance practice groups. Advising domestic and multinational companies starting or continuing investments in Croatia across a full range of sectors, Damir has led legal teams in a number of highly sensitive national and cross border transactions. His expertise is predominately seen in advising of M&A and international heavyweight financial institutions, particularly on cross-border deals, and complex banking and finance transactions. He supports clients in negotiations, development of options, drafting of relevant documents, contingency plans for bond issuance, IPOs and JVs. Damir is also the firm’s head of the Concessions group.
Chambers Europe emphasizes his leading role in many of the firm’s key finance mandates, both on the lender and borrower side of acquisition and real estate development finance matters, as well as his in-depth expert advice provided on M&A transactions. Our clients describe him as “a very solid point of reference – an excellent, commercial, pragmatic and quick lawyer” and as someone who “knows the legal market in terms of who we are dealing with on the other side“.