
Aigest Milo
Aigest Milo joined KALO & ASSOCIATES in 2009 and after a short experience as in-house lawyer returned as a partner in March 2017. He heads KALO & ASSOCIATES Tax, Finance and Litigation Practices. Aigest is advising clients on all aspects of financial and tax legislation and has represented cases before public administration and courts for many international clients of the firm, including some Fortune 500.
Aigest is ranked by IFLR 1000 for his work in Tax and Finance providing legal advice to companies across all sectors.

Branko Maric
Branko Maric is the founder, leading practitioner and managing partner of Maric & Co Law Firm. He has more than 40 years of experience in advising both domestic and international clients, offering wide expertise in corporate matters. He heads the firm's banking and finance, as well as tax practice, advising on various banking operations, project finance, tax related issues, and represents client in complex banking, corporate and tax disputes before the court, relevant administrative authorities and international arbitrations. Branko has been identified as one of most influential lawyers, responsible…

Svetlina Kortenska
Svetlina Kortenska has been a counsel at BOYANOV & Co. since 2012 after joining the law firm in 2003. She has a total of 28 years of professional experience as legal counsel with expertise in bank privatisation, M&A, financial and capital markets, regulatory regimes, energy, and natural resources. Svetlina has been advising on a number of financial regulatory matters, financing, and reorganisation as well as financial instruments’ transactions.
Sources note that she is "very knowledgeable and able to not simply state the law but to apply it to various structures," with one client…

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…

Theodore Rakintzis
Theodore works for the Corporate Department of KG Law Firm. He has experience in corporate and general commercial law, M&A, securities, capital markets and real estate law. Theodore has also handled cases involving criminal liability of corporate directors. He has published articles in the international legal press and holds board memberships in several local and foreign companies.

Vjollca Hiseni
Vjollca Hiseni has served for several years as a legal associate with an international NGO with a focus on contract, commercial, property and financial law. Her previous experience has included counseling businesses, which are willing to invest and expand their practice within the territory of Kosovo.
Currently, Vjollca serves as a legal associate at KALO & ASSOCIATES where her field in legal expertise has been broadened with legal counseling on areas of competition, data protection and consumer protection. Further, she has advised distinct IT companies in regard to telecommunication, information…

Vanja Mugosa
Vanja Mugosa has been a part of JMV Law Office since October 1991 and has served as the Managing Partner since 2008, successfully steering the firm through numerous challenges and achievements. With over three decades of rich experience in legal practice, Vanja specialises in Business and Corporate Law, Tax Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Finance, Restructuring, as well as Civil and Administrative Law. His extensive expertise allows him to navigate complex legal challenges with ease, providing clients with strategic and effective solutions. Vanja’s profound knowledge and leadership have…

Filip Jovovic
Filip Jovovic has been with Jovovic, Mugosa & Vukovic since November 2006, while he holds a Partner position since 2019. As a member of the Montenegrin Bar Association, Filip has built a distinguished career specialising in Business and Corporate Law, Tax Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Finance, and Civil and Administrative Law. His extensive expertise in these areas has made him a valuable asset to the firm and a trusted advisor to his clients.
Filip holds a Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza from the Università degli Studi di Bari – La Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, where he studied from…

Kristijan Polenak
Kristijan Polenak is a legal expert with 23 years of experience in the legal sector in North Macedonia, currently being the managing partner of Polenak Law Firm. He heads the firm’s Banking and Finance practice. With his twenty-year experience in various projects, mostly focused on privatisations, M&A, banking, securities regulation, corporate law and corporate governance, as well as financial arrangements of IFI’s and international banks, Kristijan has an excellent track record and know-how for transactions involving financing structures. His experience in several industries, combined…

Manuela Nestor
One of the firm’s founders, Manuela Marina Nestor is a Co-Managing Partner and heads the Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets practice of NNDKP. She has extensive experience in sophisticated transactions in both the public and private sectors. Manuela has played a major role in mergers & acquisitions, banking & finance, and capital markets projects and has been recognised as a leading lawyer in Romania in these areas of practice. She has coordinated landmark projects in this market, including bond offerings and listings, IPOs, and privatisations.

Sava Pavlovic
Sava Pavlovic has vast experience in corporate, banking and finance transactions, as well as in venture capital and regulatory matters. His track record includes some of the most valuable, complex and significant transactions on the Serbian market in the last ten years.
By merging his legal skills gained in traditional industries and legal fields with a deep understanding of technology and tech businesses, Sava has become one of the pioneers in the local market with expertise in tech, blockchain and e-commerce matters, as well as in providing legal support to start-ups, their founders and investors,…

Natasa Pipan Nahtigal
Natasa Pipan Nahtigal has been a partner at SELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm since 2005, with more than 20 years of experience in advising multinationals on M&A and other complex cross-border transactions, as well as on corporate governance issues. She heads the firm’s Corporate and M&A practice, as well as the Competition and Antitrust practice, advising on all aspects of Slovenian antitrust law, including merger control, compliance, cartel and leniency issues and abuse of dominance cases. Her multidisciplinary practice includes expertise in intellectual property, banking and finance,…