{"id":10881,"date":"2025-09-16T04:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zslawv2.52improvements.com\/zivkovic-samardzic-advises-olvi-oyj-on-serbian-law-aspects-of-the-acquisition-of-banja-luka-brewery\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:56:54","slug":"zivkovic-samardzic-advises-olvi-oyj-on-serbian-law-aspects-of-the-acquisition-of-banja-luka-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/zivkovic-samardzic-advises-olvi-oyj-on-serbian-law-aspects-of-the-acquisition-of-banja-luka-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"\u017divkovi\u0107 Samard\u017ei\u0107 advises Olvi Oyj on Serbian law aspects of the acquisition of Banja Luka Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px;\">\u017divkovi\u0107 Samard\u017ei\u0107 acted as Serbian legal counsel to Olvi Oyj, a Finland-based international multi-beverage group, in connection with its acquisition of Banja Luka Brewery (Banjalu\u010dka Pivara), including its Serbian branch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px;\">Banja Luka Brewery, best known for its flagship brand Nektar, is one of the most established breweries in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with operations also in Serbia and sales across the wider region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px;\">Olvi Group is a Finnish beverage company founded in 1878, known for offering a wide product range including beers, non-alcoholic drinks, long drinks, mineral water, juices, energy drinks, and RTD cocktails. In 2024, Olvi\u2019s net sales amounted to approximately \u20ac656.9 million, with operations in Finland, the Baltic Sea region (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark), and Belarus. The transaction represents a significant step in Olvi Group\u2019s multi-local growth strategy and strengthens its presence in Southeast Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px;\">The \u017divkovi\u0107 Samard\u017ei\u0107 team, led by partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/portfolio\/sava-pavlovic\/\">\u0421\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u041f\u0430\u0432\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b<\/a>, included partners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/portfolio\/slobodan-kremenjak\/\">\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043d \u041a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u045a\u0430\u043a<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/portfolio\/ivan-ljubisavljevic\/\">\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d \u0409\u0443\u0431\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0432\u0459\u0435\u0432\u0438\u045b<\/a>, senior associate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/portfolio\/srdan-zerdo\/\">\u0421\u0440\u0452\u0430\u043d \u0417\u0435\u0440\u0434\u043e<\/a>, and associates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/portfolio\/ilija-milosavljevic\/\">\u0418\u043b\u0438\u0458\u0430 \u041c\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0430\u0432\u0459\u0435\u0432\u0438\u045b<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/portfolio\/marko-lekovic\/\">\u041c\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e \u041b\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px;\">Mari\u0107 &amp; Co was acting as the buyer\u2019s lead legal advisor for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Forvis Mazars advised buyer on financial and tax advisors of the transaction.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u017divkovi\u0107 Samard\u017ei\u0107 acted as Serbian legal counsel to Olvi Oyj, a Finland-based international multi-beverage group, in connection with its acquisition of Banja Luka Brewery (Banjalu\u010dka Pivara), including its Serbian branch&#8230;.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[57,77,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-10881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-deals-and-cases","tag-ivan-ljubisavljevic","tag-ilija-milosavljevic","tag-marko-lekovic","tag-sava-pavlovic","tag-slobodan-kremenjak","tag-srdan-zerdo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90258,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10881\/revisions\/90258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zslaw.rs\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}