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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Luka Popovic

Luka Popovic manages BDK Advokati's Montenegrin practice. He has a broad background and experience in transactional work in M&A and banking, as well as in regulatory matters and commercial law in general. Luka has represented both institutional and corporate clients on the transactions in the financial institutions’ sector. − "proactive and knowledgeable" (Legal 500 - Montenegro) − "Provides good problem solving solutions in a short time period." (IFLR1000 - Montenegro)
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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…
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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.
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Tijana Kojovic

Tijana Kojovic is the founding and managing partner of BDK Advokati with 18 years of experience in a wide array of commercial law fields. She is active in the firm’s various practices where she handles strategic matters and clients. Tijana has rich experience in banking and finance, as well as in insolvency law. She offers specialised regulatory advice and transactional support in the areas of banking and other financial services, capital markets, derivatives and structured finance products, and insolvency and restructuring. Tijana has worked on a number of fully-secured financings, including…
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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,…
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Hasan H. Yasar

Hasan H. Yaşar joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı as a partner in 2022. Before joining the Firm, he was a senior partner leading the capital markets team of another Istanbul based top-tier law firm where he worked for almost a decade. Hasan has successfully represented multinational banks, financial institutions, brokerage firms, portfolio management companies, investment funds and publicly held companies in various cross-border and domestic capital markets transactions including swap and derivatives transactions; repo transactions; equity and debt capital markets offerings; securitization;…
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