Rastko Petakovic is a Senior Partner specialising in M&A, competition law and business regulation. He advises clients on the most complex antitrust matters, cross-border transactions and business regulation and is ranked by independent directories as the leading competition and M&A lawyer in the country. Rastko has advised clients on the most complex antitrust investigations and the largest M&A deals in the market to date. He focuses particularly on private equity clients and specialises in TMT and FMCG. Rastko was selected as the winner of the 2015 and 2017 European Emerging Leaders Awards by the M&A Advisor.

Bar Admissions
Belgrade Bar Association

Education
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law (2003), LL.B.

Significant Accomplishments
Rated as Band 1 in Chambers & Partners for Competition in Serbia in 2021.
Also rated as "Highly Regarded" for M&A by IFLR 1000, and "Leading Individual" for Competition by Legal 500 in 2021.

Professional Associations

• International Bar Association
  

• State Aid: Serbian Government Issues Regulations for Mitigation of COVID 19 Outbreak

  By Rastko Petakovic |April 2020

• Serbian Commission Fines Another Bid Rigging Cartel

  By Rastko Petakovic |January 2018

• Drawing the Line – Parallel Import

  By Rastko Petakovic, Relja Mirkov |September 2016