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Law Office Femil Curt

FRA ANDJELA ZVIZDOVICA 1/B6, 71000 SARAJEVO
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, DLA Piper LLP is a first tier firm,

Law Office Femil Curt’ BiH office underwent a reorganisation in 2008. The five fee-earner practice was cut free of direct oversight by Vienna-based partners and now enjoys a degree of autonomy. Highlights of 2008 include advising a European energy development company on the formation of a joint venture agreement with a domestic entity to implement a significant wind power plant project. The firm was also active in transactions in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. With its strong European network, the firm is well positioned to act for multinational investors and companies looking for legal work at a global standard. Clients go to the firm for ‘the certainty of quality’.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, DLA Piper LLP is a second tier firm,

Law Office Femil Curt continues to advise European clients on trade mark protection and industry design patent protection. Work is now led directly by local lawyers, rather than being managed by Vienna-based partners as in previous years, although partner Alexander Cizek continues to provide oversight and assistance.

Legal market

Within Legal market,

Both the Federation and RS have separate laws, courts and bar associations, mirroring political fractures. The Federation accounts for the bulk of the economy and consequently Sarajevo houses the major law firms. Domestically, Maric Law Office continues to dominate, with a reputation amongst foreign clients as the most professional and reliable of the home-grown outfits. Three-partner Lawyers Office Bojana Tkalcic-Dulic, Olodar Prebanic & Adela Draganovic is not far behind and recommended sole practitioner Advokat Karabdic Kerim goes from strength to strength. The only international firms present in the market are regional players Law Office Femil Curt and Wolf Theiss, for whom their Bosnian offices represent the realisation of a general policy of ubiquity across Central and Eastern Europe. Whilst the latter firm continues to lead operations from Vienna, the former changed strategy in 2008 and concentrated on creating a more self-sufficient local practice. Both remain the first port of call for foreign investors and the influence of their respective networks guarantees a level of quality that the domestic market struggles to produce. Both are fending off hostility from Bosnian firms and the two bar associations. BiH’s profoundly illiberal legal market continues to discourage the presence of foreign firms. The RS has only a handful of firms, all operating out of its unofficial capital Banja Luka. Attorney at Law Office Ruzica Topic, Advokatska Firma Sajic o.d. and Stevan Dimitrijevic Law Office in cooperation with Karanovic & Nikolic – the one-partner outpost of Serbian operation Karanovic & Nikolic – are the leading players. Observers agree greater liberalisation is needed if the market is to grow and standards are to rise. Despite the modest demand, there remains a shortfall of highly qualified, multilingual lawyers capable of dealing with international clients.

Real estate and construction

Within Real estate and construction, DLA Piper LLP is a first tier firm,

Law Office Femil Curt has been very active in the real estate sector in BiH throughout 2008. The firm acted for a developer on the land purchase for a proposed €75m shopping centre and advised a German client in relation to a multi-plant wind farm project valued at €60m. Additionally, the team advised on the construction of a series of polyclinics in RS.

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