Dr Slobodan Doklestic > Doklestic Repic & Gajin > Belgrade, Serbia > Lawyer Profile

Doklestic Repic & Gajin has an ‘exceptional level of expertise‘ in M&A and corporate transactions, and is well-equipped to advise clients on commercial agreements and reorganisations. The practice is co-headed by the ‘prominent figure’ Slobodan Doklestic, and Danilo Radulovic who focuses on restructurings. The team also includes Dragan Gajin who heads the firm’s competition department, and Ljubinka Pljevaljcic who specialises in contract, corporate, and employment law.

Doklestic Repic & Gajin focuses on M&A, joint ventures, buy-outs, divestments, and spin-offs. The team’s assistance extends to due diligence, deal structuring, transactional documents, merger approvals, and employment and regulatory issues. Slobodan Doklestic heads up the department, which includes Dragan Gajin, who is experienced in the real estate development, finance, mining, energy, logistics and pharmaceutical sectors. Ljubinka Pljevaljcic is also an active team member, while Dejan Peric and Jovana Spasojevic are 2023 hires from AVS Legal and Karanovic & Partners, respectively. Milos Pandzic, Aleksandra Stojanović and Tanja Glisic all recently departed the firm.

‘One of the leading competition practices in the region’, Doklestic Repic & Gajin is the exclusive Serbian member for the Vogel Global Competition Network. The team regularly advises major Serbian companies, along with multinationals’ local subsidiaries, on competition work, including competition matters across the Western Balkans. The group also regularly handles mandates involving EU competition law. The practice is headed up by Dragan Gajin, who ‘has established himself as one of the preeminent competition lawyers in the region’. Gajin is flanked by managing partner Slobodan Doklestic, a private antitrust enforcement specialist.

Doklestic Repic & Gajin‘s disputes team regularly acts in corporate, shareholder, bankruptcy, real estate and contract-related disputes. Other active areas are supply chain disputes, IP litigation, and business sale and acquisition disputes. The department also acts in labour litigation. Dispute resolution practice head Marko Repic is ‘a trusted advocate for anyone seeking resolution of legal matters’, while Slobodan Doklestic provides name-partner level support. Valentina Djordjevic‘s workload includes commercial disputes.

Doklestic Repic & Gajin ‘consistently demonstrates remarkable expertise in employment and labour law’. The department is experienced in collective bargaining, redundancies, reorganisations and massive lay-offs. The group further assists with the preparation of complex employment and management agreements, as well as high-stakes labour disputes. The team’s principal figures are name partner Slobodan Doklestic, who is praised for his ‘leadership and strategic insights’; Marko Repic, who routinely assists with significant labour disputes and risk assessment matters; and Ljubinka Pljevaljcic, a specialist in employment and labour relations, data protection, and labour law-related disputes.

Doklestic Repic & Gajin‘s ‘real estate and construction practice significantly stands out in the market’. The practice comprises experts in the acquisition of real property and assets, financings, due diligence, complex project agreements, and project structuring and realisation. It also acts for large investors on infrastructure and mining projects in Serbia. Slobodan Doklestic‘s ‘mastery of real estate and construction law is second to none’, while Marko Repic‘s focus includes real estate, projects, mining and energy. Former partner Miloš Pandžić departed the firm in April 2023 to co-found Božović | Pandžić.

With offices in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Hercegovina, Doklestic Repic & Gajin stands out for its regional presence and ‘exceptional expertise,’ in corporate and M&A work. The group is led by Bojan Peulic and Kerim Karabdic from Bosnia and Slobodan Doklestic and Dragan Gajin from Serbia. The team regularly advises foreign investors in joint ventures, provides full transactional advisory support, and advises on various regulatory frameworks. The team also assists domestic clients in the insurance sector on appointments and dismissals, and minority shareholder relations is another strength of the team. On the merger control side, the practice advises foreign banking conglomerates.