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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Dzana Smailagic - Hromic

Dzana Smailagic - Hromic is a partner at Maric & Co Law Firm with 15 years of experience. She heads Employment Law Department and has a broad experience in major projects of different models of transfer of employees based on transfer of business, restructuring and acquisitions of prominent international and local companies, preparation of all relevant labour-related documents and employment agreements, as well as representation of clients in different labour disputes. Dzana is the co-head of the Competition Law Department, advising on the most prominent merger and acquisition deals in Bosnia…
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Ezmana Turkovic

Ezmana is the head of the Competition Law Department of Maric & Co Law Firm with over 15 years of practice in competition law. She has top-level experience in competition law, including mergers, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, state aid, claims and stand-alone litigation. Ezmana leads a Public Procurement division and advises regarding the preparation of the tender documentation, representing clients in several appeal procedures against state authorities and public companies, representing clients before the Administrative court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and filing damage claims. Ezmana…
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Alexander Chatalbashev

Alexander Chatalbashev has been a partner at BOYANOV & Co. since 2004 and heads the Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group. Alexander's practice areas include corporate, regulatory, energy and natural resources, insurance, and gaming law. He is advising on a number of finance and energy transactions as well as on regulatory and M&A insurance transactions. Alexander Chatalbashev is “an excellent energy practitioner” with experience in handling M&A and corporate matters as well. A market commentator reports: “His work in the energy sector is outstanding.” (Chambers Europe) Clients…
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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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Konstantinos Issaias

Konstantinos heads the Insurance Law Department of KG Law Firm. He is regularly advising insurers, intermediaries as well as policy-holders/insured parties, on various issues of interpretation of insurance contracts, both on a contentious or non-contentious basis, and on mediation or cooperation agreements. Konstantinos has also led acquisition deals involving the insurance and reinsurance sectors, has coordinated the team on various projects relating to the launching of new insurance products, and has a vast experience in providing legal advice on matters of insurance policies as well as reviewing…
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Ahmet Hasolli

Ahmet Hasolli is a Kosovar qualified lawyer who served for five years as a staff attorney to several international law reform organisations working in Kosovo before he entered into private practice, where he was focused on property, litigation and commercial disputes. In 2007, he joined KALO & ASSOCIATES as a partner at the Pristina office. Ahmet has become instrumental in the development of the firm's office in Pristina, offering his extensive legal experience in Kosovo and already established good relations with various public administrative bodies. In the last years, he has become an expert…
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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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Aleksandar Dimic

Aleksandar Dimic has been promoted to partner at Polenak Law Firm in May 2019. He is head of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group and leads the Litigation Department. Aleksandar is a legal expert representing the firm's clients in litigation procedures related to commercial and civil law. His expertise includes real estate and bankruptcy. Aleksandar is also involved in the firm’s projects regarding mergers and acquisitions, where he covers work related to civil and commercial law, litigation and ownership of assets.  Aleksandar moves up in the Chambers rankings following a raft of praise…
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Gabriela Cacerea

Gabriela Cacerea has been a partner with NNDKP since 2008. She co-heads the firm’s Corporate/M&A and Energy and Natural Resources practices. Gabriela has been representing international and local corporations and private equity funds in structuring, negotiating, and achieving the successful completion of myriads of projects, being involved in a significant number of high-profile M&A transactions and privatisations. Her expertise also covers corporate restructuring, joint ventures, and minority investments, strategic investors’ transactions, IPOs, commercial contracts, corporate fraud.…
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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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