FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS

We are a law office from Belgrade that cooperates for a long time with foreign representatives here. Within this office there is an interpreters’ studio for English, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish, Albanian and other world languages its interpreters being court translators. In that sense we send you this having broader explanation below and we stand at your disposal. With the aim of developing fruitful cooperation I suggest a meeting whenever it is convenient to you as I could propose further steps of our cooperation.
Pursuing that I forward to you the following brief:

INFORMATION ON LAW OFFICE GRAHOVAC SERVICES INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS

We are equipped to give advice and counsel to meet the needs of our many corporate and individual clients interested in real estate and other business on the territory of Serbia and Montenegro. Over the years, we have accumulated a significant body of experience, advising clients on a wide range of Serbia and Montenegro business law, including privatization, joint venture formation, taxation, foreign investments, real estate, etc... We can also promote interests of foreign investors in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro on national markets and provide comprehensive legal support for their business and individual activities in.

OUR SERVICES

  • Legal structuring and institutionalizing of client's business, setting up legal and organizational framework to support client's operations
  • Selection of appropriate business forms, drafting and registration of company documents for wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries, joint ventures and stock companies
  • Legal advice on business laws including acquisition of apartments, land and buildings, joint venture formation, currency regulations, taxation, labor practices, among others
  • Real estate property title searches, transfer and registration of real estate acquisitions by foreign individuals or legal entities
  • Privatization-related consulting including due diligence, structuring acquisition of controlling shares of stock and negotiating strategies, as well as documenting the transfer of ownership
  • Drafting, negotiating and delivery of commercial contracts and other legal documentation
  • Drafting and delivery of legal opinions
  • General legal advice and other legal support for entrepreneur and/or other commercial activities of clients
  • Attorney services and commercial litigation support (including mediation, arbitration and civil litigation)
  • Domestic Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
Drafting, negotiating and delivery of commercial contracts and other legal documentation.
We provide legal assistance and representing in Courts in the protection of clients’ lawful interests and rights, whether in administrative, civil, criminal, or commercial court proceedings.

PRIVATIZATION

Methods of the privatization:
  • sale of shares
  • sale of business assets of the company
  • issue of the shares to the employees in the company
  • exchange of shares for the privatization vouchers
  • subscription of new shares by capital increase
  • debt equity swap
  • joint venture in which the company under privatization invests its business assets
  • combination of methods from items 1 to 7 of this paragraph
  • other modes stipulated by this law and privatization plan.

By application of above mentioned methods, privatization is performed by public auction, public tender or public offer in accordance with law and privatization plan and other regulations passed by the Government, at the proposal of the Council.

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL

Drafting and delivery of legal opinions General legal advice and other legal support for entrepreneur and/or other commercial activities of clients Attorney services and commercial litigation support (including mediation, arbitration and civil litigation) Domestic Civil Litigation Employment Law

The service is provided in English and Serbian regularly, and in German, Russian (we are Court Interpreters for the above languages as well), Spanish, Italian and Chinese through certified interpreters. The office offers services in many languages necessary.