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Karanović & Partners Appoints Marjan Poljak as Managing Partner

Karanović & Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Senior Partner Marjan Poljak as the new Managing Partner. He will take over the leadership role from Miloš Vučković, who has been Managing Partner for the past two years.

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Karanovic & Partners Recognised as A Top-Tier Law Firm in the 2026 Chambers Global Guide

Karanovic & Partners legal practices and its cooperating lawyers from Serbia and North Macedonia have been ranked as Band 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina found its place in Band 2, while Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia have been ranked as Band 3

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Karanović & Partners Wins the Deal of the Year 2025 Award

Karanović & Partners, with its cooperating lawyers, has been awarded the prestigious Deal of the Year 2025 for two transactions at the ceremony held in Prague, Czech Republic. The 2025 Deal of the Year winner in the Central and Eastern Europe

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Karanovic & Partners Announces the Three New Senior Partners

Karanovic & Partners is pleased to announce the promotion of three distinguished team members to the position of Senior Partner, effective 1 January 2026. Each of the newly promoted Senior Partners is known for outstanding professional excellence

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MidEuropa Agrees to Exit Imlek

The family holding of entrepreneur and investor Andrej Jovanović (AJFH), as the lead investor, together with the experienced manager and current CEO of Imlek, Bojan Radun, has signed an agreement for the joint acquisition of Imlek from its current ow

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Mass to Acquire One of Europe’s Oldest Footwear Retailers

Our colleagues from Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic advised a Slovenian footwear retailer, Mass Group, on its entry into an agreement to acquire Leder & Schuh, one of Europe’s oldest footwear retailers.

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MTX Group Acquires Omial Novi from Aluflexpack

Czech industrial group MTX Group has acquired Omial Novi, a Croatian company, from the Swiss-based Aluflexpack Group, in a transaction that served as a key condition for the European Commission’s approval of Constantia Flexibles’ entry into the Alufl

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A New Era for k/andidates: Year-Round Applications Now Open

As we celebrate 10 years of developing future legal professionals, we are pleased to announce an important update to our k/andidates program. We are transitioning to a new application model—one that allows candidates to apply at any time throughout

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Expertise

Regional coverage

Through our regional network and cooperating offices in 7 countries, we can help you to achieve your industry-specific business goals.

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Practice and industry groups

We are consistently top-ranked as a professional service providers in the region by leading legal directories.

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International desks

Our dedicated German, French, Nordic and Chinese desks have strong track records assisting foreign investors in the SEE region.

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News

Competition Legislation Update: Montenegro

Montenegro Adopts New Competition Law: Key Changes and EU Alignment

On 25 March 2026, the Parliament of Montenegro adopted a new Law on Protection of Competition (the “Law”), marking a significant milestone in aligning Montenegro’s competition framework with the EU acquis and its broader EU accession process. According to the Montenegrin Agency for Protection of Competition (the “Agency”), the Law is intended to strengthen institutional […]

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Competition Legislation Update: Serbia

New Regulation on Exemptions for Vertical Agreements in Serbia: Key Changes Unveiled

The Government of the Republic of Serbia has adopted the updated Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) together with three new regulations introducing separate block exemption regimes for motor vehicles and spare parts (“MVER”), technology transfer agreements (“TTBER”) and the rail and road transport (“RRBER”). The new VBER marks Serbia’s first update to this regulation in […]

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Legal 500 Ranking

Karanovic & Partners Recognised in Legal 500 EMEA 2026 Rankings

Karanovic & Partners continues to be recognised among the leading law firms in the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East, and Africa 2026 edition, with 11 practice areas across our jurisdictions ranked in the top tier and a further 7 recommended in other tiers. Karanovic & Partners’ legal practices and its cooperating lawyers have once again […]

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Pre-Moot in Focus

Belgrade Open Pre-Moot: Supporting the Next Generation of Arbitration Professionals

With the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot approaching, Belgrade once again hosted a series of events dedicated to young legal talents. Over the weekend, the XVIII DIS/Belgrade Open Pre-Moot took place, organised by the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, providing law students with an opportunity to develop their arbitration skills in an […]

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