What do newly adopted amendments to the law on companies bring to the table?
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What do newly adopted amendments to the law on companies bring to the table?

In November 2021, the Serbian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on the Registration Procedure before the Business Registers Agency and the Law on Companies which entered into force on 16 November...
December 13, 2021
Ethics and Business Integrity
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Ethics and Business Integrity

Recent years, especially in Serbia and the region, seem to have brought an increasing interest of the business community for matters like compliance, ethics, and more widely, business integrity.
November 12, 2021
Merger control takes courage: lessons from Illumina’s alleged gun-jumping for the West Balkans
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Merger control takes courage: lessons from Illumina’s alleged gun-jumping for the West Balkans

Considering that only around 1-2% of cases notified to competition authorities require closer scrutiny, merger control is typically not considered very intriguing (despite being a nuisance for M&A timetables).
September 1, 2021
Archiving of paper form documents in an electronic form
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Archiving of paper form documents in an electronic form

Archiving of documents by companies is a topic introduced to the wider public in Serbia at the beginning of 2020. It attracted much attention beginning of this year when the new Law...
August 27, 2021
New Trade Secret Protection Act – Improving the Legal Framework
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New Trade Secret Protection Act – Improving the Legal Framework

Earlier this month, the new Serbian Trade Secret Protection Act (link) came into force. The Act replaces its predecessor with the main aim to harmonize the Serbian legislation...
June 22, 2021
What Could the European Union’s Unfair Trading Practices Directive Mean for Companies in Serbia?
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What Could the European Union’s Unfair Trading Practices Directive Mean for Companies in Serbia?

In April 2019, the European Parliament adopted the Directive 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (“Directive”). The Directive aims to iron out the asymmetry...
April 28, 2021