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Central and Eastern Europe Teams 2018

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The legal team of the Serbian branch of global financial services firm UniCredit is led by Gligorije Brajković, who is not only the head of legal department but is also a team member of UniCredit’s management team. Brajković explains the composition of the company’s highly-regarded team as being ‘an expert team of lawyers with a people of different seniority and experience in a various regulatory areas’. He explains the team’s mission as follows: ‘Our focus was on legal advisory and setting legal opinion standards, automation of key processes within the organisation, strategic approach to dispute risks, improvement of customer experiences and promotion of legal risks across the business’. The team has worked on several deals and transactions that have made a positive difference to the Bank’s bottom line, including those that have been technically complex, time intensive and of a high value nature. Some examples include the Bank’s deals with GE for guarantee issuance, Wind Farm in Serbia for the financing of a wind farm and with Serbian agribusiness company Victoria Group in a deal that had a value of over €100m and involved successful resolution despite a ‘complex structure and the different positions of the creditors (collateral wise), agency roles, two governing laws (English and Serbian) composed of bilateral facilities for IFIs, but Serbian LMA multilateral facilities for other lenders, with consequently [the] same structure and overall rights’. Several of the team’s individuals are highly commended, and in addition to Brajković himself – known for being a highly capable leader with tremendous financial legal expertise – a number of other counsel were highlighted during this year’s research. Senior legal coordinator Sonja Fleury is highlighted for her coordination work and the management and innovation in key projects, and head of team for corporate, FIG and markets legal support Slađana Janković is known for her leadership in the emerging areas of local legal business, for being a ‘very good negotiator on the most complex transactions on the local market’ and for her efforts in training and representing the team as a market leader in custody services for a large number of international clients. Also recognised is the head of legal PI&SB unit Biljana Ratković, who is known to provide expert legal assistance to other structures within the retail division including legal consultancy, drafting contracts and related documents for all complicated transactions [and] participating in projects important for the Bank, as well as working on the implementation of new laws. The last lawyer highlighted is Momčilo Radovanović, UniCredit Serbia’s head of corporate and general legal unit, for his leadership, motivation and training of team members on complex transactions, being at the cutting edge of the latest and most complex issues related to our business, as well as maintaining ‘fair, honest, and trustworthy relationships [and] solving problems for the clients’. Alongside this array of talent and the deals it has assisted with, the team is noted for its successful shift in focus, as Brajković explains: ‘Many of the legal issues in everyday business have become as important to the Bank’s success as its financial performance. Skills that are required go far beyond being a technical lawyer and it is expected that internal lawyers have to be wise counsellors with high understanding of our organisation’s objectives and global regulations’. The team is well-equipped to meet these challenges, as it takes its rightful place as not only one of the most outstanding in the sector, but in the wider Central and Eastern European market as a whole.

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