Živković Samardžić Lawyers recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Monday, 01 April 2024
Živković Samardžić is truly delighted to learn about rankings in the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2024 directory. The office has been ranked across a diverse set of practice areas and our lawyers have been recognized as great professionals.
Miloš Milošević, Partner has been recognized as a Leading Individual, while Ivan Ljubisavljević, Partner as a Next Generation Partner, for their Dispute Resolution work.
Dispute Resolution team has also been recognized as consistently handling high-stakes commercial cases before the Serbian and Montenegrin courts, Živković & Samardžić Law Office acts for several domestic investment banks and insurance companies on an ongoing basis. The firm is home to experts in litigation and enforcement work, along with restructuring, reorganisation and insolvency proceedings. The career of Miloš Milošević includes being a civil law appellate chamber judge at the Belgrade District Court, while Ivan Ljubisavljević is a banking and finance litigation specialist. Civil litigation practitioner Tihomir Vlaović provides additional support.
One of the client testimonials are: ‘Expertise and experience make this team stand out by comparison to other firms.’, ‘Miloš Milošević is great for his understanding of banks’ business and aspirations.’
Additionally, Danka Draško has been recognized as a Rising Star for her Employment work, while the Employment team praised for being particularly active in advising on redundancies, reorganizations, union negotiations, employment disputes and executive terminations, to amendments of working conditions and disciplinary procedures
Client impressions were: ‘They are precise, efficient and professional in every way, and they respect tight deadlines.’, ‘Lawyers from this firm are interested in each client individually, knowing in detail the client’s organisation and type of work, as well as its business needs.’
Other ranked practice areas include Commercial, Corporate and M&A and Competition.
Commercial, Corporate and M&A department led by partners Sava Pavlović and Branislav Živković is known as exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced, acting for major commercial, financial and industrial businesses on complex business transactions. According to clients, “This team is truly impressive. They are incredibly focused and experienced, and their approach is remarkably flexible and innovative“, and “Clients highly value the excellent communication between lawyers and clients, as well as the team’s proactive engagement with them”.
The Competition practice is also recognized by the Legal 500, while Živković Samardžić is highlighted as a firm worth watching in the field of Real Estate and Construction practice. This practice is led by Uroš Đorđević, who has longstanding experience in real estate projects and project finance, as well as infrastructure and procurement contracts, however, he is supported by Srđan Zerdo, whose commercial real estate focus covers investment sales and acquisitions, property developments, FIDIC contracts, hotel operation agreements, and property joint ventures.
The Legal 500 is an independent guide, where firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit, considering various factors such as capabilities of the team and the law firm in general, the complexity and the variety of the performed work, with a great emphasis on client feedback.
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Miloš Milošević recognized as the one of most influential dispute resolution lawyers in Serbia
Sunday, 19 November 2023
After being featured as a Leading Individual by the Legal 500, included in the Legal 500’s 2023 Arbitration Powerlist: CEE, ranked individually by Chambers and Partners, and featured as Highly regarded by the IFLR1000, Živković Samardžić Dispute Resolution Partner Miloš Milošević has recently appeared in Business Today’s list of Serbia’s Top 10 Most Influential Dispute Resolution Lawyers.
The publication recognizes Miloš as one of the “professionals in Serbia [that] have marked themselves as luminaries in the field of Dispute Resolution” and “whose acumen is extensively lauded by clients and the legal fraternity alike”.
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Živković Samardžić and Rivet:net, top-five law firm and regional network by the number of lawyers in Serbia and the entire CEE region, respectively
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Recently published 2023 CEE by the Numbers special issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, a compilation, and presentation of data about the lawyers at leading law firms of Central and Eastern Europe, recognized Živković Samardžić as a top five law firm in Serbia, by the number of lawyers.
CEE Legal Matters considered leading law firms to be firms ranked by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, or part of regional networks that include ranked firms.
As we celebrate Živković Samardžić’s 25th anniversary, we are aware of our position as one of Serbia’s leading and largest full-service independent law firms. However, we were humbled by the fact that our regional network Rivet:net, is recognized as a top-five network, by the number of lawyers, across the entire CEE region.
We congratulate our friends at other Rivet:net member firms, Bona Fide from North Macedonia, Fatur Menard from Slovenia, Hodaj & Partnersfrom Kosovo, Milanović – Lalić and Suljović from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vukmir and Associates from Croatia.
The electronic version of the 2023 CEE by the Numbers special issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is publicly available here in pdf format. If you would like to receive a hard copy of the magazine, you can subscribe here.
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Another Recognition for Živković Samardžić and Igor Živkovski ahead of the Firm’s 25-year Anniversary
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
We are thrilled to announce that CEE Legal Matters, one of the best known and most respected legal magazines, in their July Issue – Market Spotlight: Serbia, once again recognized Živković Samardžić’s hard work, for which we were ranked in the third place in the category “Firms with the most client matters reported”, with 59 client matters reported in the period from December 2013 – June 2023.
In addition to that, our Corporate and M&A Partner, Igor Živkovski, has been listed as the second best in the category “Partners with the most client matter reported”, with 29 client matters reported in the same period.
These recognitions come at the special time for our law firm, having in mind that this month we are celebrating 25 years of Živković Samardžić’s existence on the Serbian law market which makes us one of Serbia’s commercial law firms with the longest tradition.
We are extremely grateful to our clients, business contact and fellow lawyers for their support and the entire Živković Samardžić team for continuous hard work in the past years, which made it possible to achieve this great result that gives us wind in the back and motivation to strive and work harder in the years to come.
CEE Legal Matters is a print and online publication for and about lawyers interested and working in Europe’s emerging legal markets, featuring news, interviews, analysis, opinion, and more with a mission to be the go-to source of information about lawyers and legal markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Legal 500 in its Arbitration Powerlist: CEE 2023 recognizes Miloš Milošević as a leading practitioner in Serbia
Thursday, 23 March 2023
For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 based on its analysis and research programmes publishes rankings of law firms across the world and their leading lawyers in their designated areas.
One of their most used and read rankings are the ones devoted to the international arbitration, having in mind the competitiveness and constant demand of the global legal market in this area.
In that regard, Legal 500 published the Arbitration Powerlist: CEE 2023, which showcases the leading arbitration practitioners working in Central and Eastern Europe, where arbitration is becoming an increasingly method of dispute resolution, and their practitioners showed an impressive depth of expertise in a variety of sectors and are actively responding to the needs of arbitration users.
In their Arbitration Powerlist: CEE 2023 Legal 500, recognized Miloš Milošević, as a leading practitioner with 27 years of practice in the areas of commercial, civil law and administrative disputes under general court proceeding, commercial courts proceeding, administrative courts proceedings, enforced collection, including enforcement, bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings, mediation, and arbitral proceedings in investment disputes.
Miloš Milošević joined Živković Samardžić in 2010. He graduated at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1995 and spent 15 years in the judiciary, as a judicial clerk at the Commercial Court in Belgrade and the Supreme Court of Serbia, Judge at the Fourth Municipal Court in Belgrade and a Civil Law Appellate Chamber Judge at the District Court in Belgrade.
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Kruna Savović – Honorary member of IJAS (NUNS)
Wednesday, 28 December 2022
Kruna Savović, Živković Samardžić Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Partner and the Head of Media Litigation is elected as an honorary member of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia – IJAS (NUNS).
Honorary members of IJAS (NUNS) are distinguished individuals, proven friends of IJAS, who work in domestic and foreign media organizations, scientific, cultural and sports institutions, non-governmental and governmental organizations and associations, universities, business companies, diplomatic missions, who contribute with their actions achieving the goals of IJAS. Honorary members are appointed by the executive board of IJAS.
Exceptional commitment to work makes Kruna a great lawyer who tries in every way to make society better, a friend who tries to help and understand people and their needs above all. That is why she is an honorary member of the great IJAS (NUNS) society.
Kruna is with Živković Samardžić since 2008. She specializes in Media Law and Intellectual Property. From the very beginning of her professional career, Kruna Savović has actively contributed to the initiatives advocating the struggle for a better society through participation in various humanitarian, cultural, philanthropic and socially-responsible campaigns and projects. Kruna is a trusted advisor to a number of national broadcast, print and on-line media and their associations. She is also an experienced media and intellectual property litigator. During her career, as Head Živković Samardžić Media Litigation practice, she led and participates in media strategy projects and was responsible for the implementation of the cases connected to Technology, Media and Telecommunications.
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IFLR1000 recognizes Branislav Živković and Miloš Milošević as Highly Regarded Lawyers and Igor Živkovski as Rising Star
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
IFLR 1000, a guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers, has once again ranked Živković Samardžić, one of Serbia’s leading law firms, for its financial and corporate practice as well as recognized Branislav Živković as Highly Regarded lawyer in M&A, Real Estate Finance and Real Estate Acquisitions, Miloš Milošević as Highly Regarded lawyer in Restructuring and Insolvency and Igor Živkovski as Rising Star in Corporate and M&A practice areas in Serbia.
IFLR1000 has been producing legal market intelligence since 1990 and remains the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work. The guide’s law firm rankings are based on three criteria: transactional evidence, peer feedback, and client feedback. The editorial for Serbia is available here.
Branislav Živković has been practicing law since 1988 and is a founding partner of Živković Samardžić. His wide-ranging experience covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, privatizations, acquisition and corporate finance, transactional tax aspects, complex commercial contracts and real estate and project finance.
Miloš Milošević joined Živković Samardžić in 2010. He graduated at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1995 and spent 15 years in the judiciary, as a judicial clerk at the Commercial Court in Belgrade and the Supreme Court of Serbia, Judge at the Fourth Municipal Court in Belgrade and a Civil Law Appellate Chamber Judge at the District Court in Belgrade.
Igor Živkovski graduated at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 2010 and has been with Živković Samardžić since 2013, after six-month internship at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and two years with another reputable law firm in Belgrade.
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Živković Samardžić Lawyers and Practice Groups Recognized by Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Živković Samardžić is humbled and proud of our rankings in the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2022 directory. The firm has been ranked across diverse set of practice areas and our partners recognized as professional and well organised lawyers with extensive knowledge and analytical skills.
Miloš Milošević, Partner has been recognized as a Leading Individual, and Ivan Ljubisavljević, Partner as a Next Generation Partner, for their Dispute Resolution work. Živković & Samardzić Law Office’s lawyers “regularly represents domestic and foreign clients from the banking, media, telecoms and pharma sectors. In addition to its track record in heavyweight commercial disputes before the Serbian and Montenegrin courts, the group appears in investment treaty arbitration.” Some of the client testimonials include following: “An excellent team that is made up of highly skilled individuals.”, with “Each lawyer is a highly professional individual with exceptional knowledge of the law and extensive experience.”, stating that “They are skilled in analysing legal issues in a short time, and provide the client with adequate professional advice and assistance.”
Ana Popović, Partner has been recognized as a Next Generation Partner for her Employment work and her team praised for being particularly active in advising on redundancies, management reorganisations, union negotiations, employment dispute resolution and executive terminations. The team also has expertise in the documenting of work condition amendments, disciplinary procedures, and assisting foreign management with immigration law matters. The Legal 500 directory quotes some of the client testimonials, according to which “I enjoy working with this firm – this is a complex jurisdiction and they are pragmatic and commercial with their advice.”, “The employment practice of this firm is outstanding. It is very well staffed, with experts who go the extra mile to provide sound and reliable advice.”, with“Great collaboration, client relations and response speeds.”
Other ranked practice areas include Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Competition and Real Estate and Construction.
Commercial, Corporate and M&A team is described as the one that consistently handles complex business transactions, as well as providing strategic corporate advice to both national and international commercial, financial and industrial enterprises in Serbia. Jointly heading up the group are Partners Branislav Živković, who is cross-border transactions expert, TMT deal expert Nebojša Samardžić, and Igor Živkovski, “a great lawyer with brilliant ideas”. According to some of the quoted client testimonials, the team “is very practical, and understands how to get things done quickly and easily without compromising on risk”, with “dedicated, knowledgeable and experienced professionals, who give very direct and useful advice, which is very much appreciated.” Their clients also “appreciate their deep knowledge of the local market and breadth of experience.”
Živković Samardžić Competition practice is described as “full of innovative and creative staff, who are very professional and available”, with team members “who are able to respond promptly to every client requirement”. The competition team has substantial experience of handling local Serbian and regional filing procedures for complex, multi-jurisdictional mergers in the electronic communications, broadcasting, energy and financial services sectors. Directory quotes client testimonials as follows: “When working on a project, the team always includes both partners and associates, which allows the associates to grow through handling large mandates and gain knowledge and experience for the future.”, as well as “Their understanding of the market is a great advantage.” Practice head, Slobodan Kremenjak, Partner is lauded for having “the track record which includes a number of landmark competition cases.”
The Legal 500 Series, now in its 33rd year, is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. The Legal 500 is an independent guide, where firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit, considering various factors such as capabilities of the team and the law firm in general, the complexity and the variety of the performed work, with a great emphasis on client feedback.
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Chambers Europe 2022 Rankings for Živković Samaradžić Law office
Friday, 18 March 2022
Živković Samardžić, one of Serbia’s leading full-service independent law firms has been highly ranked in Dispute Resolution legal practice by leading legal directory Chambers and Partners in its 2022 Europe edition. Besides Dispute Resolution in the newest edition of the Chambers guide, the Employment legal practice is also highly ranked.
The directory recognizes Živković Samardžić for its “strong commercial litigation practice” that is “well placed to receive contentious mandates deriving from financial, insolvency and labor issues, in addition to regulatory matters” and “particularly adept at offering experienced advice on international investment treaty arbitration cases and IP litigation.” The team also acts on insurance law disputes.
Miloš Milošević, Partner and Head of Živković Samardžić Dispute Resolution practices is ranked individually for their Dispute Resolution work. Chambers Europe 2022 guide quotes clients who have praised Miloš Milošević for being “among the handful of best commercial litigators in the country” and “extremely knowledgeable.”
The directory notes Živković Samardžić Law Office’s ability to handle complex employment matters and provides advice to domestic and international employers on day-to-day employment issues, including the drafting of employee contracts. It regularly handles redundancies and contract terminations. Lawyers often act for clients from the media and consumer goods sectors.
Ana Popović, Partner and Head of Živković Samardžić Employment practices, is also ranked individually for her counsel on sensitive employment cases, her expert command of employment litigation, COVID-19 regulations, union negotiations work and counsel provided on redundancies arising from changes in staff structure within companies. Clients quote: “Ana Popović deals with every request confidently and is highly experienced in working with both national and international companies. She is a very dedicated lawyer who pays attention to every detail and gives us clear instructions on the application of regulations.”
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Igor Živkovski Selected as a Juror for the 2021 CEE Deals of the Year Awards
Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Živković Samardžić Corporate and M&A Partner Igor Živkovski has been invited for a third consecutive year to join the elite panel of judges for the 2021 CEE Deals of the Year Awards — the most prestigious peer-selected awards for the legal industry in Central and Eastern Europe.
The CEE Deal of the Year Awards have been granted since 2017 by CEE Legal Matters — the leading source of news and information about the lawyers and legal industry in Central and Eastern Europe — to celebrate the transactions, financings, IPOs, and other deals that underpin growth throughout the region, as well as the lawyers and law firms who make them happen. Igor Živkovski was invited by CEE Legal Matters to join the five-person expert juries in Serbia based on his reputation, expertise, and knowledge, as well as his established commitment to the development of the country’s legal and commercial markets.
“The high regard with which the jurors are held in their markets, the respect they receive from their peers, and their reputations for perspective, intelligence, and understanding they have worked so effectively to create over the years are undeniable — not to mention their first-hand experience helping usher complex and sophisticated deals across the finish line,” said David Stuckey, the Director of the CEE Deal of the Year Awards for CEE Legal Matters. “We are extremely fortunate to have Igor agree to serve in this important capacity.”
Igor Živkovski led Živković Samardžić team which won the 2018 CEE Deal of the Year Award for Serbia.
The finalists for the CEE Deal of the Year will be identified in the March 2022 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, and winners will be announced at the annual CEE Deal of the Year Banquet scheduled for London on April 5, 2022. More information about the awards and the banquet can be found at doty.ceelegalmatters.com.
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