AP Legal has advised AikBank Beograd and Eurobank Direktna on their merger.

CMS has launched a new dedicated Corporate Crime team within its Dispute Resolution and Compliance practice in Belgrade with the joining of Denis Beciric as Of Counsel.

Gecic Law has appointed Jelena Bjelanovic as its new Head of Finance and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee.

Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners in Cooperation with Schoenherr has advised Elixir Group on its recent green bond issuance totaling RSD 4.1 billion (approximately EUR 35 million). 

AKT Todorovic & Partners has joined forces with PR Legal with Ivan Todorovic becoming a Partner. At the same time, Ivana Ruzicic has taken over as sole Managing Partner.

On 17 January 2025, the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs of the Republic of Serbia rendered two new rulebooks in the field of occupational safety and health, the implementation of which begins on 28 April 2025, as follows:

NKO Partners has advised CTP on the acquisition of a land site in Nis, Serbia, from Eurosalon subsidiary Malford Beograd. The seller was advised by sole practitioner Goran Radovac.

Apartments, houses and other objects are often owned by several persons and sometimes it is necessary to divide them.

Karanovic & Partners has advised BIG CEE on a EUR 72 million financing – part of a EUR 100 million package from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – to expand its retail portfolio across the Balkans. Harrisons advised the EBRD.

A successful closure of a complex M&A transaction involving the sale of Serbian companies through an innovative escrow solution, overcoming trust issues, financing challenges, and regulatory requirements.

Moravcevic, Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr has advised BlackPeak Capital on its investment in Kafeterija.

IVVK Lawyers has advised Star Finance on its acquisition of Tradewin.

RTPR and Karanovic & Partners have advised MidEuropa on the sale of Regina Maria Group to Mehilainen. White & Case advised Mehilainen. Kinstellar advised Blue Sea Capital on the sell-side as well. Reportedly, A&O Shearman's London office also advised MidEuropa while Bondoc & Asociatii also advised Mehilainen.

The Serbian Competition Commission ("Commission") has published a Report on the sector inquiry of competition conditions in the private healthcare services market in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2019 up to 2023 ("Inquiry").  

NKO Partners has advised Pro Group on its acquisition of a 70% majority stake in Smart Tiger. MMD Advokati advised the seller, Slobodan Milivojevic.

Serbia’s legal market is influenced by ongoing political instability stemming from months-long student protests and the recent resignation of the Prime Minister, according to NKO Partners Junior Partner Branko Jankovic. This situation is expected to slow M&A activity, particularly in real estate and mining, though everyday employment-related legal work is on the rise.

On the evening of April 1, 2025, the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet brought together, under the same roof, over 200 top-tier lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe's leading law firms and General Counsel from across the region in Prague.

CMS Partners Horea Popescu, Alexander Rakosi, and Ryszard Manteuffel discuss the ebb and flow of M&A deals in CEE, highlighting that the M&A landscape experienced a significant drop in overall deal values prompting strategic shifts amid ongoing geopolitical and financing challenges.