Wolf Theiss > Ljubljana, Slovenia > Firm Profile

Wolf Theiss Offices

Wolf Theiss
Gosposvetska cesta 11
1000 LJUBLJANA
Slovenia
Visit website 386 1 438 00 00 386 1 438 00 25

Wolf Theiss > The Legal 500 Rankings

Slovenia > Leading firms Tier 1

Boasting a ‘presence in Central and Eastern Europe‘, commercial law and banking and finance matters are areas of expertise of Wolf Theiss, which often advises international banking clients on a breadth of matters from public takeovers, private equity and venture capital transactions. Markus Bruckmüller, ‘an outstanding lawyer’ qualified across Austria and Slovenia, heads the team. Klemen Radosavljević regularly advises clients on Slovenian regulatory matters; design attorney Klara Miletič has notable experience in the life sciences sector and is an expert in trade marks; and Teja Balažic Jerovšek is lauded as ‘standout’ in employment matters. Counsel Petra Jermol focuses on real estate and corporate matters.

Practice head(s):

Markus Bruckmüller; Klemen Radosavljević; Klara Miletič; Teja Balažic Jerovšek

Other key lawyers:

Petra Jermol; Larisa Primožič; Tjaša Lahovnik; Žiga Dolhar

Testimonials

‘The team demonstrated great cooperation and speed in handling a delicate negotiation with the other party, balancing the needs of the client and getting the desired result quickly.’

‘Žiga Dolhar and Larisa Primožič handled the assignment with diligence, speed and competence, demonstrating considerable expertise in mediating between the parties’ interests, achieving the desired result incredibly quickly, with even a regard for the costs to be incurred.’

‘The Slovenian office of Wolf Theiss has an excellent reputation for corporate transactions.’

‘Markus Bruckmüller is an outstanding lawyer with many years of experience, who is also responsive and pragmatic. He and his team have been in the lead for the drafting and the negotiation of the transaction documentation. Mr. Bruckmüller has a hands-on approach, he is always available, and reliable.’

‘An exceptional team, demonstrating professionalism, speed, efficiency, and a remarkable ability to remain composed even in moments of panic, consistently leads the matter to a successful conclusion swiftly and calmly.’

‘Tjaša Lahovnik is extremely fast, full of ideas and solutions, determined, and creative.’

‘A very good presence across Central and Eastern Europe, with a high level of professional service and legal expertise.’

‘Markus Bruckmüller is a great all-round collaborator and negotiator who has a practical but extremely fine-tuned knowledge of the legal matters at hand. Teja Balažic Jerovšek was standout in a number of matters affecting employment laws and contracts. ’

Key clients

Apollo Global Management LLC

Nova KBM d.d.

Biser Bidco

Barclays Bank PLC

BNP Paribas

Bank of America

SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH

Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF)

HPS Investment Partners LLC

MERKUR trgovina, d.o.o.

Banka Sparkasse d.d.

Erste Group Bank AG

ECBF Management (European Circular Bioeconomy Fund)

Demeter Investment Managers

Partners Group

Emil Frey

Work highlights

  • Advised Apollo/Biser on the sale of Nova KBM, Slovenia’s second largest bank, to OTP of Hungary.
  • Advised Nova KBM d.d. regarding their international issuance of EUR 400 million senior preferred notes due 2026 listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Euro MTF market.
  • Advised European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) and Demeter Investment Managers on EUR 8.5 million Series B investment in the Slovenian sustainable agriculture technology company, EFOS.

Wolf Theiss > Firm Profile

The firm: Wolf Theiss opened its first office in Vienna in 1957 and soon established a reputation as one of the region’s leading law firms. The firm has since grown into a multinational team of approximately 390 lawyers, making it one of the largest integrated law firms in the region. It has offices* in Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine.

This presence on the ground is one of the firm’s key strengths. It works in a fast-moving part of the world that requires deep local knowledge and experience. By combining expertise with a strong international network, the firm is well-placed to handle complex cross-border transactions with a high degree of speed and flexibility.

Apart from its local offices in 13 CEE/SEE countries, Wolf Theiss also offers extensive regional experience in other countries in the region, such as Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

*The firm has regulatory frameworks within which it needs to comply. So by ‘presence’, we mean a legal form that is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in that country.

Areas of practice: Wolf Theiss’ full range of services covers financial services, competition and antitrust, compliance and investigations, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, employment law, energy and infrastructure, intellectual property and information technology, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, real estate and construction, regulatory and procurement, and tax. The firm’s dedicated practice teams provide in-depth specialist knowledge in their respective areas and collaborate closely to provide clients with seamless advice.

Slovenia: The Slovenian office opened in 2003 in the aftermath of a successful transaction, which was, at the time, the largest takeover ever in Slovenia. Since then, the firm has grown to become one of the leading players in the Slovenian market in large-scale cross-border transactions. Wolf Theiss Ljubljana lawyers specialise in all areas of commercial law, including banking and finance, corporate/M&A, real estate, employment, competition, IP/IT and dispute resolution.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Financial services Markus Bruckmüller markus.bruckmueller@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 10
Financial services Klemen Radosavljević klemen.radosavljevic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 23
Capital markets Markus Bruckmüller markus.bruckmueller@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 10
Capital markets Klemen Radosavljević klemen.radosavljevic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 23
Competition/antitrust Klemen Radosavljević klemen.radosavljevic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 23
Competition/antitrust Tjaša Lahovnik tjasa.lahovnik@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 36
Corporate/M&A Markus Bruckmüller markus.bruckmueller@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 10
Corporate/M&A Klemen Radosavljević klemen.radosavljevic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 23
Dispute resolution Teja Balažic Jerovšek teja.balazic-jerovsek@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 24
Dispute resolution Žiga Dolhar ziga.dolhar@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 13
Dispute resolution Simon Tecco simon.tecco@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 37
Employment Teja Balažic Jerovšek teja.balazic-jerovsek@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 24
Employment Žiga Dolhar ziga.dolhar@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 13
Employment Simon Tecco simon.tecco@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 37
Energy and infrastructure Klemen Radosavljević klemen.radosavljevic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 23
Energy and infrastructure Tjaša Lahovnik tjasa.lahovnik@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 36
Insolvency/restructuring Markus Bruckmüller markus.bruckmueller@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 10
Insolvency/restructuring Klara Miletič klara.miletic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 33
Intellectual property Klara Miletič klara.miletic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 33
Real estate Markus Bruckmüller markus.bruckmueller@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 10
Real estate Neja Nastran neja.nastran@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 12
Real estate Petra Jermol petra.jermol@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 15
Regulatory and procurement Klemen Radosavljević klemen.radosavljevic@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 23
Regulatory and procurement Tjaša Lahovnik tjasa.lahovnik@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 36
Tax Markus Bruckmüller markus.bruckmueller@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 10
Tax Neja Nastran neja.nastran@wolftheiss.com +386 1 438 00 12

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Teja Balažic Jerovšek photo Ms Teja Balažic Jerovšek Partner in cooperation with Wolf Theiss, specializing in Employment and Civil Law.… View Profile
Markus Bruckmüller photo Dr Markus Bruckmüller Partner, specialised in Corporate/M&A, Banking and Finance and Real Estate. Markus has… View Profile
Žiga Dolhar photo Mr Žiga Dolhar Counsel, in cooperation with Wolf Theiss View Profile
Petra Jermol photo Ms Petra Jermol Counsel View Profile
Tjaša Lahovnik photo Ms Tjaša Lahovnik Counsel View Profile
Klara Miletič photo Ms Klara Miletič Partner, in cooperation with Wolf Theiss, since 2016, specialised in Intellectual Property,… View Profile
Neja Nastran photo Ms Neja Nastran Senior Associate View Profile
Klemen Radosavljević photo Mr Klemen Radosavljević Partner, in cooperation with Wolf Theiss, specialised in Corporate / M&A, Data… View Profile
Simon Tecco photo Mr Simon Tecco Senior Associate View Profile

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 390
at this office : 14

Languages

English
German
Slovenian

Other

Contacts : Markus Bruckmüller (regional managing partner)
Other offices : Belgrade
Other offices : Bratislava
Other offices : Bucharest
Other offices : Budapest
Other offices : Kyiv
Other offices : Prague
Other offices : Sarajevo
Other offices : Sofia
Other offices : Tirana
Other offices : Vienna
Other offices : Warsaw
Other offices : Zagreb

Diversity


At Wolf Theiss, we strongly believe that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce (both men and women of several generations and from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds) is better able to understand the marketplace it serves, offers better and more unique perspectives and thus, is better equipped to thrive in that marketplace than a company that has a more limited range of employee demographics.

For us, uniting people and overcoming cultural divisiveness is part of our philosophy. By respecting each other, we have created a unique workplace camaraderie that spills over into our daily lives. Wolf Theiss considers itself to be politically liberal, not biased in any direction and imposing no restrictions on its workforce in terms of political view, religion, way of life, race, language and sexual orientation.

Our leadership team is comprised of 35% female partners, one of them within our management board, and 48% of our senior lawyers are women. We strive to stand at the forefront in the region, when it comes to gender diversity. We were one of the first law firms in the region to implement a maternity policy. Innovation initiatives at our firm are driven by female talent. We also encourage our lawyers to spend part of their daily work on firm-wide non-billable initiatives.

Wolf Theiss is proud to have been awarded the Best in Central Europe Award at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2023 and to have been recognised as “Best in Austria” at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 & 2012, “Best in Croatia” at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013 and “Best in Romania” at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2016, 2015 & 2014.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

At Wolf Theiss we believe that success is a two-way street. Our financial success depends in large part on our doing quality work for our clients, so they come back to us and recommend us to others. But our success also depends on the support of the local communities where we live and work. They provide us with a great deal of input and impulses, including the talented lawyers and assistants who make it possible for us to do what we do. We all think it is essential that we give something back to the community.

One way to show our commitment to the community is by providing legal advice on a pro bono basis to clients who need legal help, but are unable to pay for our services. Our pro bono work is directed at clients whom we consider to be very deserving or who face legal issues that we believe are especially important to our communities or to society as a whole.