Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Central & Eastern Europe
Band 3
About
Provided by Karanovic & Partners
Banking & Finance Experts
Our top ranked banking and finance team is the largest in the region and has a wealth of experience advising clients on financial products, transactions and compliance matters in complex, demanding and ever-changing regulatory environments.
As recognised pioneers in local practice development, we have worked on the first syndicated loan facilities and financial derivatives transactions in the region. We are recognised as having proactively shaped the emerging PPP trend in our markets and, in cooperation with lawyers qualified in relevant jurisdictions, have assisted in the realisation of large-scale infrastructure projects throughout the region.
Our spectrum of legal services includes inter alia:
- General Lending & Project Finance
- Banking M&As
- NPL Portfolio Services
- Infrastructure Finance & Public-Private Partnerships
- Financial Regulation
- Capital Markets & Financial Instruments
- Insurance
- Restructuring & Distressed Transactions
Chambers Review
Joining the rankings this year, Karanovic & Partners boasts particular strength in Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. The team demonstrates noteworthy capability in debt refinancing and project finance, particularly in the energy and real estate sectors. The law firm further acts on regulatory compliance and fintech mandates.
Darko Jovanović is a key client contact.
Work Highlights
- Karanovic & Partners advised Pearl Infrastructure Capital on the debt refinancing of three newly acquired companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"From the moment we engaged their services we were impressed by their exceptional level of expertise and knowledge in handling complex legal matters. Their strategic thinking and sound judgement were invaluable."
"The team demonstrated vast knowledge and the teams were dedicated to different industries' regulation and the resolution of different issues."
"The team is very competent, proactive and efficient. The same level of commitment can be seen in senior lawyers, and in the younger generation lawyers that join them. The whole team is very reliable."
"From the moment we engaged their services we were impressed by their exceptional level of expertise and knowledge in handling complex legal matters. Their strategic thinking and sound judgement were invaluable."
"The team demonstrated vast knowledge and the teams were dedicated to different industries' regulation and the resolution of different issues."
"The team is very competent, proactive and efficient. The same level of commitment can be seen in senior lawyers, and in the younger generation lawyers that join them. The whole team is very reliable."
Members
Provided by Karanovic & Partners
Darko Jovanović
Head of Department
Katarina Gudurić
Maja Jovačević Šetka
Head of Department
Marija Vićić Simić
Tijana Arsenijević