Our mining and energy practice focuses on providing comprehensive legal services to clients engaged in exploration, extraction, and operations/ production of natural resources. We assist in all stages of mining and energy projects, including, incorporation, tax structuring, licensing/ permitting, regulatory compliance, day-to-day/ ongoing support, and dispute resolution.
We work closely with governmental bodies, regulators, and private stakeholders to help navigate complex regulatory frameworks and achieve operational efficiency. Our experience includes advisory in renewable energy projects/ sector, oil and gas operations, and mining investments, ensuring compliance with environmental and safety regulations.
We are recognized as market leaders in project and energy sectors. Clients engage us for guidance and strategic direction throughout the entire business cycle, with the goal of developing, planning and implementing new and improved opportunities for growth. We actively collaborate with numerous industry associations in promoting the business of electric vehicles, EV batteries, and legislative frameworks related to the green transition in the Western Balkans market.
We proactively identify and manage challenges posed by EU and national regulations, particularly for utility providers companies and other key stakeholders. With industry expertise, we help clients develop and seize new market opportunities.
We have significant experience in complex operations related to key energy infrastructure objects for both conventional and renewable energy sources, as well as import and storage of oil and gas. Our focus is on full energy, oil and gas regulatory and advisory services, including working with Lukoil and Shell Global, one of the largest regional and global oil and gas players, on the development of their strategic import, storage and distributions.
We have significant experience in complex transactions related to key energy infrastructure projects, both for conventional and renewable energy sources, as well as oil and gas import, storage and trading activites. Our focus is on comprehensive regulation and advice in the energy, oil, and gas sectors, including working with Lukoil and Shell Global, major regional and global players, on the development of their strategic storage facilities for the import, storage, and distribution of oil and gas.
Before regional and local energy regulators and state utility commissions, we provide a wide range of support to clients regarding permitting/ licensing, compliance, tax, corporate, enforcement, litigation and oversight. We also assist in resolving competition law issues, triggered by mergers & acquisitions deals, compliance, capacity and ancillary services, monopolies/cartel agreements, as well as bilateral energy market issues in the country.
We work closely with clients to develop innovative solutions for their most urgent business challenges, addressing issues that impact or will change the way energy is procured, distributed, stored, and traded/ sold.
We build long-term relationships with our clients by providing a high level of service that we have been loyal to for years. Our client-focused approach is applied in our work with leading commercial investors/developers, advising major banking clients on portfolio financing and managing loans and transactions for various clients.
We represent clients in their relations with local administrations, state, national, and international agencies, resolving issues such as regulatory compliance, permitting, land use, and urban planning and zoning.
We engage in vigorous negotiations and representation in all areas of real estate transactions, including development, purchase, sale, financing, leasing, and management of individual properties and large portfolios. We help clients understand, protect, and maximize their rights across a wide range of projects and real estate investments.
We represent financial institutions, insurance companies, and private equity funds focused on real estate, as well as individuals, municipalities, and corporations. We understand the inner workings of industries in which our clients operate, including energy, telecommunications, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.
Our strength lies in risk management, insurance, taxation, real estate, land use, environmental permits, regulatory matters, and public policy across different jurisdictions. This enables us to provide high-quality support to borrowers and lenders at all project stages—from initial preparation to financial closure, all the way to the operational phase and maintenance. We have a comprehensive skill set required to deliver large scale projects across a variety of sectors, including energy, water, transport, waste management, geological explorationw, mining, renewable energy, telecommunications and infrastructure.
We represent borrowers, lenders, and credit guarantors in financing various infrastructure projects. Our clients include private and public sponsors/financiers, project promoters, commercial banks, credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions, and development banks.
Financing of Infrastructure Projects
In the financing phase of infrastructure projects, we provide advice on traditional and structured project financing, equity, intercreditor arrangements, as well as project and municipal bonds and securitizations.
We have extensive experience in restructuring and training for complex projects.
We specialize in structuring, documenting, and implementing various limited-recourse financial structures for large projects.
Our expertise ensures that clients obtain optimal financial arrangements and effective solutions for their infrastructure needs.
Complex Transactions
In the field of complex project finance transactions, we leverage the expertise of attorneys in relevant legal areas.
Our integrated, multidisciplinary approach provides clients with access to specialized advice through a unique platform, helping them make the best decisions for their projects and implement them in the most efficient way.
We guide borrowers through the entire project financing process, from initial document structuring to successful financial closure. On the other hand, we provide lenders with expert support in due diligence for all types of projects and prepare and negotiable financial documents to ensure successful financial closure.
We represent borrowers, lenders, and credit guarantors in financing diverse infrastructure projects. Our clients include private and public sponsors, project promoters, commercial banks, credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions, and development banks.
We work on projects throughout the Western Balkans, in close collaboration with numerous lawyers and experts in the WB6 market. Our expertise covers energy projects, commercial and corporate affairs, M&A transactions, real estate, investment management, restructuring, and insolvency, as well as public finance.
Our extensive experience in training and restructuring complex projects enables us to efficiently handle the most demanding tasks across different sectors.
Our team is continuously engaged in complex real estate transactions, always prioritizing clients’ business objectives. We provide real-time innovative solutions, helping clients identify opportunities in the real estate sector, optimize efficiency, and minimize risks.
With extensive experience in representing clients in all aspects of transactions, we understand every segment of key stakeholders, including lenders, investors, developers/investors, operators, buyers, sellers, lessors, and lessees. Our team seamlessly collaborates between offices and with lawyers from different legal areas, ensuring the coordination of complex projects across various jurisdictions, industries, and legal fields.
In a complex environment facing multilayered fraudulent schemes, our team applies sophisticated investigative methods and provides top-notch expertise in organized crime, corruption, and fraud cases. Accusations of this nature can severely jeopardize someone’s reputation, career, and even family before a verdict is reached. With a deep understanding of the law and a commitment to fair trial practices, our lawyers approach each case of false accusations of organized crime, corruption, and fraud with the utmost seriousness.
Our team includes experienced lawyers, former prosecutors, criminal inspectors, investigative judges, and internal advisors skilled in legal interpretation and understanding judicial procedures. We handle high-profile cases involving organized crime, corruption, money laundering, corporate fraud, securities and commodities fraud, mortgage fraud, financial institution fraud, embezzlement, and cybercrime. We also cover areas such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, and prostitution.
Professionalism and dedication are our core values, aligned with the application of innovative and scientific legal interpretations to protect our clients’ interests.
We are one of the few law firms that bring together experienced medical advisors capable of providing unbiased expert opinions crucial for building a successful legal case. Health-related matters require specialists from different fields to resolve complex problems at the intersection of medical facts and legal regulations.
We have developed special services in medical law and provide highly qualified legal assistance, whether for doctors, patients, or other stakeholders. Our goal is to offer clients top-notch legal services and make complex medicolegal knowledge understandable, promoting a close relationship between doctors and patients.
We have access to esteemed legal and medical experts, including professors and specialists in various medical law fields. We can provide the court with solid and objective opinions on cases of medical malpractice. We strive for excellence in social responsibility, particularly through strong moral and ethical dedication, aiming for the highest recognition in medical law.
Legal Support
We offer comprehensive legal assistance, including analysing injury claims, clinical negligence cases, medical professional liability, and the right to health information and confidentiality of medical data. We also provide legal advice regarding irregularities in healthcare operations and support for healthcare facility operators. Our team drafts documents, conducts legal analyses, and represents clients before courts and relevant medical authorities.
Creatin Value
Our practice is focused on resolving disputes in the complex field of healthcare/ medical law. We specialize in mediating conflicts between doctors and patients, as well as between doctors and healthcare institutions. Additionally, we handle disputes between medical personnel and government bodies, as well as contract-related disputes between healthcare staff and institutions. We are particularly focused on issues of medical discipline and ethics, providing legal support in these sensitive matters.
Our environmental team has decades of experience advising on a wide range of ecological issues. We represent clients in complex litigation and administrative procedures related to the right to a healthy environment, natural resources, climate change, land use, permitting, regulatory issues, corporate and public policies, as well as negotiations and management in the environmental and energy sectors, audit systems, and other relevant areas.
We cover all aspects of environmental law, maintaining excellent relationships with regulatory bodies and actively participating in key energy projects. We have assisted American, international, and national clients in financing and building the first major wind farm in the Western Balkans, acquiring mining operations in Serbia, identifying and licensing geological exploration fields in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, and Turkey, as well as in the import, storage, and trade of oil and gas – including all matters which triggered environmental law compliances.
Environmental Permitting
We advise clients on all aspects of environmental permitting, including requirements for obtaining permits, suspensions, transfers, permit conditions, appeals, and enforcement actions.
In collaboration with the real estate team, we have conducted various projects for clients, including the purchase, sale, reconstruction, remediation, and redevelopment of contaminated properties. These matters often involve complex environmental considerations, regulatory compliance, ecological obligations, prior ownership, risk allocation mechanisms, and the transfer of responsibilities, as well as planning and financing of remediation and habitat compensation, local permits, and licensing requirements.
Our environmental team possesses extensive experience advising buyers, sellers, lenders, financiers (both domestic commercial and international financial institutions) on project development, expropriation, real estate transactions, and state projects.
Our experience covers environmental monitoring in various commercial transactions, from small investments and leases to large multinational acquisitions worth billions of dollars, sales, disposals, construction, infrastructure projects, and financing. Transactional support includes the preparation and negotiation of statements, warranties, indemnities, and contracts related to assessing environmental liabilities and managing responsibility for known and potential environmental risks among all parties involved
Our water resource team has expertise in all aspects of water resource management, including obtaining wastewater discharge permits, approvals for water system works, usage of water, and the construction of facilities such as pumping stations, reservoirs, and pipelines. We focus particularly on the industrial use of water, flood risk exemptions, and other critical issues.
A key concern is the licensing and regulation of access to and usage of water for industrial purposes, particularly for applied geological explorations. In this regard, we maintain close collaboration and open communication with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management, Republic Directorate for Water, local governments, and Public Enterprise “Srbijavode”, as well as equivalent regulatory bodies in the WB6 region.
Our advice helps ensure effective water resource management, maximizing their use while minimizing risks to life and property. We provide legal support at every stage of water system construction and expansion, including contract drafting and implementation, as well as contract negotiations to ensure successful project outcomes and 100% compliance with applicable regulations.
We have specialized expertise in advising on waste management, whether it involves administrative disputes, defense statements, submission preparation, advising clients during licensing, inspections, or other administrative procedures. We assist with all matters related to waste management, including handling, transport, storage, processing, treatment, recycling, diversion, and disposal of waste.
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Our expertise in waste management enables us to provide effective support to clients in addressing complex environmental challenges and ensuring compliance with all relevant legal regulations.
Air Quality and Climate Change Management
Air pollution poses a serious problem with significant impacts on human health and climate change. This issue has become one of the key environmental challenges in the WB6 region, with numerous unresolved legal uncertainties in the existing regulatory framework. Creative and well-thought-out applications of national and international law are required to provide effective solutions for our clients.
Our legal team closely monitors regulations and policy developments related to air pollution. We specialize in advising government bodies, the transport sector, local authorities, and businesses on air quality, emissions, and climate change issues. We also support clients in the process of obtaining air quality permits for large projects and defend these permits in court if challenged.
Air pollution poses a serious problem with significant impacts on human health and climate change. This issue has become one of the key environmental challenges in the WB6 region, with numerous unresolved legal uncertainties in the existing regulatory framework. Creative and well-thought-out applications of national and international law are required to provide effective solutions for our clients.
Our legal team closely monitors regulations and policy developments related to air pollution. We specialize in advising government bodies, the transport sector, local authorities, and businesses on air quality, emissions, and climate change issues. We also support clients in the process of obtaining air quality permits for large projects and defend these permits in court if challenged.
Our human rights practice combines experience and expertise in human rights protection and combating discrimination. We tailor our advice to the specific circumstances of each case, providing timely and strategic solutions.
We collaborate with a variety of clients, including individuals, employers, service providers, companies, and vulnerable groups. Key areas include workplace investigations, regulatory compliance, corporate and social responsibility, and the development of policies and standards in the field of human rights.
We specialize in key areas of legal advice for companies and the public sector. Our multidisciplinary team of legal professionals, external associates, and experts provides innovative solutions and forward-thinking legal advices. We build strategic partnerships with our clients to foster excellence through the integration of various skills and services, enhancing their competitiveness and market advantage.By combining legal, commercial, and political aspects, we provide integrated and strategic assistance. Our services are based on the application of scientific interpretations of law and a combination of administrative and public law in practice, as well as advocating for policies and societal interests.
We help clients succeed in strategic management, policy creation, coordination, expenditure management, financial rationalization, administrative decision-making, transparency, e-governance, artificial intelligence, market analysis, and corporate brand development.
Our advice covers a wide range of areas, including energy policy, environment, waste management, health care, human rights, inclusion and gender equality, higher education, transport and infrastructure, maritime, international trade and business transactions, financial services, telecommunications, media and technology, taxes, as well as government and corporate ethics.
Our White-collar and Government investigations team comprises former prosecutors, internal compliance advisors, and experienced attorneys specializing in criminal offenses. We provide proactive assistance in resolving sensitive criminal (White-collar) and Government investigations through all stages, regardless of the industrial context.
We are capable of identifying and assessing risks and potential outcomes related to legislative and regulatory activities, both civil proceedings and criminal investigations. Whether you are a witness, subject, target of a Government investigation, or a victim of a crime, our team brings extensive experience in conducting internal investigations and working with state regulators. Our goal is to help you navigate challenges, analyse risks, and find thought-out, the most elegant, solutions.
We represent a diverse range of clients across various fields, including commercial disputes, financial services, real estate, construction, healthcare, bio-sciences, and energy. Our team regularly handles cases in banking, finance, intellectual property, employment, bankruptcy, and other business matters.
We combine strength and agility, quickly forming teams and efficiently resolving complex cases thanks to our experience and network of specialized experts. The application of new technologies allows us to streamline compliance, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve better outcomes.
Our goal is to help clients reduce legal service costs and improve outcomes. We avoid unnecessary litigation and focus on developing practical and economical strategies that align with clients’ specific business objectives. Whether it’s a swift and discreet resolution or a decisive win of significant importance to the business, we work closely with clients to create fee arrangements that align our interests and provide greater price predictability.
The world of sports is evolving rapidly, and legal challenges are becoming increasingly complex in an industry driven by competition, media rights, sponsorship agreements, and regulatory compliance. At Matković & Partners, we provide comprehensive legal support to athletes, clubs, sports organizations, governing bodies, investors, and sponsors, ensuring that all aspects of sports law are handled with the utmost precision and expertise.
Our team offers strategic legal counsel on contractual matters, salary negotiations, and bonus structures, including player transfers, sponsorship agreements, image rights, and marketing engagements. We assist in structuring and negotiating contracts that safeguard our clients’ interests while ensuring full compliance with both domestic and international regulations.
Our clientele includes some of the biggest clubs from the Premier League and the top five European leagues, as well as the two most iconic football clubs in the Balkans. Additionally, our portfolio features leading basketball, hockey, and handball teams, along with some of the world’s top-ranked tennis players.
