Iva Basarić > Babic & Partners Law Firm > Zagreb, Croatia > Lawyer Profile

Babic & Partners Law Firm
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Croatia

Work Department

Antitrust & competition, corporate, commercial, M&A, banking & finance, real estate

Position

Partner

Career

Iva Basarić is a Co-chair of Babić & Partners’ Corporate and M&A practice and the Chair of the firm’s Banking and finance practice. Iva holds an LLM from the University of San Francisco School of Law, and Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College London.

Her practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions, corporate law matters, financing transactions and antitrust/competition matters. She routinely advises clients on a wide spectrum of corporate law issues — from day-to-day corporate maintenance to complex domestic and cross-border transactions (both on sell and buy-side), providing full range of services, from transaction structuring and negotiation to implementation, as well as post-acquisition integration, spin-offs, mergers and corporate restructurings. As part of her finance practice, Iva advises multinational companies (both lenders and borrowers) on general lending, loans and credit facilities, project finance and acquisition financings. She is experienced in advising clients from various sectors, including consumer goods & retail, defence, energy & resources, financial services, hotel & leisure, life sciences, real estate, technology & telecommunications.

Iva’s contentious experience in competition practice includes advising and representing clients on a broad spectrum of issues, including merger control, cartel investigations and leniency, competition compliance programs, abuse proceedings and distribution and licensing arrangements across national and multinational industries. She has led several internal compliance training programs for clients.

She has authored a number of articles for a variety of external legal publications, and is also a frequent speaker and guest panelist at conferences on competition, corporate law and real estate issues and developments (including speaker engagements at the International Bar Association’s conferences).

Memberships

Croatian Bar Association, International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Women’s Law Network

Lawyer Rankings

Croatia > Employment

(Next Generation Partners)

Iva BasarićBabic & Partners Law Firm

Babic & Partners Law Firm offers ‘impeccable’ advice to major domestic and international clients on regional and multi-jurisdictional employment matters. The firm’s broad practice is led by Marija Gregorić, who has experience across a broad range of sectors, including technology, pharmaceutical and retail, advising on individual terminations, collective redundancies and general employment grievance issues, including litigation. Iva Basarić handles employee share offering programs, while Matija Skender assists on all major cases, including remote work arrangements and unjust terminational mandates.

Croatia > EU and competition

(Next Generation Partners)

Iva BasaricBabic & Partners Law Firm

With ‘great knowledge of EU and Croatian competition law’, the team at Babic & Partners Law Firm handles the full range of multi-jurisdictional work for major domestic and international clients. Praised as ‘responsive, client-oriented, knowledgeable’, the team is led by Iva Basarić, who boasts corporate and commercial expertise, and frequently handles antitrust and merger control cases before the Croatian authorities. Lovro Klepac is another key contact in the group, assisting on a broad range of IP-related advisory and regulation enforcement work.

Croatia > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Iva BasarićBabic & Partners Law Firm

Counting international corporates among its key roster of clients, Babic & Partners Law Firm is praised for its ‘deep industry knowledge, effective problem-solving and remarkable dedication to clients’ success’. The team handles the full range of matters, from domestic and cross-border M&A and leveraged buyouts to corporate restructurings and commercial mandates. Marija Gregorić, who regularly acts for well-known multinational corporations on a broad range of domestic corporate and commercial matters, jointly leads the practice alongside ‘exceptional adviserIva Basarić, who focuses on M&A and private equity transactions. Lovro Klepac assists on regulatory matters in the real estate and renewable energy sectors, and Matija Skender is another key member of the team.

Croatia > Dispute resolution

(Next Generation Partners)

Iva BasarićBabic & Partners Law Firm

Babic & Partners Law Firm houses a robust practice, assisting major domestic and international clients across the banking, financial services, and manufacturing sectors. Iva Basarić leads the practice and handles high-stakes disputes before the Croatian Commercial Courts, in addition to settlement agreements and administrative cases in. Lovro Klepac, who assists with product liability claims, unjust dismissals and terminations claims, is another key contact in the group.

Croatia > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Next Generation Partners)

Iva BasarićBabic & Partners Law Firm

Spearheaded by Iva Basarić, the practice at Babic & Partners Law Firm handles a wide range of advisory matters, including refinance loans in the construction industry and employee invective plans in the fintech arena. Basarić handles regulatory, tax compliance and data privacy mandates in relation to cryptocurrency. Assisting on matters regarding Croatian securities law requirements, Lovro Klepac is another key contact in the group.