Tijana Lalić > Prica & Partners > Belgrade, Serbia > Lawyer Profile

Advising on a broad range of banking and finance services, the client base of Prica & Partners‘ ‘very flexible’ banking and finance practice ranges from banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and real estate investment firms to private equity funds, corporations, state-owned enterprises, asset managers, and debt collectors. Managing partner and team head Mihajlo Prica has longstanding banking and finance expertise, and Tijana Lalić specialises in banking, finance, insurance and financial services.

Providing ‘sound, commercially-driven advice’, Prica & Partners advises on the competition law side to corporate acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, and business partnerships. The team also assists with daily business operations, including competition law-related compliance. Darija Ognjenović is an expert in merger clearances, restrictive arrangements, and block and individual exemptions, along with state aid and Serbian Competition Authority proceedings; and Tijana Lalić advises clients from the pharmaceutical, retail, and banking and finance sectors. Ana Krstić‘s wide-ranging workload also covers the clearance of acquisitions before the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition.

The ‘very competent’ dispute resolution practice at Prica & Partners is routinely mandated to resolve corporate disputes (including cross-border matters) through both litigation and international and domestic arbitration. The practice’s sector expertise covers finance, real estate, technology, energy, pharmaceuticals, construction, and manufacturing. Ana Čalić Turudija is experienced in domestic and international commercial (as well as ad hoc) arbitrations, and Tijana Lalić  focuses on commercial disputes before domestic and international commercial arbitration committees.

Prica & Partners‘ coverage ranges from M&A-related employment issues, the establishment and termination of employment and restructurings, to redundancies, compensation policies, benefits, employee share purchases, disputes, and the employment of foreign nationals. Tijana Lalić has longstanding experience in labour disputes, including mobbing cases, and is a specialist in golden parachutes and non-compete arrangements; and Jelena Živanović, who ‘provides practical solutions to time-critical issues’, has particular expertise in the immigration aspects of employing foreign nationals in Serbia, as well as employment-related data privacy issues. Jelena Edelman‘s wide-ranging practice encompasses labour litigation.