Our dispute resolution team specializes in effective resolution of disputes by negotiation, mediation and litigation, defending the client’s best interests before courts and state authorities. The firm offers proactive, pragmatic approach, always enthusiastic to try even the most difficult cases in Serbia and in the region.
Our specialist lawyers are committed to providing value for money by adapting their service to their clients’ specific needs. As skilled trial attorneys, we participate in sophisticated and complex matters across a wide range of industries, inter alia financial services, security services, tobacco industry, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and professional services.
We have a strong commercial litigation experience, particularly in the context of contractual, tort, employment, partnership, and shareholder disputes. We promote the use of mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to help our clients achieve their commercial objectives with the minimum of cost and delay.
Our legal team is ready to advise clients in all official languages of the local jurisdictions, as well as in English and German.
OUR PRACTICE
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
- Contract disputes
- Construction disagreements
- Failure to pay or perform cases
- Commercial real estate disputes
- Rental disputes
- Defense against alleged business torts
- Disputes over non-compete agreements
- Breach of fiduciary duty cases
- Temporary and permanent injunctions
- Product liability litigation
- Transportation litigation
- Intellectual property or trade secrets cases
- Business fraud
- Insurance litigation
- Competition litigation
LABOR LITIGATION
- Arbitration and mediation
- Affirmative action including discrimination and retaliation
- Whistle-blower and other retaliation claims
- Wrongful discharge, severance and tort litigation
- Unfair labor practice claims
- Breaches of trade secrets, restrictive covenants and fiduciary duties claims
- Occupational and safety healthy administration claims
- Compensations, and other employee benefit disputes
- Data protection disputes
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
- Arbitration (domestic and international)
- Dispute prevention
- Mediation
- Negotiation
- Risk management
INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
- Complex cross-border restructurings
- Contentious and non-contentious insolvencies
- Contentious banking and financial issues
- Corporate winding-up (liquidation)
- Insolvency litigation
IP DISPUTES
- Patent litigation
- Complex software disputes
- Anti-counterfeiting strategy
- Brand protection
- Design rights claims
- Media and copyright claims
- Take downs and domain name disputes
- Reputation management
- Claims for breach of confidence
- Intellectual property licensing disputes
REAL ESTATE DISPUTES
- Court termination of lease agreements
- Landlord and tenant disputes
- Environmental disputes
- Toxic torts
- Premises liability
- Partnership and other joint venture disputes
- Secured credit, lien priority and foreclosure disputes
- Title, trespass and boundary disputes
- Property tax disputes
HOW WE STAND OUT?
We assemble teams tailored to the specific complexity of a case and utilize the attorney’s skills to win the case. Our work has included engagements and mandates in virtually all above mentioned practice areas throughout Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, for leading multinational and regional companies.
In addition, in cooperation with colleagues from other jurisdictions we have also participated in and managed various multi-jurisdictional litigations involving Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Albania.
CONTACT
MARKO REPIC
PARTNER
Tel. +381 (0)11 3094 200 (switchboard)
+381 (0)11 3094 266 (direct)
+381 (0)60 055 7007 (cell)
E-mail: marko.repic@doklestic.com