Dr Tijana Kojović > BDK Advokati AOD > Belgrade, Serbia > Lawyer Profile

The full-service banking and finance practice at BDK Advokati AOD advises international financial institutions and commercial banks, and also has robust borrower side-credentials. Clients additionally benefit from niche expertise in payment services, digital assets and fintech. Other areas of strength include derivatives, and the regulatory side of investment services, and clearing and settlement services. Managing partner Tijana Kojović is active on transactional work, while senior partner Dragoljub Cibulić is a specialist in greenfield real estate, energy and infrastructure projects. Dragoljub Sretenović is a recently-elevated partner.

With ‘vast experience in M&A transactions‘, BDK Advokati AOD is regularly instructed on the region’s most prominent deals. The corporate group also assists clients with establishing a presence in Serbia, as well as corporate governance, corporate finance and regulatory aspects. Renowned founding and managing partner Tijana Kojović is active in transactional work, and the ‘experienced, knowledgable and confident‘ Vladimir Dašić heads up the M&A group. At counsel level, Tomislav Popović has longstanding company law and M&A experience. Jelena Zelenbaba left the firm.

BDK Advokati AOD‘s competition and state aid law practice covers the assessment of commercial contracts, commercial policies and business models. It also advises on competition law compliance, in addition to acting in infringement proceedings, concentration notification-related proceedings, and applications for individual exemption of restrictive agreements. In addition, the group regularly assists with dawn raids and leniency applications. The competition practice is jointly headed by managing partner Tijana Kojović, who plays key roles in the firm’s transactional and dispute resolution work, and counsel and state aid expert Bisera Andrijašević.

A go-to firm for ‘high-quality advice‘, BDK Advokati AOD‘s ‘fast and accurate‘ dispute resolution practice is particularly well known for its commercial and construction arbitration prowess. Other areas of strength are commercial litigation, investment treaty arbitration, human rights litigation, and defamation. The practice is headed up by ‘superb lawyer‘ and international arbitration specialist Tijana Kojović, while providing notable support at senior associate level is experienced commercial litigator Aleksandra Đurđević. Attorney at law Relja Radović focuses on human rights matters and constitutional litigation, along with international trade matters and investment arbitration.

Advising on a broad range of workforce-related matters, BDK Advokati AOD‘s employment practice covers data protection and privacy work, as well as major employment litigation. The firm also fields specialists in immigration, and the tax aspects of employment and various incentives. Founding and managing partner Tijana Kojović heads the practice, which also features experienced senior associate Marija Gligorević, who advises clients from an array of industries on employment law. Gligorević’s expertise includes hiring arrangements, terminations and employment litigation, along with non-discrimination, anti-mobbing and whistleblowing scenarios.