Achievements

Albania

• represented in litigation
  • Vodafone Albania API,
  • Coca Cola,
  • EuroGet,
  • British American Tobacco,
  • Global Petroleum,
  • Alpha Bank,
  • HBC,
  • Commercial Bank of Greece,
  • International Commercial Bank,
  • Albtelecom.
    
• established precedents at the Albanian Supreme Court
  in establishing jurisdiction when both parties were foreign legal entities,
  in recognizing and enforcing foreign court judgments.
  

Bulgaria

• represented a major foreign bank in litigation against a private Bulgarian bank – the claim exceeded EUR 4 million,
• advised one of the largest multinational companies investing in Bulgaria in patent infringement proceedings,
• successfully defended the rights and interests of the American investor Home Dynamix in the largest Bulgarian carpet maker Decotex AD - a landmark case in Bulgaria,
• represented over 40 corporate clients in solving their labour disputes,
• assisted a foreign bank in litigation against a local company.
  

R. Macedonia

• established litigation practice in civil and criminal cases,
• defended more than 1,000 criminal cases,
• Nikola Polenak is appointed a judge in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague.
  

Romania

• advise on commercial, tax, customs duties, and real estate litigation and arbitration,
• acted for major banks in litigation regarding loan recovery, security and custody matters,
• specialise increasingly in labour litigation,
• represent clients in dispute resolutions with various institutions such as
  • the Romanian Ministry of Finance,
  • Romanian National Bank,
  • General Customs Authority.
• represented a domestic client in two arbitrations under ICC rules in Zurich.
  

Serbia & Montenegro