As featured on the Business City Guide in association with Times Online of London.
Živković Samardžić is one of the Serbia's leading full-service independent law firms, offering a comprehensive range of legal services for businesses and individuals in Serbia and regionally.
Established in 1998 and initially recognised for its media and telecoms, insurance litigation, private and not-for-profit client practices, the firm grew into a team of more than 20 lawyers addressing the needs of the growing number of foreign investors in Serbia, rapidly developing media and communications industries, as well as the booming real estate sector, with demands for office and retail space continuing to grow.
Živković Samardžić provides top quality legal service to a diverse range of both international and national clients active in a number of sectors including construction and building materials, financial institutions, food and beverages, insurance/reinsurance, IT, retail, media, advertising and broadcasting, mining and metals, pharmaceuticals, real estate and telecommunications. We advise our clients on a comprehensive range of services including corporate, commercial, real estate, banking, financial services, litigation, intellectual property, employment, competition and tax.
Experienced in cross-border matters, Živković Samardžić nurtures professional connections regionally, through a well-coordinated network of top-ranking local business law firms with international experience in Central and Eastern European countries (including Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey), and worldwide, as a member of Employment Law Alliance, World Bank local partner on the Doing Business project and as exclusive partner of "Lansky, Ganzger & Partner" in Vienna.
We are members of Bar Association of Serbia and Bar Association of Belgrade, as well as of American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia.
Our firm's practice areas and our lawyers are recommended in a number of international legal directories. Most recently we have received the following recommendations:
Speaking about their dealings with the firm, clients enthuse: “Our experience was great - the lawyers found fast and accurate solutions to many last-minute issues we had encountered.”
Chambers Europe 2008Clients recommend this firm for its domestic litigation and international arbitration work. With its ‘best friends’ network of law firms from Central and South East Europe, and its German, Spanish and English language capabilities, it is able to handle work emanating from a broad range of jurisdictions. Its client base is suitably multinational
Chambers Europe 2008
Živković Samardžić is widely acknowledged for its ‘ superlative knowledge of Serbian real estate law’.
Legal 500 EMEA 2008This highly regarded firm’s employment team undertakes work for numerous domestic and foreign clients, providing advice on all aspects of labour law. Clients praise its “highly efficient support in all areas of our business” and consider that the firm “fulfils all of our needs.”
Chambers Europe 2008
Trusted advisers to clients who appreciate their “enormous support,” these lawyers cover copyright, industrial, publishing, broadcasting and advertising law. The multilingual team assists clients from a range of industry sectors, and has also been active in helping the government to draft IP legislation and assist the media with the process of privatisation.
Chambers Europe 2008
This is a firm of “lawyers with real commitment and personality,” according to clients. The “prominent and professional” multilingual team handles real estate project developments, construction and restitution for a varied list of domestic and international clients.
Chambers Europe 2008
Živković Samardžić is admired for its ‘ prompt’, ‘ effective’, and ‘ reliable’ service. This firm has one of the most comprehensive legal practices in Serbia, boasting highly developed proficiency in all aspects of corporate and business law. The group has earned a solid reputation with international clients.
Legal 500 EMEA 2008