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Full-service legal expertise for your business.

A visit to our firm is an opportunity not only to have your questions answered, but to open up new possibilities — above all in the growth of your business.

BelgradeTadije Sondermajera 3/63
Mon–Fri09:00–17:00
11practice areas

The Firm

Advice in Serbian, English and German.

Popović Petrović Legal & Partners was founded in 2020 by attorney-at-law Sandra Popović Petrović.

We offer full-service legal expertise and support for your business. Our team's ability to anticipate what is coming translates into effective protection and sound advice. However complex the matter, we are here to represent and safeguard your interests.

The team advises in Serbian, English and German.

In advising clients across all areas of corporate law, we are known for quality, flexibility, fresh thinking and practical answers to complex commercial problems. Working with foreign investors from Germany and the region lets us see a business from several perspectives at once — which we consider the key to getting it right. Our clients include established companies in hospitality, factoring, construction, real estate development, transport, and gambling operators.

Practice Areas

Our practice areas

01

Corporate and Commercial Law

Commercial law is a broad field, and one that calls for aligning how a company operates with both domestic and international regulation.

  • Company incorporation
  • Constitutional documents and internal rules
  • Insolvency and reorganisation
  • Voluntary liquidation
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Investment financing
  • Due diligence
  • Commercial disputes
  • Commercial offences
  • Tax and customs offences
  • Corporate governance
  • Commercial contracts
  • Acting for shareholders
02

Competition Law

Competition rules exist to keep markets open and contestable — within a regulatory framework that keeps widening, at national and international level alike.

  • Reviewing mergers and acquisitions to limit risk exposure
  • Competition compliance audits
  • Assessment of competition law infringement risks
  • Advising on restructuring plans
  • Representation before domestic and international authorities
  • Merger control and abuse of dominance
  • Merger notifications
03

Banking, Finance and Restructuring

Advice on banking, credit transactions, debt restructuring, security over receivables and regulatory compliance.

  • Investment and asset disposals
  • Financial restructuring
  • Compliance with financial regulation
  • Structured finance
  • Foreign exchange transactions
  • Leveraged buy-outs
  • Insolvency and reorganisation proceedings
  • Financial institutions: regulation and services
  • Asset management
04

Construction, Infrastructure and Real Estate

Delivering a construction project raises a wide range of questions — from planning and location conditions and building permits to construction contracts and title disputes.

  • Title review and site acquisition agreements
  • Land subdivision and conversion of land-use rights into ownership rights
  • Planning and location conditions (lokacijski uslovi)
  • Building permits
  • Construction contracts
  • Sale and purchase agreements
  • Contractor agreements
  • Occupancy permits
05

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is a demanding field, the more so as technology keeps moving — trade marks, patents, copyright and infringement, in Serbia and internationally.

  • Trade marks and domain names
  • Patents and utility models
  • Copyright
  • Intellectual property agreements
  • Agency, franchise and distribution agreements
  • IP due diligence and risk management
  • Consumer protection
  • International treaties
06

Disputes, Arbitration and Debt Recovery

Risk is managed and disputes are resolved through litigation, arbitration or mediation — with open communication and a considered strategy.

  • Domestic and cross-border litigation
  • Mediation and arbitration
  • Insolvency and reorganisation proceedings
  • Debt recovery
  • Construction disputes
  • Employment disputes
  • Settlement negotiations
  • Particular issues in cross-border contracts
07

Employment, HR and Workplace Compliance

Employment law moves with the times, adapting continually to new social, economic and technological realities.

  • Employment contracts
  • Non-employment agreements and engagements
  • Non-disclosure agreements
  • Executive service agreements
  • Employer policies and internal rules
  • Redundancy programmes
  • Mediation and employment disputes
08

GDPR and Data Protection

As businesses become more digital, the risks associated with processing personal data increase, while Serbian and European data protection standards impose increasingly demanding compliance obligations.

  • Drafting policies and supporting documentation
  • Compliance with data protection law and guidance
  • Video surveillance compliance
  • Records of processing activities
  • Representation in data protection authority inspections
09

Business Crime

Business crime covers criminal and regulatory risks arising in a corporate and commercial context. We advise companies and responsible individuals on investigations, tax offences, breaches of corporate duties and money-laundering matters.

  • Corporate and commercial crime
  • Tax offences
  • Multi-jurisdictional investigations
  • Internal and regulatory investigations
  • Abuse or exceeding of authority by company officers
  • Money laundering
10

Tax Law

Tax legislation raises numerous questions for businesses and individuals, making clear communication the starting point for a workable answer.

  • Tax risk analysis
  • Double taxation matters
  • Tax and administrative proceedings
  • Tax-related misdemeanour and criminal proceedings
11

Due Diligence

Thorough investigation and identification of the legal and financial risks that bear on the value and the success of any sale of a business.

  • Legal due diligence
  • Financial due diligence
  • Tax due diligence

How We Work

What working together looks like

The process is the same whatever the area of law — so that you know from day one what to expect.

01

Consultation

You set out the situation and bring whatever documents you have. You leave with an assessment — what is legally possible and what is realistic to expect.

02

Scope

Before any steps are taken, we agree the scope of work and how we will work, and put that agreement in writing.

03

The matter

We draft submissions, appear before the courts and administrative authorities, and handle correspondence with the other side.

04

Reporting

You hear from us about every hearing and every decision the same day or the next, with an explanation of what it means in practice.

Contact

Book a consultation

Address Tadije Sondermajera 3/63
11073 Beograd, Serbia
Telephone 060/307-4695
Office hours Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00
By prior appointment

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