North Macedonia Update
North Macedonia: Informal Requirement for Transfer Impact Assessments in the New Year
Transfers of personal data outside of North Macedonia to third countries and international organizations (non-EU/EEA) (“Cross-Border Transfers”) have been under the watchful eye of the Agency for Personal Data Protection of North Macedonia (“DPA”) for a long time. With the adoption of the new Law on Personal Data Protection in North Macedonia (“Law”) in 2020, […]
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Workshops 2021
Karanovic & Partners attended Blockchain Legal Workshop
Our Partner, Katarina Gudurić, and Senior Associate, Andrej Jelenković attended Blockchain Legal Workshop organised by the Serbian Blockchain Summit. The workshop was held in Hotel Zira in Belgrade on 1st December. Blockchain legal workshop is a specialised event specifically for legal professionals and focuses entirely on legal aspects of cryptocurrency, blockchain utility, as well as decentralised finances, […]
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Clean Energy Package for the Entire Europe
At the meeting in Belgrade, on 30 November 2021, under the presidency-in-office of the Republic of Serbia, the Energy Community Ministerial Council adopted the five key legislative acts stemming from the Clean Energy for all Europeans package and the Decarbonisation Roadmap. The Clean Energy for all Europeans package covers legislative acts in the area of […]
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Karanovic & Partners Promotes New Senior Associates
Karanović & Partners is pleased to announce that Valentina Djordjic Mijatovic and Aleksandar Petrovic have been named Senior Associates. “These highly professional individuals have established themselves as key members of our team. Their promotion reflects their hard work and dedication, as well as great relationship with clients.” said Dragan Karanović, Managing Partner. Both Valentina and […]
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Bojana Miljanović Hussey Promoted to Partner
Karanovic & Partners is pleased to announce Bojana Miljanović Hussey’s promotion to Partner. Bojana has been a part of Karanovic & Partners for over 11 years. After graduating law in the UK, obtaining a master’s degree in the US, and passing the NY Bar, she chose to begin her career as a trainee in the […]
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Wind Auctions in Serbia – Final Chapter of the Regulatory Reform
In the second half of November, the authorities intensified their activities on finalization of the regulatory reform of the renewables sector in Serbia commenced in the beginning of the year with work on new Law on Use of Renewable Energy Sources. After the Government decided about the quota for subsidizing new wind power plants – […]
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Karanovic & Partners in vivid discussion with startups from Science Technology Park Nis
On November 25, Science Technology Park (STP) Nis organised an online AMA session with start-up and scale-up companies, members of STP Nis. Partners, Ivan Nonkovic and Goran Radosevic, with support from business development, Veronika Tasić, talked about what global technology companies and investors are most interested in when investing or acquiring. Startups and scaleups, members […]
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Karanovic & Partners Advises Volt Resources Limited on its Acquistion of Asena Investments doo
Graphite producer and battery anode material developer Volt Resources Limited (ASX: VRC) (“Volt” or “the Company”) announced the acquisition of three licence applications that are considered to be prospective for lithium-borate mineralisation. The licence applications are in respect to a total area of 291km2, located in Serbia and are west and south-west of the Serbian […]
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Ana Luković Promoted to Partner
Karanovic & Partners is pleased to announce Ana Luković’s promotion to Partner. Ana started her career 12 years ago at Karanovic & Partners as an intern. After practising as a corporate lawyer, she moved on to the real estate team. There, with her perseverance, reliability, personal development, and work in the team she practically built […]
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Enforcement of and against Intellectual Property Rights
Serbia has a long-standing tradition in the protection of intellectual property rights. The Kingdom of Serbia was even one of the first 11 signatories of the Paris Convention in 1883. Nowadays, the laws on trademarks, patents, and other industrial property rights are harmonised with the ones in the EU. However, in the process of enforcement […]
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Changes in the Legislation governing Electricity Supply in Slovenia
Up until quite recently, the field of electricity supply in Slovenia was regulated by the Energy Act (“EZ-1”),[1] which additionally governed several other areas and has, over the years, became vastly extensive and impractical. As a response the legislator decided to take the initiative and on 20 October 2021, the National Assembly of Republic of […]
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Karanovic & Partners Held a Regional Webinar “The Law of k/reativity”
Karanovic & Partners in cooperation with local lawyers organised a regional IP guide webinar for university and high-school students on 17 November 2021. The panel was moderated by Nikola Kliska, Head of IP and Senior Associate, while the speakers included Ljupka Noveska Andonova, Nihad Odobašić and Marija Stojanović, attorneys at law in cooperation with Karanovic & […]
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New Croatian Law on Copyright and Related Rights – a Modernised System of Copyright Protection
The new Croatian Law on Copyright and Related Rights (“Law”) entered into force on 22 October 2021. One of the main reasons for adopting the Law was the implementation of EU Directives 2019/790 and 2019/789 into the local legislation. The new Law modernised the system of copyright protection and related rights concerning digital society needs, […]
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Unicredit Bank and Elicio Ali VE Complete the Refinancing for the Alibunar Wind Farm
UniCredit Bank Serbia and Elicio Ali VE doo, a company wholly owned by Elicio NV, have completed the refinancing transaction of the wind farm “Alibunar” of 42 MW, which supplies slightly less than 30,000 households with electricity, Unicredit Bank announced at the end of October. Our Senior Associate, Mina Sreckovic, advised Elicio Ali VE doo […]
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Personal Income Tax Incentives and Capital Gains Tax Exemptions Proposed
The Government of the Republic of Serbia has recently proposed amendments to the tax laws, including amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax (‘PIT Law’), Law on Mandatory Social Contributions (‘SSC Law’) and the Law on Corporate Income Tax (‘CIT Law’). Several payroll tax incentives are proposed under amendments as well as tax exemption […]
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North Macedonia: Preparations for the Electricity Crisis
While trying to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is running headlong into an energy crisis, and North Macedonia will meet the same fate. The country is facing serious electricity shortages due to the rising growth of prices on the energy exchanges in Europe. This, in turn, disables the companies that trade in […]
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Non-competition Clause After the Termination of the Employment Contract
The Labour Law contains only 2 articles related the non-competition clause. It says: “An employee could be prohibited by the employment contract to perform certain work on his own behalf and for his own account, and also on behalf and for the account of another legal or natural person, without the consent of his employer […]
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Changes to the Legislation Governing Lease of Business Premises in Slovenia
Up until fairly recently, the lease of business buildings and business premises (offices, warehouses, pertaining parking spaces, etc.) in Slovenia was governed by the Business Buildings and Business Premises Act[1] (“Act”). Since the Act was adopted back in 1974, it was not shaped for the modern business environment in which it is both in the […]
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Petar Mitrović to Moderate AmCham Discussion Panel “The price of electricity for the economy: What to expect?”
Our Partner and member of the AmCham Energy Committee, Petar Mitrović, will moderate an online panel discussion on November 3, organised by AmCham Serbia. Some of the discussion topics will be short-term and long-term causes of increasing electricity prices – locally and globally, the trends in electricity prices in the future, and how to prepare […]
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North Macedonia: Investment Support for Technological Industrial Development Zones
The Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia recently presented the Plan for Accelerated Economic Development (“Plan”), intended to boost the economic development in the country and provide recovery of the economy for the period between 2022 and 2026. The Plan envisages private sector investments of up to EUR 8 billion, as […]
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