Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr advises international lenders, investment institutions and corporate borrowers on a wide spectrum of financing and regulatory mandates. The practice remains active on major corporate, sovereign and acquisition financings, alongside complex bank M&A and capital markets transactions. Practice heads Nikola Babić and Matija Vojnovic lead a team strengthened by Jovan Barović, whose work spans structured finance and cross-border capital markets matters.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Nikola Babic has been the most competent lawyer in the entire West Balkan region. He has built a phenomenal team and his expertise extends from financing, derivatives etc. True asset to us in the international financial services industry.’
  • ‘Nikola Babic - second to none, the best partner in the region. Always going above and beyond in terms of critical assessment and reflection of in-depth industry and local knowledge.'
  • 'Petar Vucinic has also grown over the last couple of years, being proper back up with Nikola with increase level of responsibilities thanks to the track record and experience.’

Key clients

  • ING Group
  • Agri Europe Cyprus
  • Elixir Group
  • United Group
  • Barclays
  • MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
  • AIK Banka
  • OTP Banka
  • AMC IV and Accession Capital Partners
  • Alexander Shnaider, the owner of Adriatic Bank A.D. Podgorica
  • Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia
  • Deutsche Bank

Work highlights

Acted as Serbian legal counsel to the finance parties on a EUR 197m term loan facility provided to Telekom Srbija AD Beograd under an English law governed facilities agreement.
Advised Elixir Group on a successful RSD 4.1bn green bond issuance.
Advised AikGroup on the acquisition of Hipotekarna Banka A.D. Podgorica; the total transaction value is approx. EUR 100m.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Nikola Babić
Nikola Babić
Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Jovan Barović
Jovan Barović
Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

Nikola Babić; Matija Vojnović

Other key lawyers

Jovan Barović; Vojimir Kurtić; Petar Vučinić; Marko Kostić; Dušan Obradović