Branko Bulat

Practice Areas

Real Estate, Property Development, Energy, Oil & Gas, Civil Law, Corporate Law

Languages Spoken

Croatian, English, German

Professional Memberships

Branko is a member of Croatian Bar Association.

Work Highlights

• Acted for EAGLE HILLs in the acquisition of Sunce hotels (operating under the brand Bluesun Hotels & Resort) in the amount of EUR 101 million, one of the largest hospitality acquisitions in Croatia;

• Acted for WETOMIN d.o.o., an SPV associated with Brown Hotels group, in acquiring majority shareholding in Jadran Hoteli d.d., the leading hospitality group in Rijeka;

• Acted for IKEA in development of app. 300,000 m2 and the IKEA store itself of approx. 38,000 m2;

• Acted for Designer Outlet Croatia being indirectly held by IKEA Centres Europe and Mutschler Outlet Holding, in development of fashion outlet in Zagreb area;

• Acted for Ingka Centres (part of IKEA Group) in the development of luxury retail park;

• Acted for ALP PARTNERS LIMITED, in connection to project Prukljan, a public tender of the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets in particular golf, marina and villas development project Prukljan covering 1.600,000 m2;

• Acted for ZAIC, a subsidiary of the French BOUYGUES group and Aeroports de Paris, in the construction and development of Zagreb Airport;

• Acted for MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE FUND in due diligence and acquisition of two major shopping centres in Zagreb City Center East and City Center West and subsequently €264 million restructuring of debt of two Croatian companies that own properties of the two retail centres;

• Acted for DECATHLON in development of its business in Zagreb East, Zagreb West, Rijeka, Zadar, Split and Pula;

• Acted for GTC in development of a building of office park;

• Acted for New Europe Property Investment (NEPI) in acquisition of Arena Shopping Centre in Zagreb

Industry Sector Expertise

Real Estate, Property Development, Litigation

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Croatia

Experience

20 years