BDK Advokati > Podgorica, Montenegro > Firm Profile

BDK Advokati Offices

BDK Advokati
CETINJSKA 11
THE CAPITAL PLAZA
81000 PODGORICA
Montenegro
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BDK Advokati > The Legal 500 Rankings

Montenegro > Leading firms Tier 1

BDK Advokati is a ‘technically strong and very pragmatic‘ full-service law firm with particular expertise in M&A and banking and finance. The team is also a key port of call for foreign investors, with notable experience in investment service regulation. The ‘outstanding‘ practice head, Luka Popović , often advises clients on a breadth of transactional work and greenfield projects, and is a specialist in the gambling and hospitality sectors. Bisera Andrijašević, who leads the firm’s life sciences and healthcare team is also recommended, especially for her expertise in state aid. Jelena Brajković  left the firm in July 2023 to set up an independent practice.

Practice head(s):

Luka Popović

Other key lawyers:

Bisera Andrijašević

Testimonials

‘Technically strong and very pragmatic. They are very well-connected in the market. ’

‘Luca Popovic is outstanding, he is a fantastic technical lawyer with a diplomatic and commercial approach to negotiations. ’

Key clients

Sandberg Capital

Abu Dhabi Capital Group

Fortenova Group

Fusion Capital

Net Holding

Hoffman La Roche

Epam system Inc

Zorlu Enerji

Energean

Kotor Hills

NLB

Hotusa Group

Work highlights

  • Advised Abu Dhabi Capital Group on the sale of the group of companies that own and operate The Capital Plaza, a premium business and residential complex in Podgorica, Montenegro.
  • Advising Fortenova Group on their acquisition of the Montenegrin retail chain Franca.
  • Advising a client on various aspects of their acquisition and development of a lead/zinc mine in Montenegro.

Serbia > Competition

‘A great local team with an international mindset’, BDK Advokati AOD‘s areas of specialism include the assessment of commercial contracts, commercial policies, business models, and transactions. The team also stands out for its state aid law specialism, along with the firm’s competition law expertise in the life sciences and telecoms sectors. The group additionally assists with compliance matters and infringement proceedings. The principal figures are Tijana Kojović, who ‘has extensive knowledge of competition law’, and Montenegro-based Bisera Andrijašević, an adviser on the competition and regulatory issues concerning life sciences.

Practice head(s):

Tijana Kojović; Bisera Andrijašević

Testimonials

‘A great local team with an international mindset. Clients are always happy to work with them.’

‘BDK Advokati provides unique and tailor-made competition advice.’

‘Tijana Kojović – a very focused and experienced lawyer who is always approachable.’

‘Bisera Andrijašević – an excellent, friendly, smart lawyer, who is easy to work with.’

‘They are knowledgeable not only about Serbian competition law and practice, but also EU regulation and court practice.’

‘Great team – quality work, responsive, friendly, and moderate fees.’

‘Tijana Kojović has extensive knowledge of competition law and also a very friendly approach to clients.’

‘Bisera Andrijašević impresses with her competition law knowledge and communication skills. If it is already not yet the case, she will become one of the star players on the Serbian competition law market.’

Key clients

Nomad foods

Mutares SE & Co

Paulaner Group

Fortenova Grupa

Manpower Group

Froneri Adriatic

Logo company limited

Roche

Letter one

Aquadrill

Orbico Group

Open pass limited

Work highlights

  • Representing Mutares before the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition, concerning Mutares’ acquisition of Arriva’s bus operator in Serbia.
  • Representing Paulaner before the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition in a merger notification case, concerning Paulaner’s acquisition of an Oettinger Braurei GMBH production site.
  • Advising Fortenova on the merger filing case before the Serbia and Montenegro competition authorities, concerning the sale of Sberbank’s stake in Fortenova Grupa to Indotek.

BDK Advokati > Firm Profile

The firm: BDK Advokati (BDK) was established in 2004 by the current managing partner, Tijana Kojovic, in Belgrade. The firm quickly grew in terms of fee-earners (currently 30+), as well as territorial coverage. From the outset, the firm has also been active in transactions, regulatory advice and litigation taking place in the neighbouring markets of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This experience was strengthened with the opening of offices in Podgorica in 2009 and Banja Luka in 2013.

Areas of practice: BDK Advokati is a full-service law firm for corporate, institutional and white-collar/HNW clients, with offices in Belgrade (Serbia), Podgorica (Montenegro) and Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The firm’s work is team-based but partner-led, and organised around various practice areas: banking and finance; competition; consumer protection; data protection and privacy; dispute resolution; distressed situations and insolvency and restructuring; employment; intellectual property; mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial; real estate and construction; tax; and industry sectors: energy and natural resources; gaming; information and communications technology (ICT); infrastructure; life sciences and healthcare; media and entertainment, payment services.

The firm takes pride in combining legal expertise with the knowledge of EU law and EU-level regulatory trends, commercial awareness and premier standards in legal services business. The firm’s approach assumes specialisation in different areas of laws and knowledge of specific industry regulations. Lawyers are required to be broad-minded and knowledgeable in inter-related fields and equipped to recognise legal issues and trends in clients’ industries.

BDK is a member of the South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal), an organisation assembling leading independent law firms from 12 jurisdictions in South East Europe, which allows the team to assemble quickly regional teams for cross-border transactions involving jurisdictions outside the firm’s direct coverage.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Banking and finance Tijana Kojovic
Banking and finance Luka Popovic
Competition Tijana Kojovic
Competition Bisera Andrijasevic
Compliance & Internal Investigations Branko Gabric
Consumer protection Bogdan Ivanisevic
Corporate and commercial Luka Popovic
Data protection and privacy Bogdan Ivanisevic
Dispute resolution Tijana Kojovic
Dispute resolution Luka Popovic
Distressed situations/insolvency and restructuring Tijana Kojovic
Distressed situations/insolvency and restructuring Luka Popovic
Employment Tijana Kojovic
Employment Luka Popovic
Energy and natural resources Dragoljub Cibulic
Energy and natural resources Luka Popovic
Gaming Luka Popovic
Immigration immigration@bdkadvokati.com
Information and communication technologies (ICT) Pablo Perez Laya
Infrastructure Dragoljub Cibulic
Infrastructure Luka Popovic
Intellectual property Bogdan Ivanisevic
Life sciences and healthcare Bogdan Ivanisevic
Mergers and acquisitions Vladimir Dasic
Mergers and acquisitions Luka Popovic
Media and entertainment Bogdan Ivanisevic
Payment services Dragoljub Sretenovic
Payment services Luka Popovic
Real estate and construction Dragoljub Cibulic
Real estate and construction Luka Popovic
Tax Tomislav Popovic
Tax Luka Popovic
Spanish desk Pablo Perez Laya

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Bisera Andrijašević photo Mrs Bisera Andrijašević Counsel View Profile
Jelena Brajković photo Mrs Jelena Brajković Attorney at law View Profile
Luka Popović photo Mr Luka Popović View Profile

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 33
at this office : 5

Languages

Bosnian
Croatian
English
French
German
Italian
Montenegrin
Russian
Serbian
Spanish

Memberships

International Bar Association
South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal)

Other

Other offices : Banja Luka
Other offices : Belgrade