Our day-to-day legal advice for our corporate clients ranges from the straightforward company establishment and corporate governance regulations to all forms of internal management and contracting. Our team works equally well as the fully outsourced legal function or together with the internal Legal Department of larger companies. By adopting an integrative approach with our clients we support the in-house legal function on issues such as:

• Corporate Governance
• Shareholders Agreements and meetings
• Company Law compliance matters
• Financing
• Sharesales and purchases
• Consolidations and Restructurings
• Employment related
• Work permits and residence for international staff
• Contracting of all forms

Our M&A practice continues to represent a wide range of clients involved in all forms of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Our transaction experience is unrivaled and includes advice in the following transactions:

• · Mergers and acquisitions
• · Joint Ventures
• · Management Buyouts
• · Leveraged Buyouts
• · Privatisations
• · Recapitialisations
• · Restructurings
• · Spin-Offs
• · Takeover Bids
• · Strategic Alliances
• · Auctions
• · Share sales

Our M&A team has a wealth of experience in dealing with the myriad of issues which arise during this often sensitive and time critical process. Our approach is integrative- working with other specialized lawyers from the firm and other external advisors in a manner which is time efficient and which results in the most effective advice to the client. We are fully aware of the pace of business today and our team is on stand-by to assist in an advisory role when contemplating a transaction or implementary role when the decision to proceed with a transaction has been taken.

Chambers Global Directory, a leading international directory ranking law firms on KN - Karanovic & Nikolic:“This outfit is a market leader and probably the most prominent firm on major transactions.

Our approach to larger transactions involves project and team management and our team is composed of senior, mid-level and junior lawyers, all working together to ensure a cost effective yet streamlined service.

Why Comply?

Today, ensuring your business is compliant with local laws and regulations is more important than ever. Increased regulatory activity by the authorities and a greater need for the proper assessment and management of risk entailed in business operations is now key. The cost associated with failure to do so is higher than ever before and no business can afford the negative PR damage which can occur.

Significant sanctions can be imposed on a company in breach of the laws and regulations in a specific area, but additionally the civil and criminal responsibility of senior executives for such failure to comply is a significant driver for businesses to undertake all the necessary measures to ensure full compliance.

Tailor Made Legal Support Team

Our KN Compliance Group was formed in response to the growing demand from clients to ensure their full compliance with the applicable regulatory framework. With more than 70 lawyers in 4 jurisdictions and 15 specialized areas of work, the KN team provides a multidisciplinary approach and understanding of the way in which clients manage their business. This approach is what makes the difference in our service. Each client receives a tailor made legal support team, which actively cooperates with the client in determining what steps are necessary to ensure full compliance and how this should be achieved in the most cost effective manner.

Scope of Services

Our specialised lawyers carefully examine clients operations and the applicability of various laws to it in a diligence exercise. We identify the possible risk areas or areas where incompliance has been noticed and report back to the client. Our reporting further proposes solutions and structures as to how such risky areas should be managed in the future to ensure the highest level of legal certainty for the client.

The team is fully equipped to carry out any of the compliance related services requested by the client such as:

• determine the compliance universe i.e. the set of the laws and regulations applicable to the specific client;
• perform a regulatory compliance check – a legal audit of the clients current business conduct. The scope of such legal audit is agreed between the client and the firm depending on specific client’s needs;
• assistance on regulatory inspections, inquiries and investigations
• work with internal audit teams on reviewing management, operations and internal controls
• train clients employees on specific areas to ensuring compliant behavior
• prepare internal by-laws, procedural manuals, policies and procedures which will ensure that compliance is ensured.

Why us ?

KN is the leading commercial law firm in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia.

With 15 years experience in these dynamic markets, we are proud to serve our clients in some of the largest and most successful transactions in the region. We look after all our clients day to day legal needs and are familiar with their market.

KN specializes in commercial law and it draws upon the experience of both civil and common lawyers to ensure that our approach is business oriented and international. The Firm provides an unparalleled legal service to the highest professional standard. Described by Chambers Global Directory, the top independent ranking directory as “This outfit is a market leader and probably the most prominent firm on major transactions.” The firm relies upon its well trained international, regional and local lawyers, and clients are rest assured that their business law needs are fully covered.