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.

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.

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).

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.

ILIJA DRAŽIĆ

PARTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW

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.

EDUCATION:
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (1984)

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

MEMBERSHIP:
Belgrade bar Association

LANGUAGES:
English

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

SLOBODAN BEATOVIĆ

PARTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW

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.

EDUCATION:
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (1984)

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)

MEMBERSHIP:
Belgrade bar Association

LANGUAGES:
English

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

ALEKSANDRA STOJIĆ

PARTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW

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.

EDUCATION:
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law (1997)

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

MEMBERSHIP:
Belgrade bar Association

LANGUAGES:
English

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