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Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka > The Legal 500 Rankings
Croatia > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 1
Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka’s market-leading team handles the full range of banking and finance matters, including regulatory and compliance issues, in addition to high-value, cross-border project financing mandates. Key clients include borrowers and lenders, as well as large-scale companies and financial services groups. Practice leader Damir Topić
drafts financial agreements and contracts, and advises clients on risk management strategies, ensuring compliance with banking regulations. Marta Hren assists with the financing aspects of infrastructure projects and acquisitions, while Lorena Mičik supports on refinancing deals. Iva Vukoja is another key contact in the group. Practice head(s):
Damir Topić
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Business-oriented, experienced and knowledgeable, and ready to react whenever needed.’
‘Damir Topić provides fast and accurate advice.’
‘Professional lawyers, covering not only legal advisory, but also acting as a representative in execution of transactions. Promptness and accuracy of service.’
Key clients
Deutsche Telekom AG
Ceska Sporitelna and Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki
Croatia > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 1
Jointly led by founding partner Damir Topić, Marina Kovač Krka and Ema Menđušić Škugor, the full-service practice at Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka stands out for its market-leading experience advising on the full range of transactional, regulatory and compliance matters, with a strong track record in handling high-value M&A transactions. Topić advises on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions in the media, telecommunications, financial services and tourism sectors, while Mario Krka assists with M&A and due diligence procedures, and Dina Salapić advises on NPL portfolios and debt collection transactions. Practice head(s):
Damir Topić; Marina Kovač Krka; Ema Menđušić Škugor
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Client-oriented, competent, solution-driven and good to work with.’
‘DTB houses a responsive and hard-working team, always willing to help and always providing advice of high value.’
‘Ema Menđušić Škugor is a great specialist, always ready to provide the best legal advice.’
Key clients
Entain
Allianz
Heineken Croatia
Douglas
Telemach Croatia
Japan Tobacco International (JTI)
OT Logistics
Prvo plinarsko društvo (PPD)
Merkur osiguranje (Merkur Insurance)
Looping Group
Possehl Digital
AFP Group GmbH
Croatia > Dispute resolution Tier 1
Noted for its expertise in the real estate and energy sectors, Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka regularly advises major domestic and international clients in administrative proceedings and in a broad range of cases before the Croatian courts. Head of the real estate and project development department, Emir Bahtijarević spearheads the disputes practice and acts for multinational developers facing litigation in Croatia, while corporate law specialist Marina Kovac Krka assists with cases concerning debt collection and collection of receivables. ‘Exceptional expert’ Sandra Budimir handles high-stakes litigation arising out of highly regulated sectors, and Zrinka Mustafa Prelić represents clients in civil disputes before the commercial courts. Practice head(s):
Emir Bahtijarević
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Sandra Budimir is responsive and to the point, pleasant to work with.’
‘DTB team proved to be highly professional and extremely reactive. They have dealt with any request we have had in the most professional manner.’
‘All members of DTB team are highly motivated toward the needs of their clients.’
‘Excellent cooperation. Capable, efficient, well-prepared, and punctual.’
‘Sandra Budimir and Zrinka Mustafa Prelić are both excellent. They are always prepared, have excellent knowledge and always inform you about what you can expect from the case.’
‘The team is dedicated, with great knowledge and experience, solution-oriented, detailed in their analysis and exhibit great team work.’
‘Sandra Budimir is an exceptional expert, always providing different solutions.’
‘Agile and understand our commercial needs.’
Key clients
Douglas Parfumerije
Cargill Animal Nutrition Hungary
Scania Credit
Manta
Talaria
Metalock
Croatia > Employment Tier 1
Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka stands out for its full-service advisory offering, handling a broad range of labour and employment mandates. Praised as a ‘a cunning lawyer with sound knowledge’, practice leader Andrej Zmikic advises on labour compliance issues, transfer of employment contracts and occupational safety matters. The termination of employment and payment of benefits is another core strength of the team. Frequently handling litigation cases, Jasna Belčić advises on collective redundancies, restructurings and statutory changes, and Andrija Duvnjak is another key contact in the group.Practice head(s):
Andrej Žmikić
Other key lawyers:
Jasna Belčić; Andrija Duvjnak
Testimonials
‘Local expertise. Friendly and professional during difficult tasks.’
‘Reactive and good strategic thinking.’
‘Andrej Žmikić is a cunning lawyer with sound knowledge of labour law and good strategic instincts.’
‘The team is highly educated.’
‘Each individual is a true professional, always ready to support the business and propose solutions for every challenging situation.’
‘We have a very good, long-standing collaboration, and what is most important to us is the speed of response and resolution of cases.’
‘They are very accurate and reliable. We feel confident with their advice.’
‘Andrej Žmikić is very professional.’
Key clients
Heineken
Douglas
Marsh & McLennan
Willis Towers Watson
Align Technology
Entain, Looping Group, Possehl Digital etc.
Croatia > EU and competition Tier 1
The market-leading team at Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka stands out for its impressive competition and antitrust offering, handling the full range of complex issues and acting for major domestic and international clients. Firm co-founder and competition specialist Mario Krka is a ‘leading expert in the field’, advising on competition compliance mandates in Croatia, and frequently handling cases complicated by Croatian and EU regulatory frameworks. Corporate and IP infringement work is another core strength of the team. Advising on mergers and takeovers, Dominik Glavina also provides daily contractual assistance and advises on conditional clearances. Assisting with state aid and merger control matters, Ana-Maria Sunko Perić is another key contact in the group.Practice head(s):
Mario Krka
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘The team is agile, responsive, with in-depth knowledge and commercially oriented.’
‘Mario Krka is a leading expert in the field.’
‘DTB competition team led by Mario Krka is an outstanding team with vast experience in a wide range of competition topics. They are knowledgeable, efficient, provide easy to grasp advice and are pleasant to work with.’
‘Mario Krka is an outstanding lawyer with knowledge and experience in all matters related to competition law, able to provide clear advice to most complex competition matters. Ana-Maria Sunko Perić is knowledgeable, reliant and efficient in providing advice in antitrust and merger control matters.’
‘The team is very organised and well-coordinated.’
‘Mario Krka is a great competition lawyer. He is a very experienced professional. In my opinion, Mario Krka is the best competition lawyer in Croatia. He consistently demonstrates meticulous attention to detail in every matter he handles. He has deep knowledge of EU institutions.’
‘We have worked with Ana-Maria Sunko Perić, who has extensive expertise in competition. Her dedication to her profession is commendable.’
‘Extremely experienced and accomplished antitrust law team. Professionally at the highest level throughout. Can adapt well to client requirements and find pragmatic solutions.’
Key clients
Heineken
Japan Tobacco International (JTI)
Croatia > Privatisation, projects and energy Tier 1
Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka acts for a range of domestic and international investors, developers, and lenders on project development and financing mandates, in addition to providing regulatory and competition law advice to manufacturers, and advising on equity financing for renewable energy projects. Managing partner Emir Bahtijarevic jointly leads the team alongside Mario Krka and Marina Kovac Krka, regularly handling energy-related M&A, while Sanja Novoselić, assists with due diligence and deal structuring for large-scale real estate and project development matters. Practice head(s):
Emir Bahtijarević; Mario Krka; Marina Kovač Krka
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘On top of their professionalism, dedication, proactive and commercial approach, we feel that they support our business beyond the strictly legal topics.’
‘Marina Kovac has considerable expertise and experience not just in the energy sector, but also in many other fields related to the energy and privatisation. She is quick-thinking, pragmatic and to the point.’
‘Mario Krka is resourceful and thinks outside the box to provide the support we need.’
‘Marina Kovač Krka and Mario Krka are both excellent professionals.’
‘Top-notch service with a strong business acumen.’
‘Sanja Novoselić is always available and practical.’
Key clients
Akuo Energy Central Europe LLC
GTC
RC Samobor Logistics
AAT Geothermae
Riva’s Hotel and Resorts
Croatia > Real estate and construction Tier 1
Housing a team of ‘excellent lawyers’, Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka has demonstrable experience advising domestic and international investors and developers on inbound commercial property mandates in Croatia. Specialising in real estate development projects, team leader Emir Bahtijarević handles significant transactional work, including purchase and development matters, as well as construction financing and leasing. Praised for her ‘superb knowledge of the real estate industry’, Sanja Novoselić is another contact in the group. Practice head(s):
Emir Bahtijarević
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka fields a team of excellent lawyers, who deliver their advice on Croatian law in a way that is easy to understand. Their advice is concise and to the point, including up-to-date insights on standard practice.’
‘Sanja Novoselić is our usual contact in the firm. Her advice is solution-oriented, and she has a great command of the relevant legal framework, which allows her to focus her revisions on the key aspects.’
‘The team are highly skilled and experienced.’
‘We worked with Emir Bahtijarević and Sanja Novoselić, who are practical and problem-solving oriented.’
‘Top-notch service with a strong business acumen.’
‘Sanja Novoselić has superb knowledge of the real estate industry.’
Key clients
Entain Plc.
AKUO Energy Central Europe LLC
DDG Group d.o.o.
Marlera Golf LD|GTC d.o.o.
RC Europe A.S.
M7 CEREF I CROATIAN PROPCO d.o.o.
Croatia > Intellectual property Tier 2
Counting domestic and multinational corporations among its key roster of clients, Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka offers a one-stop shop IP practice, handling both contentious, non-contentious and advisory mandates. The team is also well-placed to advise on the IP-related elements of M&A transactions. Olena Manuilenko leads the team and frequently handles matters concerning copyright, trade secret and IP enforcement, while Ema Menđušić Škugor assists with trademark prosecution cases and copyright disputes.Practice head(s):
Olena Manuilenko
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Entain
Heineken
Japan Tobacco International
Possehl Digital
Pozavarovalnica Sava
V4 Holding
Croatia > Transport (including shipping) Tier 2
Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka houses a robust multidisciplinary practice, regularly representing a range of corporate, commercial, and energy sector clients in litigation and M&A transactions. Marina Kovac Krka spearheads the team, handling contract drafting and negotiations, as well as various disputes in the transport and shipping industries. Corporate financing for major domestic and international clients is another core strength of the firm. Zrinka Mustafa Prelić assists on a broad range of insurance services matters.Practice head(s):
Marina Kovač Krka
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘The practice is highly professional and communicates well.’
‘The fact that they do their utmost to be always available and that each communication with them is smooth and kind, adds to the overall highly positive opinion that we have had about them for years.’
Key clients
Scania Credit
Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka > Firm Profile
The firm: Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka Law Firm is a top-tier corporate and commercial legal service provider to international and Croatian corporations in the Republic of Croatia. Whether it is in established or emerging industries, its lawyers offer an integral insight into the local business environment. It has been successfully advising national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments in both everyday business and sophisticated strategic transactions for almost 30 years.
Workforce: The firm’s close to 30 law experts allow it to tailor-assemble a team based on client’s needs, unmatched by competitors both in numbers and qualifications.
Market position and awards: DTB’s highly ranked market position is reflected by its constant awards and high rankings in a number of practice areas by several famous independent legal directories, including corporate and commercial, M&A, banking and finance, real estate, competition and antitrust, employment, dispute resolution, energy, infrastructure, IP and transport law.
DTB’s team is one of the Croatia’s strongest corporate and transactional legal teams offering business-friendly solutions and competitive fee structures, with the highest professional standards. Moreover, DTB won three Deal of the Year Awards for Croatia by CEE Legal Matters for the most notable M&A transactions.
Languages: Besides Croatian, its lawyers are fluent in, court interpreters for, or native speakers of English, German, Russian, Ukrainian and Italian.
Areas of practice: The firm’s lawyers are organised into more than ten diversified practice groups, allowing it to observe the 24-hour response policy when getting in touch with clients and providing them with up-to-date advice.
Its hallmark practices are
Commercial and corporate: experienced in major local and cross-border transactions, the firm’s corporate and commercial practice group guides clients through commercial contracts, corporate governance, general company advice, joint ventures and many more.
Mergers and acquisitions: the firm’s dedicated M&A lawyers advise clients on public and private M&A transactions across many different industries and in single and multijurisdictional deals. The team has been engaged in some of the most complex M&A transactions in Croatia.
Banking and finance: the firm’s banking and finance experts guide its clients through the full range of regulatory and compliance issues, as well as in sophisticated transactions.
Energy: having represented clients in the power, oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, the firm has a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the legal issues that are most important to their continued success.
Real estate and project finance: DTB has exceptional experience and knowledge in representing clients in the most complicated and demanding real estate transactions and most noteworthy infrastructure and energy projects in Croatia. The firm’s clients have included leading developers and investment companies from Europe and the US.
Competition and antitrust: the team’s engagements include successful defence in various cases before the competent bodies, including defence of alleged cartel, alleged abuse of dominance position, proposal for commitments, leniency application etc., as well as various day-to-day competition law advising. Inter-department co-operation is particularly active in terms of merger clearances for M&A transactions.
IP and TMT: DTB’s IP & TMT practice group has vast experience and expertise in the fields such as e-commerce, privacy and data protection, consumer protection, advertising, etc., allowing the IP & TMT team to offer clients a one-stop-shop support in sophisticated and complex matters and transactions, starting at the consulting and preparatory stage, followed by competent, thorough and expeditious execution, until final results are produced to the clients’ utmost satisfaction.
In a nutshell, DTB offers its clients a steady presence of almost 30 years, nearly 30 fee-earners, multilingual competence as well as regional presence through tightly related professional networks.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Corporate and commercial | Damir Topic | ||
| Banking and finance | Damir Topic | ||
| Employment | Emir Bahtijarevic | ||
| Energy | Emir Bahtijarevic | ||
| Infrastructure and environmental | Emir Bahtijarevic | ||
| IT/E-commerce | Damir Topic | ||
| Intellectual property | Olena Manuilenko | ||
| Insurance | Marina Kovac Krka | ||
| Litigation and dispute resolution | Emir Bahtijarević | ||
| Mergers and acquisitions | Damir Topic | ||
| Real estate and project finance | Emir Bahtijarevic | ||
| Regulatory and administrative | Ema Mendusic Skugor | ||
| Telecommunications | Ema Mendusic Skugor | ||
| Antitrust and competition | Mario Krka | ||
| Corporate and commercial | Marina Kovac Krka | ||
| Banking and finance | Damir Topić | ||
| Energy | Marina Kovac Krka | ||
| Capital markets | Damir Topić |
Lawyer Profiles
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Emir Bahtijarevic | Managing Partner | View Profile |
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Marina Kovac Krka | Partner | View Profile |
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Mario Krka | Senior Partner | View Profile |
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Ema Mendusic Skugor | Partner | View Profile |
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Damir Topic | Senior Partner | View Profile |