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The firm: Law Office “Jovović Mugoša & Vuković” is the largest Montenegrin law office.

Our law office has almost 40 employees, of which two thirds are lawyers, law associates and law graduates.

We are a team of devoted professionals, having worked for decades in the legal industry of Montenegro. Our objective remains the same – to provide high quality legal services with precision.

We have been operating as a new entity in the legal advisory market of FR Yugoslavia since 1984, when we were founded by the attorney-at-law Novica Jovović.

Between 1992 and 2009 we worked in Montenegro and Serbia under the name law firm Jovović & partners, and since January 2010 we have worked under the name law firm Jovović, Mugoša & Vuković.

From the very beginning we have been recognized as a successful and highly respected law office, with a diverse portfolio of legal services and also as a reliable, loyal and competent partner for our clients.

If one measures the success of a law firm by the size of its workforce, then our law firm is the largest in Montenegro. In addition, our law firm is one of the three largest legal service providers in Montenegro, if one applies the criteria of size of client database and annually generated revenues.

Also, if one performs benchmarking on the quality of the IT sector, internal procedures, case management, client care etc, again our firm features as the indisputable market leader. With our bespoke approach to our clients we have assured a leading position and an excellent reputation.

We operate in the fields of privatization and the restructuring of ex state-owned property, resolving strategic economic controversies and other high value disputes, protection of human rights and intellectual property and the disputes that are of particular media and public interest.

From the beginning of our law firm has been reinforced with young staff, talented lawyers that are capable of resolving diverse problems with energy and knowledge.

An important moment in the life of the firm was in 2016, when we moved to the new 1000 sq m building at the present downtown address.

We sincerely believe that services based on proficiency and qualifications are the pillars of success. In the year to come, our objectives remain the same – to provide a service of precision and high quality. We will do this only if we stay uptodate with the legal environment in the Western Balkans.

In order to be capable to propose complex legal solutions, we need to cooperate with reputable business, tax, financial and accounting advisors in Montenegro and abroad. In addition to this, from time to time, we have cooperated with other specialists in areas that require specific non-legal qualifications and knowledge.

Our approach to providing legal services is based on the fundamental belief that our clients’ interests must at all times be represented and protected in a highly professional and ethical manner.

We believe that the relationship between client and lawyer must be  precisely and transparently regulated.

Cooperation between the law firm and the client must follow a minimal number of phases:

1. 1. The client and/or outsourced attorney makes first formal contact to the law firm. They provide name of the parties and attorneys involved in the case. General briefing about the case is done. Non-disclosure agreement is executed between the client and/or outsourced attorney and law firm.
   2. Conflict of interest checking is performed. Law firm performs KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti money laundering) inspection with respect to personal information provided by the client.
   3. The client and/or outsourced attorney discuss the case in more detailed manner with our lawyers, in order to identify scope of work, define case deadline and budget for the services. No fee is charged for the initial consultation.
   4. Law firm and client executes agreement on providing of legal services. The General terms and Conditions must be incorporated in the agreement.
   5. At this phase, the client and/or outsourced attorney needs to produce to the law firm respective powers of attorney, deliver detailed information and disclose all relevant documents (e.g. evidences etc.).
   6. Law firm performs analyze of information and documents and request explanations, clarification etc. If possible, additional meetings are held, conference calls are scheduled etc.
   7. Engaged lawyer creates preliminary opinion (“first draft”).
   8. Preliminary opinion of the lawyer is inspected and formally verified by the law firm’s partners (“second draft”). Document is sent to the client and/or outsourced attorney for review and amendments.
   9. Client and/or outsourced attorney deliver review and amendments to the second draft.
   10. Agreed services is provided by means of serving of the final draft (“third draft”) to the competent authority and/or person in charge, or undertaking of procedural actions etc.

During the aforementioned ten phases, certain ethical standards must be followed.

In addition to ethical standards imposed by the Bar Association of Montenegro, we apply standards of the Ethical Code of the International Bar Association.

We provide competent, reliable, documented, prompt and bespoke services, which have been designed to meet the specific needs of each client.

We structure teams of lawyers and outsourced advisors in a way that they are able to act immediately and  provide legal services at the highest ethical and professional level.

In many ways, copy-paste cannot be a sustainable method of the modern legal practice.

Combining our significant experience in consulting leading companies, our lawyers provide technically sophisticated, yet clear, accessible and relevant advice – a bespoke service with full transparency on pricing to suit your needs, budget and the scope of each project.

Additional information
Key clients:

• “China Road & Bridge Corporation” Beijing, China – DSD Podgorica
• “Ingerop Conseil & Ingenierie”, France
• “Safeg“LLC Nanterre, France
• “GEODATA Engineering S.p.A.”, Italy
• “OTP Bank Plc” Budapest, Hungary          
• “Maraska d.d. Zadar”, Croatia
• “Nestle Adriatic S d.o.o.” Belgrade, Serbia
• “Voli Trade d.o.o.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “Voli Motors d.o.o.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “Nemesis d.o.o.”  Podgorica (Astorija Group), Montenegro
• “Real Estate & CO l.t.d. Ulcinj”, Montenegro
• Stadion a.d.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “PZU MOJ LAB” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “FLY Montenegro Ground Handling d.o.o.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “Pizzarotti Montenegro doo” Herceg Novi, Montenegro
• “Mermer AD” Danilovgrad, Montenegro
• “Erste bank a.d.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “Hipotekarna banka a.d.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “Addiko Bank a.d.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “National Insurance Bureau d.o.o.” Podgorica, Montenegro
• “National energy company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore a.d” Nikšić , Montenegro
• “Montenegrin Electricity Distribution System Crnogorski elektrodistributivni sistem d.o.o.” Podgorica (CEDIS)
• “Montenegrin Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services”