The firm is home to the leading advocates, attorneys with decades of experience in their relevant practice areas as well as exceptional juniors looking to be the leaders in their respective fields. The firm maintains a classic advocate partnership / cooperation structure, with our key people managing the relevant practices within the firm.

Apart from our leaders, the firm is home to juniors – attorneys and trainees – that have completed studies in some of the leading global universities and had the opportunity to be trained and seconded to our partner law firms across the globe.

The traditional firm structure has allowed us to maintain the exceptional quality of legal services throughout the years and afford clients with focus, commitment and care that are leading in the market.

Our key people and practice leaders are:

Office Principal & Head of Dispute Resolution

Zdenko Tomanović

Attorney at law

Practice Head: Dispute Resolution

Practice focus: White Collar Litigation & Investigations; Strategic Advisory & Crisis Management; Board Advisory.

In 1994, Mr Tomanović founded the firm as a dispute resolution focused practice. Prior to his admittance to the bar and setting up Tomanovic Law Office, Mr Tomanović was a Judge, having joined the judiciary in 1980.

Mr Tomanović has built the dispute resolution practice of the firm and has acted in some of the most high-profile matters in the Serbian legal system. He has successfully represented leading local, regional, and multinational companies, company directors, shareholders, financial institutions and other parties in a variety of matters before all court instances. Mr Tomanović is renowned for successfully representing clients in some of the most reported, politically charged, high-value white-collar matters before the Serbian and regional courts. This reputation has paved the way for the recognition of Mr Tomanović as a preeminent attorney for high-stakes complex investigations and high-impact white-collar crime litigation. He has also been involved in a variety of international law cases, from arbitrations to human rights cases before the ECtHR. Mr Tomanović was legal counsel to the defendant in one of the most well-known ICTY cases brought in the early 2000’s.

Apart from acting as a senior counsel before courts, Mr. Tomanović is recognized as a legal and strategic advisor to company boards, shareholders and business owners, high net worth individuals, embassies, political stakeholders, NGO’s, media companies, charitable enterprises, and others.

Mr Tomanović is frequently engaged as a speaker at universities, appears in the Serbian and international media as a preeminent expert in his fields, and is actively engaged on various platforms in promoting the rule of law.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Corporate & Commercial Law

International Law & Arbitration

Criminal Law & Investigation

Private Client & Dispute

Practice Head

Aleksandra Kovačević

Attorney at law

Practice Head: Corporate & Commercial, Tax

Practice focus: Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Real Estate & Construction, Tax

Mrs Kovačević joined the firm in March 2006 following her clerkship in the First Municipal Court. Since 2006, Ms Kovačević has been specializing in commercial, corporate and tax matters, both in the transactional and disputes fields. Her impressive advocacy style has not only made her a tough negotiator in transactional matters but has also led her to act for clients in numerous complex disputes before courts and tribunals in Serbia and abroad.

Her recent highlight work includes successfully closing a major (EUR 20+ mil) real estate development transaction in central Belgrade, and acting for a leading European telco sector company in EUR 100+ mil. commercial dispute before the Commercial Court in Belgrade.

Recent work of Mrs Kovačević also includes acting for the shareholders of a Dutch – Croatian holding concerning a EUR 6+ bil. indirect expropriation case, and advising on a confidential, high value (30 mil. EUR), complex, corporate taxation matter involving multiple jurisdictions.

Mrs Kovačević leads the Corporate & Commercial and Tax practices of the firm. She is fluent in English.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Lead Junior Attorney

Mila Tomanović

Attorney at law

Head of Juniors

Ms Tomanović joined the firm in 2018 and qualified as an attorney in 2022. Just before re-joining the firm in early 2023, she has spent time at major international disputes orientated practice in London.

Ms Tomanović focuses on developing her practice in dispute resolution. She is actively assisting the Senior members of the firm on various contentious matters both domestically and before international tribunals. Ms Tomanović has experience assisting counsel in international arbitration and complex litigation cases brought before the Commercial Court.

Ms Tomanović heads the juniors practice group – comprised of three juniors and trainees. She is fluent in English.

Degree:

University of Cambridge, LLM (2018)

University of London, LLB (2017)

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Veljko Tomanović

Solicitor / Attorney at law

Practice Head: International Transactions, Investments & International Arbitration

Practice focus: Investment-Treaty & International Commercial Arbitration; Complex Commercial Contracts & Cross-Border Projects; Distressed, Special Situations and Bespoke Finance; Cross-Border & Inward Investments; English law.

Mr Tomanović re-joined the firm in 2019 following two years of practice in commercial and investment treaty arbitration in leading international and English law firms in London. Mr Tomanović qualified as an attorney in Serbia in 2015 and as a solicitor in England & Wales in 2019. Previous to his qualification as attorney, he had experience working for some of the leading international firms in London and Hong Kong.

In his international disputes practice, Mr Tomanović has acted with respect to proceedings under ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA. SIAC and PKS (Serbia) rules.

Having advised clients on international disputes which frequently involve international investments and complex post-M&A contentious matters, Mr Tomanović’s practice has expanded on transactional matters in the Energy, Telecommunications, Real Estate, Distressed and Finance sectors in Serbia and abroad. His experience includes advising on number of transactional commercial matters including recent a successful closing of multimillion EUR transactions (30+ mil. EUR) in loan markets, advising on EUR 100+ mil real estate and energy projects and successfully closing a regional multimillion EUR pharma sector M&A deal involving multiple jurisdictions (Montenegro, Serbia, US and UK).

As a qualified solicitor in England & Wales Mr Tomanović also had experience advising on various EU law matters. Mr Tomanović speaks English and French.

Degree:

London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM 2011

King’s College, University of London, LLB 2010

Admitted:

England & Wales (Solicitor)

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Marko Drašković

Attorney at Law

Practice Head: Criminal Litigation & Investigations

Practice focus: White Collar & Criminal Litigation; Regulatory Dispute Resolution; Investigations; Human Rights law

Mr Drašković joined the firm in 2013 from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where he spent years clerking in and assisting the Prosecutor’s Office on criminal matters.

Mr Drašković has focused his practice on a criminal and regulatory investigations and disputes arising in a number of sectors and before authorities and courts of all instances.

He has significant experience in matters concerning white-collar/economic crimes and fraudulent abuse of function/office. He has also worked on matters representing damaged entities (banks and financial institutions) in bringing forward investigations and charges against executives for fraudulent practices.

Recent highlight work includes acting on a heavily publicized white-collar investigation involving political corruption charges against the most senior members of the judiciary of a regional state, a major high-stakes white-collar matter brought against the owner of a entertainment industry company for alleged abuses of position, and a large-scale investigation addressing an alleged (20+ mil. EUR) cross-border transaction fraud involving multiple jurisdictions.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Lead Junior Attorney

Senja Savić

Attorney at Law

Practice focus: Dispute Resolution, Civil Law, Regulatory, International/Cross-Border

Ms Savić joined the firm in October 2020. Previous to this, she obtained two degrees in law, one in the United Kingdom and the second in Serbia.

Ms Savić completed her two-year training at the firm in 2022, after which she passed the Bar examination in 2023. During her training, she assisted our attorneys in a number of high-profile disputes and regulatory matters. She has assisted clients in a number of contentious and non-contentious civil law matters. Ms Savić has also assisted the firm in a number of international matters – from advising on foreign law governed contracts to assisting the lead counsel in major international arbitral proceedings.

Ms Savic speaks English and German.

Degree:

Bachelor’s degree, The Faculty of Law of the University of Manchester, 2018

Bachelor’s degree, The Faculty of Law of Union University, 2020

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Zara Tijanić Jevtović

Attorney at law

Practice Head: Private Client

Practice focus: Civil law; Labour law; White-Collar & Regulatory Advisory & Disputes; Private Client & Family Office Advisory.

Mrs Tijanić has joined the firm as a trainee in 2007 and qualified as an attorney in 2009. For more than a decade, she has developed a diverse practice in civil law (both advisory and contentious) as well as regulatory and white-collar, mainly focusing on the private client sector and family office firms advisory. Zara has extensive experience in various civil law matters – she has advised executive and high-level employees on labour law matters and disputes against large corporates, advised family office funds and entrepreneurs on a plethora of legal and compliance matters, and acted for political stakeholders and company owners in contentious regulatory and white-collar matters.

Recent highlight work includes advising on a major regulatory investigation in the telecommunication and media sector, acting in white-collar proceedings against in a major, high-profile case brought against certain political stakeholders and business owners with respect to a privatization of a large enterprise and advising a private client’s investment trust on a number of real estate and regulatory matters arising from the operation of the investments.

Mrs Tijanić is fluent in English and has a working knowledge of Spanish.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Aleksandra Kovačević

Attorney at law

Practice Head: Corporate & Commercial, Tax

Practice focus: Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Real Estate & Construction, Tax

Mrs Kovačević joined the firm in March 2006 following her clerkship in the First Municipal Court. Since 2006, Ms Kovačević has been specializing in commercial, corporate and tax matters, both in the transactional and disputes fields. Her impressive advocacy style has not only made her a tough negotiator in transactional matters but has also led her to act for clients in numerous complex disputes before courts and tribunals in Serbia and abroad.

Her recent highlight work includes successfully closing a major (EUR 20+ mil) real estate development transaction in central Belgrade, and acting for a leading European telco sector company in EUR 100+ mil. commercial dispute before the Commercial Court in Belgrade.

Recent work of Mrs Kovačević also includes acting for the shareholders of a Dutch – Croatian holding concerning a EUR 6+ bil. indirect expropriation case, and advising on a confidential, high value (30 mil. EUR), complex, corporate taxation matter involving multiple jurisdictions.

Mrs Kovačević leads the Corporate & Commercial and Tax practices of the firm. She is fluent in English.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Lead Junior Attorney

Mila Tomanović

Attorney at law

Head of Juniors

Ms Tomanović joined the firm in 2018 and qualified as an attorney in 2022. Just before re-joining the firm in early 2023, she has spent time at major international disputes orientated practice in London.

Ms Tomanović focuses on developing her practice in dispute resolution. She is actively assisting the Senior members of the firm on various contentious matters both domestically and before international tribunals. Ms Tomanović has experience assisting counsel in international arbitration and complex litigation cases brought before the Commercial Court.

Ms Tomanović heads the juniors practice group – comprised of three juniors and trainees. She is fluent in English.

Degree:

University of Cambridge, LLM (2018)

University of London, LLB (2017)

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Veljko Tomanović

Solicitor / Attorney at law

Practice Head: International Transactions, Investments & International Arbitration

Practice focus: Investment-Treaty & International Commercial Arbitration; Complex Commercial Contracts & Cross-Border Projects; Distressed, Special Situations and Bespoke Finance; Cross-Border & Inward Investments; English law.

Mr Tomanović re-joined the firm in 2019 following two years of practice in commercial and investment treaty arbitration in leading international and English law firms in London. Mr Tomanović qualified as an attorney in Serbia in 2015 and as a solicitor in England & Wales in 2019. Previous to his qualification as attorney, he had experience working for some of the leading international firms in London and Hong Kong.

In his international disputes practice, Mr Tomanović has acted with respect to proceedings under ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA. SIAC and PKS (Serbia) rules.

Having advised clients on international disputes which frequently involve international investments and complex post-M&A contentious matters, Mr Tomanović’s practice has expanded on transactional matters in the Energy, Telecommunications, Real Estate, Distressed and Finance sectors in Serbia and abroad. His experience includes advising on number of transactional commercial matters including recent a successful closing of multimillion EUR transactions (30+ mil. EUR) in loan markets, advising on EUR 100+ mil real estate and energy projects and successfully closing a regional multimillion EUR pharma sector M&A deal involving multiple jurisdictions (Montenegro, Serbia, US and UK).

As a qualified solicitor in England & Wales Mr Tomanović also had experience advising on various EU law matters. Mr Tomanović speaks English and French.

Degree:

London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM 2011

King’s College, University of London, LLB 2010

Admitted:

England & Wales (Solicitor)

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Marko Drašković

Attorney at Law

Practice Head: Criminal Litigation & Investigations

Practice focus: White Collar & Criminal Litigation; Regulatory Dispute Resolution; Investigations; Human Rights law

Mr Drašković joined the firm in 2013 from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where he spent years clerking in and assisting the Prosecutor’s Office on criminal matters.

Mr Drašković has focused his practice on a criminal and regulatory investigations and disputes arising in a number of sectors and before authorities and courts of all instances.

He has significant experience in matters concerning white-collar/economic crimes and fraudulent abuse of function/office. He has also worked on matters representing damaged entities (banks and financial institutions) in bringing forward investigations and charges against executives for fraudulent practices.

Recent highlight work includes acting on a heavily publicized white-collar investigation involving political corruption charges against the most senior members of the judiciary of a regional state, a major high-stakes white-collar matter brought against the owner of a entertainment industry company for alleged abuses of position, and a large-scale investigation addressing an alleged (20+ mil. EUR) cross-border transaction fraud involving multiple jurisdictions.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Lead Junior Attorney

Senja Savić

Attorney at Law

Practice focus: Dispute Resolution, Civil Law, Regulatory, International/Cross-Border

Ms Savić joined the firm in October 2020. Previous to this, she obtained two degrees in law, one in the United Kingdom and the second in Serbia.

Ms Savić completed her two-year training at the firm in 2022, after which she passed the Bar examination in 2023. During her training, she assisted our attorneys in a number of high-profile disputes and regulatory matters. She has assisted clients in a number of contentious and non-contentious civil law matters. Ms Savić has also assisted the firm in a number of international matters – from advising on foreign law governed contracts to assisting the lead counsel in major international arbitral proceedings.

Ms Savic speaks English and German.

Degree:

Bachelor’s degree, The Faculty of Law of the University of Manchester, 2018

Bachelor’s degree, The Faculty of Law of Union University, 2020

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)

Practice Head

Zara Tijanić

Attorney at law

Practice Head: Private Client

Practice focus: Civil law; Labour law; White-Collar & Regulatory Advisory & Disputes; Private Client & Family Office Advisory.

Mrs Tijanić has joined the firm as a trainee in 2007 and qualified as an attorney in 2009. For more than a decade, she has developed a diverse practice in civil law (both advisory and contentious) as well as regulatory and white-collar, mainly focusing on the private client sector and family office firms advisory. Zara has extensive experience in various civil law matters – she has advised executive and high-level employees on labour law matters and disputes against large corporates, advised family office funds and entrepreneurs on a plethora of legal and compliance matters, and acted for political stakeholders and company owners in contentious regulatory and white-collar matters.

Recent highlight work includes advising on a major regulatory investigation in the telecommunication and media sector, acting in white-collar proceedings against in a major, high-profile case brought against certain political stakeholders and business owners with respect to a privatization of a large enterprise and advising a private client’s investment trust on a number of real estate and regulatory matters arising from the operation of the investments.

Mrs Tijanić is fluent in English and has a working knowledge of Spanish.

Degree:

Belgrade University, Faculty of Law, LLB

Admitted:

Serbia (Belgrade Bar)