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LABOUR LAW

Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” provides all the services and legal advice in the field of labour law from the moment of signing of an employment contract with the employee, i.e. person engaged on other grounds, until the termination of employment, in particular including the following areas:

• execution of employment contracts, including the provision of legal advice on outsourcing, engaging of employees on other grounds and engaging of directors and managers;


• drafting and making amendments to the general acts of the employer (labour by-laws, rulebook on organization and systematization and all other general acts in the field of labour law);


• collective agreements, negotiations with trade unions during executing and amending of the collective agreements;


• all forms of amendments to the employment contracts;


• termination of employment and issuing of other measures for the employees (warnings, fines, suspension);


• protection against harassment (mobbing) and prevention of abuse at work;


• labour law issues in the procedures of status and other changes on the side of the employer;


• redundancy procedures (conducting of the entire procedure of announcing employee redundancy, including the drafting of the programme for dealing with redundancy);


• representation in labour disputes and other procedures (before the labour inspection, arbitrage, Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Disputes).

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TAXATION

The Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” provides legal advice in the field of taxation, including the advice in the field of property tax, income tax, indirect taxes (VAT) as well as special and/or local taxes and fees. Should the need arise, we provide services in the field of taxation in cooperation with the leading tax advisors in the Republic of Serbia, in fact, with persons specialized in tax counselling. Services in the field of taxation in particular include the following areas:

• tax aspects of contracts under the law of obligations, particularly including the contracts on disposal of rights over immovable property and lease contracts;


• tax counselling in the field of corporate law (disposal of stocks and shares, status changes, liquidations);


• tax counselling in the field of labour law (tax aspects of employee benefits and benefits of persons engaged by the employer on other grounds);


• representation in tax disputes, including the representation in the procedures for determining and collecting of taxes, tax control procedures, tax violations and/or criminal procedures, representation in the tax procedures before the administrative bodies and courts.

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PROTECTION OF COMPETITION

On the daily basis, the Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” makes sure that the contracts and transactions executed by the clients of the Law office and their business practices conform with the regulations in the field of protection of competition and the practices of the Commission for protection of competition, and informs the clients about potential implications of certain provisions of the contract or client’s practices from the point of view of protection of competition.

Furthermore, the Law office provides legal services and advice about notification of concentration, individual and group exemption of agreements, procedures before the bodies for the protection of competition and courts and represents the clients in all procedures pertaining to the issues in the field of protection of competition.

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REAL ESTATE

Since its establishment, the Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” has taken active participation and has provided counselling services during the implementation of the most complex and valuable transactions pertaining to real property trade on the territory of the Republic of Serbia with various financing models.

Also, the Law office regularly advises clients in the fields pertaining not only to the trade in real property, but also provides a range of legal services related to the real properties, the most important ones being:

• thorough analysis (due diligence) of the legal status of real property and holders of the rights over the real property;


• legal services in the procedure of real property construction (legal services in the procedure for obtaining of required permits, contracts with the contractors);


• disposal with real property (obtaining of all the required documents, preparation of drafts and proposals of pre-contracts and contracts on purchase and sale, deeds of gift, acquisition of real property through special procedures such as enforcement and bankruptcy procedures);


• counselling and preparation of all types of legal affairs in the field of inheritance law (legacies, life care contracts, contracts on distribution of property inter vivos);


• representation of the client before real estate registries;


• counselling on lease of real property;


• registration and deletion of other rights over real property (real and personal easement, mortgage);


• tax counselling in this area;


• representation in all types of disputes pertaining to real property.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

During the previous period, the Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” has taken active participation and has provided counselling services during the negotiation and execution of numerous significant investments in the infrastructure in the Republic of Serbia with various financing models, including the high-way, bridges, and infrastructural projects in the field of energy and water management.

In these projects, our law office represented both domestic and foreign legal persons, including the investors, owners, contractors and sub-contractors, consultants and financial entities as the financiers of the projects. In this manner, the Law office has acquired invaluable experience in this field and the potential to analyse such complex projects (such as infrastructural projects) from all angles and provide the client with complete service.

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INTELECTUAL PROPERTY

The Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” has successfully represented the clients before the Intellectual Property Office, but also in civil and other procedures instigated before competent bodies for the purpose of exercising and protecting various intellectual property rights. The Law office provides all types of legal services in this area of law, in particular: in the procedures for the protection and exercising of the rights on trademarks, industrial design, copyright and related rights.

Apart from the representation of the clients before the competent institutions, the professional team from our law office is continuously at the disposal of our clients for the purpose of providing studious and professional opinions pertaining to potentially disputable legal issues in this field.

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BANKING AND FINANCE

The Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” has earned good business reputation in this area of law during the privatization of the banking and financial sector in Serbia, and therefore the Law office provides legal assistance in the implementation of financial regulations to all the participants on the financial and capital market.

The Law office is distinguished for its experience in the field of stock exchange law and trade in securities, acquired during the years of business cooperation with the organizer and the members of the securities market.

In the field of banking and finance, the Law office provides the following services:

• planning and execution of domestic and international financial transactions;


• counselling and providing of services pertaining to status changes for banks, insurance companies, broker-dealer companies and other participants in the financial market;


• support to the participants in the financial market in terms of implementation of regulations that regulate this field;


• analysis of the legal status and entire business operations from the legal point of view;


• analysis of credit relations and providing of credit counselling services;


• representation of banks and other participants in the financial market in the procedures for debt collection (civil and non-litigious procedures), as well as in court procedures;


• other legal services in the financial sector.

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CORPORATE LAW

The Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić” provides all the legal services pertaining to the establishing and commencing of business operations of companies, their business operations and termination of existence of companies, such as:

• counselling before establishing and establishing of companies;


• analysis of the entire legal status and business operations of a company (legal due diligence);


• counselling on corporate management;


• transfer of founder’s share, joining, withdrawal and change of company’s members;


• increase and decrease of capital and debt-to-equity conversion, issuing of shares;


• all types of status changes in companies and changes of the legal form of business entities;


• liquidation and bankruptcy procedures.

A large number of companies with foreign capital that operate in the Republic of Serbia has opted for the Law office, recognizing it as a stable and reliable partner. Familiarity with the basic principles and codes of corporate management in the investor’s country of origin represents one of the preconditions for successful cooperation with foreign partners.

The Law office also has considerable experience in the field of establishing and implementing various status changes for endowments, foundations and sporting associations.

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BANKRUPTCY AND REORGANIZATION

With the entry into force of the Bankruptcy Law in 2009, this area of law faces major expansion. Due to representation of the business banks, as well as of the creditors of companies under bankruptcy, in response to the increased market demand, the Law office has participated in the bankruptcy procedures over some of the largest companies in the Republic of Serbia. The Law office has participated and represented its clients in numerous bankruptcy procedures in accordance with pre-packaged reorganization plans that are lately very frequent in practice. For this reason, the Law office provides the following services in this field:

• counselling of illiquid companies;


• counselling during the preparation and implementation of the pre-packaged reorganization plan;


• representation of creditors in bankruptcy procedures or reorganization of the bankruptcy debtor;


• counselling and representation of creditors with rights to separate settlement and creditors with title over property;


• counselling and representation in procedures to determine disputed claims in the bankruptcy procedure;


• representation in the disputing of legal acts of the bankruptcy debtor;


• other legal services pertaining to the implementation of the Bankruptcy Law.

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LITIGATION

- civil, non-litigation and enforcement proceedings -

Representation of parties before domestic and foreign courts and arbitrages constitutes an important segment of work of the Law office, which includes the actual representation of clients in the enforcement and non-litigious procedures.

The Law office team gathers experts who spent parts of their professional careers in judicial institutions of the Republic of Serbia (courts and public prosecutor's offices) and whose experience is invaluable.

The office also has the technical and staff capacity necessary to meet the highest standards and clients’ requirements, and is also capable of ensuring client representation on several hearings during the same day.

In this complex area, we need to mention the following legal services:

• representation of complex legal systems in all types of commercial and civil actions before domestic and foreign courts and arbitrages;


• representation of small and medium-sized enterprises in all types of actions in commerce pertaining to investments, credit, property and other commercial relationships;


• representation of natural persons in civil actions in the field of family, inheritance and property law, contractual law and compensation of damages;


• representation of clients in all types of non-litigious procedures;


• representation in the court enforcement procedures, as well as in the extra-judicial settlement procedures involving movable and immovable assets;


• representation in international arbitrage.

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CRIMINAL LAW

Even though the law office is primarily characterised as an office that provides services in the field of corporate and civil law, nevertheless, criminal law has its special place.

Extensive experience, as well as familiarity with the regulations that regulate specific business areas, together with the years of experience in criminal and legal sphere, put in a good word for the attorneys from the Law office in cases where defence attorneys are needed for major and significant criminal cases in the field of commerce.

The senior partners, during their long career, have become recognizable in the professional community for their defences in the criminal cases.

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ILIJA DRAŽIĆ

PARTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW

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RESUME:
Ilija Dražić started his professional career in 1984 and has been practicing law ever since. The partner is also the founder of the Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić”.

During his long career, he was a legal counsellor in a large number of investment, M&A and privatization projects in various industries and economic activities, some of which were the largest transactions in Serbia and the region. He represented the clients before a large number of courts in Serbia, but also on the territory of former Yugoslavia, and has also represented clients in the arbitrage proceedings both in Serbia and abroad.

A former member of an expert team of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for legal reforms in the field of foreign investments, foreign trade and concession (2000/2001). He also participated and acted as a training expert in a large number of various business conferences and training sessions in the field of privatization and investments, concessions and pledges. Also participated in the drafting and preparation of several regulations which are still or used to be in effect in the Republic of Serbia, such as the Law on Foreign Investments, the Law on Financial Leasing and Law on Pledge of Movable Assets Registered in the Pledge Register.

He is an arbitrator of the Permanent Court of Arbitration with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and a former arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (while it existed) with the Basketball Federation of Serbia. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of "Alpha bank Serbia" a.d.

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EDUCATION:
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (1984)

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CAREER:
Law office “Đ. Bela and T. Fila” (1984 - 1989);
"Dražić, Beatović & Stojić" (1989. till present)

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MEMBERSHIP:
Belgrade bar Association

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LANGUAGES:
English

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E-MAIL ADDRESS:
ilija.drazic@dbslaw.rs

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SLOBODAN BEATOVIĆ

PARTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW

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RESUME:
Slobodan Beatović is a partner in the Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić”. During thirty years of practice, he represented numerous clients in court procedures (civil, criminal, and administrative) and before other competent bodies. He also participated and acted as a counsellor in a large of transactions, some of which were the largest privatizations and M&A projects in Serbia and the region.

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EDUCATION:
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (1984)

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CAREER:
First Municipal Prosecutor's Office (1984 - 1986);
Municipality Zvezdara (1987 - 1989);
Uljarice PKB (1989 - 1991);
Zona Holding Company (1991 - 1993);
"Dražić, Beatović & Stojić" (1993. till present)

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MEMBERSHIP:
Belgrade bar Association

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LANGUAGES:
English

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E-MAIL ADDRESS:
slobodan.beatovic@dbslaw.rs

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ALEKSANDRA STOJIĆ

PARTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW

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RESUME:
Aleksandra Stojić is a partner in the Law office “Dražić, Beatović & Stojić”. She counselled and acted as a member of the legal team in a large number of M&A transactions, privatizations, reorganizations and restructuring in various economic activities, as well as in other investment projects, some of which were the largest transactions in Serbia and the region. She also counselled clients on all aspects in the field of corporate, commercial law, property law, as well as in the field of competition, infrastructure, and intellectual property rights.

During her long career, she represented a large number of clients in court and other procedures before competent bodies.

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EDUCATION:
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (1997)

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CAREER:
Law trainee at the First Municipal Court in Belgrade (1998 - 2000);
"Dražić, Beatović & Stojić" (2000. till present)

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MEMBERSHIP:
Belgrade bar Association

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LANGUAGES:
English

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E-MAIL ADDRESS:
aleksandra.stojic@dbslaw.rs

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