Press Releases

Karanovic & Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Darko Jovanović as the new Managing Partner. He will take over the leading position from Dragan Karanović, after acting as deputy Managing Partner for the past two years. With 18 years within the firm, Darko is specialised in infrastructure and energy financing, construction projects and the development of PPPs. He is recognised as a Market Leader by the leading international legal directories ...

It is our utmost pleasure to announce our newest Partner*, Franka Baica. Franka is an experienced attorney at law practicing in Croatia. She focuses her practice on domestic and cross-border M&A and real estate projects on the market, advising clients on all matters within share deal and asset deal transactions ...

Karanovic & Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Dragan Karanovic as the new managing partner of the firm. Founding partner of the firm takes over the leading position from Rastko Petaković who served as managing partner for the past 3 years. Dragan will be assisted and supported by senior partner Darko Jovanović while performing managing partner duties. Dragan has 25 years of experience and is ranked as one of Serbia’s leading corporate lawyers ...

Karanovic & Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Dragan Karanovic as the new managing partner of the firm. Founding partner of the firm takes over the leading position from Rastko Petaković who served as managing partner for the past 3 years. Dragan will be assisted and supported by senior partner Darko Jovanović while performing managing partner duties . Dragan has 25 years of experience and is ranked as one of Serbia’s leading corporate lawyers ...

One of the largest deals of 2019 is officially completed – Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, sold its shares in Knjaz Milos to a joint venture between Karlovarske Mineralni Vody (KMV) and PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo). Karanovic & Partners acted as local counsel for Mid Europa Partners in this transaction, working closely with White & Case as international counsel ...

The leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe Mid Europa Partners sold Bambi, the leading Serbian biscuit and confectionary maker, to Coca-Cola HBC. The sale was completed on 18 June, and Bambi, one of the most recognisable brands in Serbia, will continue its development under Coca-Cola HBC ...

A leader on the car industry market, the German company ZF opens its factory in Pančevo within the first phase of the EUR 160 million investment. The factory will start producing machines, generators for hybrid and electric drives, gearshift switches and microswitches in the first half of June ...

Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, announced today the agreement to sell its shares in Knjaz Miloš to a joint venture between Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) and PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo). The transaction is currently subject to customary regulatory approval and is expected to close in Q3 2019. Karanović & Partners acted as local counsel for Mid Europa Partners in this transaction, working closely with White & Case as international counsel ...

This is the third time that Karanovic & Partners is selected among some of the best law firms in Europe to take home this renowned accolade, awarded by The Lawyer Magazine. The Lawyer European awards showcase the impressive achievements of Europe’s finest law firms, and this year marks their 10th anniversary. The ceremony took place on 19 March, at the Grosevenor House hotel in London, with more than 350 managing and senior partners from top firms across the continent in attendance ...

A leading provider of secure IT infrastructure solutions in Europe, Conscia Holding acquires NIL Skupina, a leading IT services provider headquartered Slovenia, with subsidiaries in Serbia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The Karanovic & Partners legal team – led by Senior Partner* Marko Ketler and Associate Živa Nucic, advised Conscia Holding in this transaction. The services included acquisition advisory, as well as a legal due diligence ...

We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners has once again been top-ranked on the most recent Chambers Global leading law firm listing. The 2019 Chambers Global guide highlights the Corporate & Commercial practice group in the jurisdictions of Montenegro and Serbia as belonging to band 1 ...

After winning the Deal of the Year Award in 2018, Karanovic & Partners is this year once again in the finals for this prestigious accolade – this time with 5 deals and in 5 jurisdictions. Organized by the renowned CEE Legal Matters magazine, these awards are a way of recognizing the biggest and most important deals by law firms in Central and Eastern European jurisdictions ...

Coca-Cola HBC announced the agreement to acquire Bambi, the leading Serbian biscuit and confectionary maker, from Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe. Karanovic & Partners, working together with White & Case and KPMG, advised Mid Europa Partners in this transaction – which is now subject to customary competition authority clearance and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019 ...

Karanovic & Partners is proud to support Epic Games in their acquisition of 3Lateral, the leading developer of digital humans technology and creative content. Our team was led by Senior Partner Marjan Poljak, Partner *Ivan Nonković and Associate ⃰ *Marko Ćulafić. ⃰ Independent attorney at law in cooperation with Karanović & Partners ...

Karanović & Partners is pleased to announce that Milorad Gajić, Andrej Jelenković, Mina Srećković, Amina Đugum and Lejla Popara, have been named Senior Associates.* These talented individuals have established themselves as key members of our team, and their promotion reflects their professionalism, as well as exemplary service to clients. "It is a privilege to see these young lawyers grow and develop ...

We are honoured and delighted to announce that Karanovic & Partners won the Stanton Chase Talent Management Award in the Most Innovative Locally Developed Talent Programme category. These prestigious accolades are organized by Stanton Chase, the leading international retained executive search and consulting firm and are now in their fifth year. The idea behind the Awards is to raise awareness concerning the significance of talent management processes in companies ...

Zijin Mining, one of China's biggest gold producers and the second biggest producer of copper ore, became a major shareholder of the Serbia's sole copper complex RTB Bor. The Chinese company pledged to invest USD 1.46 billion in return for a 63% stake. Karanovic & Partners advised Zijin Mining in this privatisation procedure ...

The Government of the Republic of Serbia extended the validity of the Decree on Incentive Measures for the Production of Electric Energy from Renewable Energy Sources and High-efficiency Cogeneration of Electric Energy and Thermal Energy (Decree) until the end of 2019. It was initially valid until the end of 2018. This means that new wind and solar projects, which have not yet obtained the (preliminary) privileged power producer status, may not benefit from incentives for now ...

We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners has joined Ius Laboris, the world's premier global network of human resources law firms. The Employment practice of Karanovic & Partners in Serbia joined this prestigious organisation to reinforce its international HR advisory services for domestic and international companies ...

Karanovic & Partners, together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, held the Competition and Data Protection conference at the Hilton Belgrade hotel. This traditional yearly conference – now in its' 13th year, gathered more than 120 experts from the business and legal community, as well as key regulators and stakeholders, to discuss the most important current issues in the fields of competition law and data protection ...

We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners won the Euromoney Real Estate Survey in the Advisors and Consultants category for the second year in a row! Karanovic & Partners was once again chosen as the Number One Legal Service provider in Serbia in the Real Estate industry. "It is truly a privilege to be honored with this award for the second time ...

Zijin Mining, one of China's biggest gold producers and the second biggest producer of copper ore, won the tender to become a strategic partner in Serbia's sole copper complex RTB Bor. The Chinese company pledged to invest USD 1.46 billion in return for a 63% stake.Karanovic & Partners advised Zijin Mining in this privatisation procedure ...

The Karanović & Nikolić team, led by Senior PartnerMarjan Poljakand Senior Associates ⃰Ana StankovićandAna Luković, advisedZF Friedrichshafenon the project of opening an electric vehicle parts factory in Pančevo, Serbia. The German company, a global leader specialising in the design, research and development, and manufacturing activities in the automotive industry, laid the foundations and began construction on 21 June 2018 ...

​Rastko Petaković, managing partner at Karanović & Nikolić, held a presentation of the latest private equity trends CEE region on the 2018 Balkans M&A and Private Equity Forum. Organized by Mergermarket, a leading media company that provides specialist news, research, analysis and data on financial markets, this is the second year this conference was held in Belgrade ...

We are pleased to announce that Karanović & Nikolić has won the 2017 Deal of the Year Award for Serbia for the EBRD and IFC financing of Vetrolektrane Balkana - Čibuk 1 Windfarm. Organized by the renowned CEE Legal Matters magazine, this is the first year that these awards were held and they are a way of recognizing the biggest and most important deals by leading law firms in Central and Eastern European jurisdictions ...