JPM & Partners’s real estate and construction team is anchored by Ivan Petrovic, whose expertise covers complex transactions, construction frameworks, permitting and strategic project structuring. The team advises across the full lifecycle of developments, from due diligence and acquisition work to high-value leasing, concession models and dispute support. The firm are particularly noted for navigating intricate regulatory issues and coordinating multidisciplinary projects. Marija Vukcevic strengthens the practice with her permitting, spatial planning and forensic due-diligence capabilities.
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Testimonials
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- The JPM team is always a fantastic help to us. They have been supporting us for many years in projects of extensive complexity and a variety of issues, always with perfection, responsiveness, dedication to details, extreme professionalism, and a commercial mind, always directed to the business matters, substance of an issue, and firm orientation to close the deal in a practical, pragmatic, and problem-solving manner. They are our first choice for the following reasons: long-term cooperation, extremely good cooperation so far, built trust, expertise, knowledge, integrity, professionalism, and cooperativeness. Their work is of the quality of the most reputable international law firms we have cooperated with in the past, and we see that they enjoy such trust both from the legal community in Serbia and abroad. They have a great team of equally great individuals. Their billing system is clear and transparent, and they are never overcharging for their services. The team is led by a female Senior Partner (Jelena Gazivoda), and they combine both male and female members of the team in almost equal proportion. This is not of particular importance to us, but we would like to emphasize this, as it is not really common for Serbia. They use AI technology tools, but they are very careful with this - checking everything, and they are really concerned about data protection and confidentiality matters. They are easy to cooperate with, quick in responding, clear in legal advice, and they are ready to take a firm position and confront the other parties with strong arguments. We really like to work with them as the work is always pleasant, no matter how demanding the task is - we know that we are in secure hands.
- Jelena Gazivoda is a JPM Senior Partner, and she is leading the team on all the mandates we have had with JPM. She is a person of high professional reputation and personal and professional integrity and trust. We have known her for many years and have developed mutual professional and personal trust after extremely complex mandates in which she led the team. Her expertise, knowledge, and professionalism are appreciated both by us as clients and equally by the professional community and different stakeholders. She is truly dedicated to the utmost legality of every step in the implementation of the project, which fully corresponds to her personality. Nikola Djordjevic is a valuable member of the team - a great lawyer and a great person to cooperate with. He is always available to us, and we know we can count on him for all we need. Ivan Petrovic is a great real estate and construction lawyer who makes a great contribution to the team. He is prompt in responding and in providing comprehensive legal advice. Aleksandar Popovic is also a great real estate and construction lawyer with expertise in commercial matters. Very practical and concise but very reliable at the same time.
- ‘Professional and competent. Act on time.’
Key clients
- Mondada
- BgUrbanLux
- PSG Banatski Dvor
- Gastrans
- Gomex
- Microsoft
- Snapone
- Acibadem
- ThyssenKrup
- A.D. Intereuropa-logističke usluge Beograd
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Work highlights
Advising and representing Mondada Investment in the process of sale of the location in prime location in Belgrade, including structuring the transaction with the escrow account and monitoring the post-completion activities related to the transfer of the construction and other permits to the acquirer.
Advising and representing BG UrbanLux in the acquisition of the assets, consisting of the leisure facilities under the culture heritage protection, in bankruptcy and post-completion activities consisting of settling the proprietary relations with third parties and re-construction.
Advising and representing PSG Banatski Dvor in the project of expansion of the underground gas storage.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
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
Ivan Petrović
Other key lawyers
Marija Vukcevic