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Diversity

Šavorić & Partners has a commitment to inclusion which stems from our core values and our mission. We see this as a contribution to all parts of society as well as a priceless asset to our Firm itself. We do not select or hire future colleagues based on their race, national origin, gender, disability, religion or age. More than half of our legal team (60%) consists of our esteemed female colleagues, with equal salaries, and we are proud to be setting the benchmark ever higher, just as we do in all segments of our complex and demanding professional work.

We honestly believe that by including people who come from different backgrounds we are expanding our perspectives and ways of thinking. This is exactly why our team members have diverse experiences such as studying abroad, conducting research through many renowned international programmes and in various jurisdictions, all with a goal to broaden their horizons and accept, as well as benefit, from diverse approaches. We support our colleagues during pregnancy with the utmost care and consideration, ensuring they receive the support they need, akin to our approach in supporting any team member through times of temporary health challenges. We also have particular commitments towards disabled persons and we are proud to have employees with disabilities.

We have worked on a series of pro bono cases that we found to be of the outmost importance to our community as a whole. We also act in other pro bono matters, such as representing low or no income citizens that are facing eviction from their homes.

Our commitment to recruit the very best pushes us even further in helping young, bright minds excel, learn and grow. That is why we hold lectures and speeches, host and organise different competitions for students in Croatia and in the region.

We also act through local charities and our Firm donates funds to less developed parts of our country. We have helped several initiatives, including humanitarian organizations and NGOs, Initiatives for medical treatments, for the Children’s Clinic & Oncology Department, for medical devices, for association that works with children who have Down’s syndrome and many others.

Client Testimonials

CLIENT: Michel Kappler
COMPANY/FIRM: Decathlon
TESTIMONIAL: I’m the CEO of Decathlon in a part of South East Europe region and I can confirm that I am fully satisfied about the cooperation with the law firm Šavorić & Partners. The answers to my requests have always been relevant, accurate and responsive. The level of competence of the team allowed me to guarantee the respect of the standards and to have a favorable outcome in all situations.

CLIENT: Francesco Ciaramella
COMPANY/FIRM: Palumbo Group
TESTIMONIAL: Boris Šavorić and Šavorić & Partners firm are definitely one of our strategic partners on corporate acquisition. Apart their excellent professionalism, what really impress me is their reliability. They are always willing to answer any question and defining the strategy with effective actions. They have helped our Group in a very delicate situation through detailed analysis and quick feedback.

CLIENT: Georges De Bourguignon C.
COMPANY/FIRM: Quiñenco S.A
TESTIMONIAL: Boris Šavorić and the rest of the team at Šavorić were an invaluable resource in navigating the nuances of conducting a due diligence in Croatia. Their legal knowledge and capillary network allowed us to successfully perform an analysis that included environment, labor, social, lawsuits, governance and real estate issues. We highly recommend Šavorić for M&A activity in Croatia.

CLIENT: Igor Mataic
COMPANY/FIRM: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. Croatia
TESTIMONIAL: It was pleasure having Šavorić & Partners as our legal advisor. Their team is very professional, on time and the documents delivered by them were off high standards. As we decided to sell one of our daughter companies, our goal was to have top standard transaction documents which would bring an added value to our transaction; and Šavorić & Partners made it possible. We worked directly with the Senior Partner, Boris Šavorić, throughout the project. Boris is a very capable lawyer with huge knowledge in M&A, who was very dedicated to our project, always reachable, ready to solve the problem in no time and someone you want to have by your side if you want to seal the deal and close transaction in the most professional way.

CLIENT: Branko Mihajlov
COMPANY/FIRM: Ingka Centres Croatia / Designer Outlet Croatia
TESTIMONIAL: I am the President of the Management Board of Ingka Centres Croatia (IKEA Group) and Designer Outlet Croatia – which is the biggest and most successful Designer Outlet in Croatia. In our filed of Real Estate we require business guidance, going beyond conventional legal advice. Šavorić & Partners provides us with a consistently very high quality responsive service across all its disciplines. Branko Bulat and his colleagues showing great commercial awareness and understanding of all our needs in all aspects of the Real Estate Business, and especially dealing and handling all commercial lease agreements for over 60 different tenants. Branko Bulat is a very capable lawyer but always takes a pragmatic approach in finding solutions. His experience and expertise show when it matters most. Branko Bulat is responding always very fast – doesn´t matter which time or day – and this always in a very professional way. That is why we as IKEA-Group work since the establishment of our business in Croatia (2007) together with Šavorić & Partners.

CLIENT: Michal Kedzia
COMPANY/FIRM: Enterprise Investors
TESTIMONIAL: Working with Boris Šavorić and his team of lawyers has been a pure pleasure. We closed altogether 3 deals together over the course of last 18 months or so and every one of them was very well advised, giving me full comfort as per professionalism, merits and quality of the entire process. S&P as a firm has in its DNA diving deep into the commercial heart of the transaction, sometimes coming up with findings which were not at all obvious during the first perusal. I can full-heartedly recommend S&P as a legal firm of choice in Croatia.