Iris Pensa

Practice Areas

Labour Law

Prevention and Resolution of Disputes

Intellectual Property

Career

Iris Pensa is Partner and mediator. She specialises in the field of human rights law and labour law. She is responsible for acting in accordance with the ten principles of the UN Global Compact from the field of human rights, labour standards, environment, transparency, and anti-corruption, which she bears in mind in all her services and advices to clients. Iris is also the primary contact person for all possible matters, which with regard to the circumstances of an individual matter the firm would take up on a pro bono basis.

Professional Memberships

Member of Slovenian Bar

Member of Slovenian Association of Mediators

Publications

Women, Business and the Law reports 2019-2022 (contributor for Slovenia)

Analysis of the Consequences of Closure of Schools and kindergartens During the COVID-19 Epidemic in Relation to the Wage Gap and Labour Market Access (Podjetje in delo, year 47, no. 3/4, 2021)

World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index 2018-2021 (contributor for Slovenia)

Doing Business: Labor Market Regulation reports 2019-2020 (contributor for Slovenia)

Discrimination in Criteria for Payment of Performance Bonuses, Podjetje in delo No. 8, 2019

Gender pay gap, discriminatory business performance bonuses, Direktor Magazine, No. 43, 2019

How to avoid succession disputes, Direktor Magazine, No. 37, 2019

Mediation – Resolution of Disputes at Party’s Will not at Judge’s Discretion Delo: Svet kapitala, December 2017

Experience

Partner at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (since 2021)

Managing Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2019–2020)

Senior Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (since 2012)

Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2011–2012)

Junior Associate at Orrick, Rambaud, Martel Law Office in Paris (2010)

Junior Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2008–2010)

Languages Spoken

English

Serbian

Croatian

Spanish

French

Education