Komnenic & Partners has advised MEnergy on the grid connection agreement with the Montenegrin transmission system operator for a 385-megawatt solar power plant in Cevo.

Several updates vie for the front page in Montenegro, from politics, tax reforms, and the influx of high-skilled professionals to vibrant renewable energy sector activity and a booming M&A market, according to Komnenic & Partners Partner Nemanja Radovic.

Harrisons has advised the EBRD on its EUR 4 million loan to Montenegrin retailer and supermarket operator Voli for the installation of solar panels and electric vehicle charging stations.

Montenegro is still considered a rising star in the Balkan peninsula, attracting the attention of potential investors worldwide, and that’s especially the case with the country’s real estate market.

The energy development strategy of the Republic of Serbia until 2025 with projections until 2030, as well as the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan, which is
currently being developed and adopted, foresee an increase in the share of energy obtained from renewable energy sources in the energy balance of the Republic of Serbia
as a strategic goal.

BDK Advokati has advised Fortenova and Mercator-CG on their acquisition of the Franca retail business in Montenegro from the Franca family. Komnenic & Associates advised the sellers.

Contributed by Jovovic, Mugosa & Vukovic.

On August 9, 2022, CEE Legal Matters reported that Vukovic & Partners had advised ODM Collections on obtaining a purchase of receivables work license from the Central Bank of Montenegro. CEE In-House Matters spoke with Drazen Stevanovic, CEO at ODM Collections, to learn more about the matter.

Contributed by Karanovic & Partners.

The commercial legal markets of Central & Eastern Europe didn’t appear automatically. They didn’t develop in a vacuum. They were formed, shaped, and led, by lawyers – visionary, hard-working, commercially-minded, and client-focused individuals pulling the development of CEE’s legal markets along behind them as they labored relentlessly for their clients, their careers, their futures. 

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