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Law Office TSG Belgrade
CARICE MILICE 3
11000 BELGRADE
Serbia

Serbia > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Corporate law is a core area for Law Office TSG Belgrade, which routinely advises on major M&A transactions, foreign investments, commercial law, and international contracts, as well as corporate governance.

Law office TSG Belgrade was founded in 2000 by a group of Serbian lawyers of international orientation, just after the political shift in Serbia at the time when the domestic market opened for foreign investors. For the past 23 years the office has counselled renowned international companies in their investment decisions in Serbia.

Today, the TSG partners Ljubica Tomic, Predrag Groza, Sasa Sindjelic, Ivana Stefanovic, Dusan Pejkic and Tanja Glisic are leading a highly professional team of specialist lawyers who render efficient, solutions-oriented support to their clients.

The firm is dynamic, focused and efficient in achieving its clients’ goals. It has superb legal expertise and confident knowledge of the local legal scene, and it always ensures cost-effective options for its clients. The firm believes it is important to have strong client relationships. In communication with its clients, it clarifies in detail the commercial and legal aspects of the solutions it offers. It is always there to provide counsel to its clients in person, communicating in German, English, Russian and Serbian. The effects of this approach are clearly visible in a report by one of its clients in The Legal 500, stating:
“These lawyers find the time to understand client’s business, before giving advice… its attentive approach is outstanding”.

TSG works as a team to find the best solution. Therefore, it sets up teams depending on its clients’ requirements. Creative thought and work is essential to operations in the very dynamic legal environment of the Serbian market. New legal regulations are being developed and interrelated, and it is the firm’s creativity that is key to its success. It works out practical and efficient solutions, tailored to the business needs of its clients.

Practice areas: TSG provides services in all its practice areas, fine-tuning its expertise to meet the clients’ needs efficiently, punctually and bearing in mind clients’ future in Serbian and international markets. The firm considers demanding situations a challenge, which is why reputable clients in Serbia seek its advice.

“Clients’ success is the firm’s success”.
This approach has resulted in successful relationships with clients and won the firm the reputation of one of the leading law offices in the Serbian market.

Legal services are rendered in German, English, Russian and Serbian.

Attorneys of Trust: The TSG team are attorneys of trust of the German Embassy in Belgrade, the Embassy of Spain in Belgrade, the Swiss Embassy in Belgrade and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and the German–Serbian Business Association in Belgrade (AHK Serbia).

Memberships: TSG is a member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Serbia, Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Slovenian Business Club, the German-Serbian Chamber of Commerce in Belgrade (AHK Serbia), CBBL, WLL, DIRO and Business Intelligence Institute Belgrade.

Miscellaneous: TSG is a winner of the Corporate INTL Legal Awards for 2015 as the “Corporate Governance Law Firm of the Year in Serbia”. TSG was named “Foreign Investment Law Firm of the Year in Serbia” at the Corporate INTL Global Awards for 2016.

Department Name Email Telephone
Managing partner Ljubica Tomic ljubica.tomic@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Partner Predrag Groza predrag.groza@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Partner Sasa Sindjelic sasa.sindjelic@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Partner Ivana Stefanovic ivana.stefanovic@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Partner Dusan Pejkic dusan.pejkic@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Partner Tanja Glisic tanja.glisic@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Office manager Zoe Bal office@tsg.rs +381 11 3285 227
Photo Name Position Profile
Jovana Djorojevic photo Jovana Djorojevic Legal trainee | Junior Lawyer
Tanja Glisic photo Tanja Glisic Attorney at Law | Partner
Predrag Groza photo Predrag Groza Attorney at Law | Partner
Marta Lukovic photo Marta Lukovic Legal trainee | Junior Lawyer
Dusan  Mihailovic photo Dusan Mihailovic Legal trainee | Junior Lawyer
Dusan Pejkic photo Dusan Pejkic Attorney at Law | Partner
Sasa Sindjelic photo Sasa Sindjelic Attorney at Law | Partner
Ivana Stefanovic photo Ivana Stefanovic Attorney at Law | Partner
Balša Stevanovic photo Balša Stevanovic Attorney at Law
Teodora  Telebak photo Teodora Telebak Legal trainee | Junior Lawyer
Jelena Todorović photo Jelena Todorović Attorney at Law
Ljubica Tomic photo Ljubica Tomic Attorney at Law  | Managing Partner
Aleksandra Toroman photo Aleksandra Toroman Attorney at Law
Teodora Veruović photo Teodora Veruović Attorney at Law
Managing partner : 1
Partner : 5
Attorneys at Law : 10
Legal trainees : 4
Back office : 6
English
German
Russian
French
Serbian
Serbian Bar Association
Serbian-German Business Association
INTA
Serbian Arbitration Association
Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce
Camera di Commercio Italo-Serba
Slovenian Business Club
NUMS (Serbian National Association of Mediators)
Forum of German-Serbian Lawyers in Belgrade
Association of Serbian Jurists
Business Intelligence Institute Belgrade
CBBL - Cross Border Business Lawyers
DIRO - Das Kanzlei-Netzwerk aus Europa für die Welt
WLL - World Link for Law™ a leading network of international law firms

CLIENT: Milos Bosnic

COMPANY/FIRM: Banca Intesa a.d. (Serbia)

TESTIMONIAL: For the purpose of timely and complete protection of business and all other interests, mainly in the field of labour law, Banca Intesa ad Beograd has hired Tomic Sindjelic Groza TSG Law Office from Belgrade as one of the leading law firms, providing a comprehensive service and bringing together top professionals and experts from different areas of law.

TSG Law Office has so far provided us with a broad range of legal services, from legal counselling and legal assistance in defining by-laws governing the status of employees in terms of labour law, as well as in case of more complex individual documents regulating the labour-law status of a single or several employees, through support in negotiations and preparing legal analyses, to representation before the competent authorities and representation in labour disputes that were of the highest reputational and material importance for the Bank.

In each particular case, TSG appointed a suitable lawyer, or an entire team of lawyers specialised in providing the appropriate service, and the Bank received fast and efficient service as a result of such business approach.

We have had business with TSG Law Office for less than a year and we are very satisfied with the service provided to us, primarily in the field of labour law. It took very little time to convince us of their commitment and thorough care in protecting our interests, and their professional work and service have confirmed their reputation as one of the leading law firms in the country.


CLIENT: Dragana Stanojevic

COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte d.o.o. (Serbia)

TESTIMONIAL:We have the great honour to express our tremendous satisfaction with the cooperation between DELOITTE and the esteemed Tomic Sindjelic Groza TSG Law Office.

We have had a very good, intensive and very successful business cooperation in the past, and your Law Office has shown a high level of expertise, professionalism, competence and efficiency in various fields. We look forward to continuing our business cooperation well into the future.


CLIENT: Ana Šušnjar, Jovanka Terzic

COMPANY/FIRM: PRVA TELEVIZIJA, Serbia

TESTIMONIAL: It is our great pleasure to write this letter of recommendation for Law Office Tomic Sindjelic Groza. Prva Televizija doo Beograd have had the pleasure of viewing TSG’s professional growth over the past years, and therefore we can state with confidence that this is law office consisted of professionals with a high degree of integrity.

TSG law office is constantly engaged with more than 15 procedures processed before Serbian courts (Misdemeanor, Basic and High), in all of which cooperation with TSG is high-end primarily because their lawyers are equipped with skills and knowledge needed, eager to help, and also very effective.

Furthermore, we strongly believe it is our obligation to point out that, during 2017, Prva Televizija and TSG had two big projects of great importance. Lawyers showed a great level of dedication, more than satisfying legal skills and knowledge and also will to find creative solutions. These projects, in which worldwide companies were involved, precision and formalism were required, as well as attention to detail and long working hours. TSG lawyers provided Prva Televizija with all of the above. Deals were successfully closed, and TSG’s contribution was immense.

Besides all of the above, Prva Televizija is always provided with up to date information, with access to instant help from their lawyers, communication with them is very easy and friendly, but also prompt which contributes to increase in efficiency.


CLIENT: Srdjan Botoric

COMPANY/FIRM: MANPOWERGROUP SERBIA D.O.O. (Serbia)

TESTIMONIAL: As the head of the Legal Department of ManpowerGroup Company, I am pleased to recommend Tomic Sindjelic Groza TSG Law Office.

Manpowergroup has collaborated with the above Office in several domains, and they have demonstrated, on a number of occasions, great commitment to clients, excellent communication and fast response, as well as the ability to adapt to our needs and requirements. They provide further education to our employees through various seminars they organise throughout the year, in a pleasing ambience, affording the opportunity to get together and exchange professional know-how and opinions.

Therefore, we once again recommend Tomic Sindjelic Groza Law Office for all kinds of representation in any situations demanding quality, responsibility, speed and teamwork.


CLIENT: Nemanja Milosavljevic

COMPANY/FIRM: VIBAC BALCANI D.O.O. (Serbia)

TESTIMONIAL: It is our great pleasure to write this letter of recommendation for TSG Law Office. Our company made an excellent choice in deciding to hire them to follow and support the growth of our company from the first days of investing in Serbia. During the last five years, we have relied on the professional service they have provided using the most suitable approach in supporting our fast -growing company and its complexities.

TSG lawyers have an exceptionally keen eye for details that has benefited our company on more than one occasion, saving us time and avoiding additional stress.Their practice attests to their being 100% “focused and efficient in achieving their client’s goals.” They assured us more than once that their service is always provided on time, accurate and tailored to address different issues in labour and corporate law as well as other legal areas.

Finally, we would like to express our gratitude for their friendly and open approach to us from day one, and special thanks go to Mr. Marko Janicijevic who is a true representative of TSG values.


CLIENT: Sinisa Stanojevic

COMPANY/FIRM: SCHWARZMULLER d.o.o. Beograd (Serbia)

TESTIMONIAL: Company Shwarzmueller d.o.o. was founded in Serbia in 2002 and has collaborated with TSG Law Office since 2011. In addition to the exceptional recommendations and proven expertise in the fields of commercial and labour law, one of the reasons for initiating cooperation with TSG Law Office was the requirement from the Austrian HQ to enlist the support that would include the representation of the interests of Holding Schwarzmueller GmbH itself in Serbia. After 7 years, I can say that we are absolutely satisfied with their professionalism and cooperation. As a result of timely reactions, legal proposals and suggestions, we have taken together Schwarzmueller d.o.o. business to the highest level, and I hope that we can keep up such quality cooperation in the future.


CLIENT: Marija Markov

COMPANY/FIRM: DAD Dräxlmaier Automotive d.o.o. (Serbia)

TESTIMONIAL: Tomic Sindjelic Groza Law Office is our reliable partner and advises us on all issues in the fields of labour and status law. All labour-law related activities of TSG lawyers are grounded in entrepreneurial thinking and actions. Their flexibility, interdisciplinary approach and sound assessment have for years been a stable basis of our cooperation.


CLIENT: Radu Buda

COMPANY/FIRM: INTERNATIONAL ALEXANDER (Romania)

TESTIMONIAL: We have been working with the TSG Team since the founding of our company in Serbia. The TSG Team has provided effective and very professional support for all legal issues encountered when starting work in Serbia. We are very pleased with our collaboration with TSG lawyers and we strongly recommend them to any foreign investor wishing to do business in Serbia.


CLIENT: Damijan Zalokar

COMPANY/FIRM: MK ILLUMINATION HANDELS GmbH (Austria)

TESTIMONIAL: TSG law office meets all our expectations and requirements. We have a fair collaboration, legal issues are resolved quickly, which shows their commitment to us. We thank them for everything and we are pleased to have found a reliable law office for all legal issues.


CLIENT: Aleksandar Zivulovic
COMPANY/FIRM: Grammer System d.o.o.
TESTIMONIAL: Our company – Grammer System – has a long and successful cooperation with TSG Law Office. Based on more than 10 years of collaboration that created thriving professional experience, TSG Law Office has been recognised as a reliable business partner who steadily supports our company in all legal matters.

Thanks to TSG Law Office, our company perfectly responds to the legal challenges it is faced with in the day-to-day business environment. Consequently, I would emphasise the extensive court proceedings where TSG diligently managed all of these cases, most of them being complex litigation, thus providing the most favourable outcome for our business.

In terms of the professional relationship we built TSG Law Office has a strong sense of flexibility. From our perspective, we feel that TSG is a genuine, cordial and trustworthy business partner. They managed to perfectly understand the nuances of our business in order to tailor their services based on our specific needs.

TSG team always takes care of our legal matters, including the anticipation of the prospective issues by providing the pro bono legal updates relevant to our business. This is one of the most appreciated initiatives, highly valued by Grammer System. Finally, the long and successful partnership we have with TSG Law Office has created a model we would like to transpose to all our business partnerships. In that manner, we at Grammer System wish nothing but a successful continuation of this remarkable cooperation.


CLIENT: Dusan Marjanovic
COMPANY/FIRM: Hödlmayr Serbia
TESTIMONIAL: Hödlmayr Serbia is a longstanding client of TSG Law Office. After all these years, I can confidently say that we are all more than satisfied with the legal services TSG provided to us, 2019 not being an exception. As a foreign investor in Serbia, Hödlmayr recommends TSG Law Office as a reliable partner to provide legal support in doing business in Serbia. Therefore, Hödlmayr has the proper legal partner in Serbia, and appreciates the legal expertise, quality and solution-oriented approach of TSG. Hence, we are looking forward to continuing our successful cooperation.


CLIENT: Erwin Truskaller
COMPANY/FIRM: StoGes.m.b.H. (Croatia)
TESTIMONIAL: The cooperation with TSG Law Office is pleasant and highly professional. The whole TSG team is above all competent and dedicated to their clients. TSG Law Office successfully guided us through the process of the branch office formation in Serbia, and we are sure that this is just the beginning of our collaboration.


CLIENT: Melisa Junuzović
COMPANY/FIRM: Siemens Healthcare d.o.o. (Serbia)
TESTIMONIAL: Due to our fruitful cooperation for almost two years now, I would with no hesitation recommend TSG Law Office as top-tier professionals for a broad spectrum of legal services.

Siemens Healthcare Serbia was always promptly supported by TSG. As a client we are at ease to rely on sound legal judgement and high-quality legal advising and guidance.

Availability of TSG lawyers, as well as their full engagement and dedication to clients’ needs is the perfect match for the corporate clients who are seeking for the efficient and specialised solutions.

Their passion for law is impressive, as well as their profound understanding of a highly demanding industry such as healthcare. That is the reason why TSG is able to offer us the outstanding legal service.


CLIENT: Dušan Jovanović
COMPANY/FIRM: SAGlobal d.o.o. (Serbia)
TESTIMONIAL: Highly professional, trustworthy, detail-oriented and customer-focused lawyers with relevant industry background who are ready to protect clients’ interests at all times.

From the first moment of our cooperation, we had an open-flexible communication which resulted in very efficient and feasible outcomes.

TSG legal services represent the best combination of timely delivery and high quality. All recommendations!


CLIENT: Hazim al Madani Attorneys & Legal Consultants (Saudi Arabia)
TESTIMONIAL: Our cooperation with TSG Law Office started on a demanding transaction that assumed the opposite interests of parties involved. We are very pleased to have had TSG on our side on this particular project. Their legal advice, great understanding of business aspects as well as their experience and knowledge of Serbian law were highly valuable to guide us through the process since the Serbian market was unknown to us at the time. Now, after the project is successfully completed, we are continuing this fruitful and, I believe, long-term cooperation with the TSG team. Therefore, I would recommend TSG Law Office as its team shows excellent skills and determination and has been always fast-responding and goal-oriented in circumstances that have definitely been challenging.


At TSG Law Office, we treasure the importance of creating an environment in which all our employees, lawyers and legal trainees can feel respected, included and empowered to render efficient, solutions-oriented support to our clients.

We recognise that each of our lawyers draws on unique expertise and experience, all vital to provide legal services to our international clients. Therefore, our goal is to foster an environment that is an incubator for great thinkers, attractive to the best talent, and creating a sincere feeling of belonging and contentment across our TSG Law Office.

Our diversity and inclusion efforts will therefore focus on:

– Embracing diverse cultures, ethnicities, genders and sexual orientations

– Generating a workplace environment that encourages development and progress

– Engaging with our clients in a way that reflects and values their unique positions and experiences

We are actively creating a social environment for our lives and work through social responsibility of our Law Office.

Our pro bono work is focused on projects aimed at contributing to a healthier Serbia in general. We are very proud of our involvement in successful leading projects such as:

Help for children without parental care of Vera Blagojevic Home in Banja Koviljaca, in coordination with Mercedes-Benz Srbija i Crna Gora d.o.o. (2007)

– Assistance to Serbian delegation at 21st World Congress of Dermatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2007)

– Assistance to Serbian delegation at “ASCDAS 7. Annual meeting and exhibition”, Las Vegas, Nevada (2008)

– Assistance to Danijela Jovanovic, the first disabled person to conquer Aconcagua, Argentina, (2008 /2009)

– Founding the first Mothers’ Milk Bank in Serbia organized by Vracar Municipality, Belgrade (2009)

– Help for Humanitarian Organisation for Assisting Mentally Disabled Persons “Decije srce”” (2011, 2013, 2015)

– Legal assistance to organisation “Radosni centar” in facilitating the festival “Human District” (2014)

– Help for the flood victims organized by the Government of the Republic of Serbia (2014)

– Humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Belgrade (2015)

– The Mt. Kopaonik School of Natural Law (2015, 2017, 2018)

– Assistance to team of students of the Law Faculty of the University in Belgrade for the participation at prestige Arbitration and International Commercial Law contest – Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

– Assistance to the Center for reproductive ethics “ZA BEBE” and counseling centre” NISI SAMA” and for their projects (2018)


We at TSG Law Office cherish a 20 year-long tradition where the utmost attention has always been paid to the creation of an inclusive environment in which all our employees, lawyers and legal trainees feel respected and empowered to evince all their expertise and experience, in order to render proficient and solution-oriented support to our clients.

That being the case, we recognise that each of our lawyers draws on unique expertise and experience, all indispensable to providing first-class legal services to our international clients. Therefore, our goal is to foster an environment that is a hub for great thinkers, attractive to young talents passionate about law, where at the same time each and every individual has a sincere feeling of belonging and contentment by being the member of TSG family.

Our diversity and inclusion efforts therefore focus on:

  • Respecting and embracing diverse cultures, ethnicities, genders and sexual orientations
  • Creating a workplace environment that encourages development and progress
  • Engaging with our clients in a manner that reflects and values their unique positions and experiences

Our team is highly aware of the importance of social responsibility placed on each individual and organisation within society. As a result, our pro bono work is focused on projects aimed at contributing to a better, more open and diverse society in the Republic of Serbia in general, particularly a healthier one. We are very proud of our continuous involvement in major projects such as:

  • Contribution to ‘Vera Blagojević Home’ in Banja Koviljača (Serbia) for children without parental care, in coordination with Mercedes-Benz Srbija i Crna Gora d.o.o. (2007)
  • Support for Serbian delegation at 21st World Congress of Dermatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2007)
  • Contribution to Serbian delegation at “ASCDAS 7. Annual meeting and exhibition”, Las Vegas, Nevada (2008)
  • Assistance to Danijela Jovanović, the first disabled person to conquer Aconcagua, Argentina, (2008 /2009)
  • Foundation of the first Mothers’ Milk Bank in Serbia organised by Vračar Municipality, Belgrade (2009)
  • Grant for Humanitarian Organisation for Assisting Mentally Disabled Persons “Dečije srce” (2011, 2013, 2015)
  • Legal assistance to organisation “Radosni centar” in setting up the festival “Human District” (2014)
  • Support for the flood victims, coordinated by the Government of the Republic of Serbia (2014)
  • Humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Belgrade (2015)
  • Contribution to The Mt. Kopaonik School of Natural Law (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Grant to support the team of students of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law for the participation in the prestigious Arbitration and International Commercial Law contest – Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Support for the foundation and projects of the Center for reproductive ethics “ZA BEBE” and counselling centre “NISI SAMA” (2018)