Dispute Resolution

Negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration before courts and state authorities.

Led by: Marko Repic
Team: 17 lawyers
Scope: 53 services
Published: 40 articles
Ranked by: Legal 500

How we help

Our dispute resolution team specializes in effective resolution of disputes by negotiation, mediation and litigation, defending the client’s best interests before courts and state authorities. The firm offers proactive, pragmatic approach, always enthusiastic to try even the most difficult cases in Serbia and in the region.

Our specialist lawyers are committed to providing value for money by adapting their service to their clients’ specific needs. As skilled trial attorneys, we participate in sophisticated and complex matters across a wide range of industries, inter alia financial services, security services, tobacco industry, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and professional services.

We have a strong commercial litigation experience, particularly in the context of contractual, tort, employment, partnership, and shareholder disputes. We promote the use of mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to help our clients achieve their commercial objectives with the minimum of cost and delay.

Our legal team is ready to advise clients in all official languages of the local jurisdictions, as well as in English and German.

What we advise on

53 services in 6 groups.

Commercial litigation

15 services

Contract disputes
Construction disagreements
Failure to pay or perform cases
Commercial real estate disputes
Rental disputes
Defense against alleged business torts
Disputes over non-compete agreements
Breach of fiduciary duty cases
Temporary and permanent injunctions
Product liability litigation
Transportation litigation
Intellectual property or trade secrets cases
Business fraud
Insurance litigation
Competition litigation

Labor litigation

9 services

Arbitration and mediation
Affirmative action including discrimination and retaliation
Whistle-blower and other retaliation claims
Wrongful discharge, severance and tort litigation
Unfair labor practice claims
Breaches of trade secrets, restrictive covenants and fiduciary duties claims
Occupational and safety healthy administration claims
Compensations, and other employee benefit disputes
Data protection disputes

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

5 services

Arbitration (domestic and international)
Dispute prevention
Mediation
Negotiation
Risk management

Insolvency proceedings

5 services

Complex cross-border restructurings
Contentious and non-contentious insolvencies
Contentious banking and financial issues
Corporate winding-up (liquidation)
Insolvency litigation

IP disputes

10 services

Patent litigation
Complex software disputes
Anti-counterfeiting strategy
Brand protection
Design rights claims
Media and copyright claims
Take downs and domain name disputes
Reputation management
Claims for breach of confidence
Intellectual property licensing disputes

Real estate disputes

9 services

Court termination of lease agreements
Landlord and tenant disputes
Environmental disputes
Toxic torts
Premises liability
Partnership and other joint venture disputes
Secured credit, lien priority and foreclosure disputes
Title, trespass and boundary disputes
Property tax disputes

How we stand out

We assemble teams tailored to the specific complexity of a case and utilize the attorney’s skills to win the case. Our work has included engagements and mandates in virtually all above mentioned practice areas throughout Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, for leading multinational and regional companies.

In addition, in cooperation with colleagues from other jurisdictions we have also participated in and managed various multi-jurisdictional litigations involving Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Albania.

Selected matters

As published in the firm’s news.

2017
An employer, labor dispute
The Second Basic Court in Belgrade accepted our argument that work beyond full-time hours is overtime only if the conditions of Article 53(1) of the Labour Law are met cumulatively, and rejected the employee’s claim for increased overtime pay (first instance, as Doklestic & Partners).
Source: D&P wins landmark judgment for employers, 5 September 2017
2022
Trademark owner, Bosnia and Herzegovina
For the plaintiff: the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo confirmed at second instance that a leading regional distribution company infringed the plaintiff’s trademark when organising and advertising a festival; the company must stop using the mark and remove it from all its stores and websites within 30 days.
Source: DRG Sarajevo Team Successful in Trademark Case, 26 April 2022