Law firm Vukina & Partners Ltd. was established as a successor to the Law office Vukina which continuously operates with seat in Zagreb from 1993. Thanks to the experience acquired, its expertise and specialization of its employees, our law firm has gained recognition in providing comprehensive and multidisciplinary legal advice and representation services. We are dedicated to providing services tailored to the needs of our clients and always strive to offer to-the-point and efficient legal advice.
With a view to providing services of the highest quality in a range of fields of law, our team is committed to continuously acquiring new knowledge and regularly follows all changes which might influence our clients’ businesses. Our employees are very internationally oriented and many of them undertook education abroad. As a result, they are dedicated to following European and international legal sources and practice. Our law firm provides services in Croatian, English and German, while two of our attorneys are also certified court interpreters for English language.
We are committed to providing comprehensive services of legal consulting and representation in commercial, civil, land registry and labor law, as well as enforcement and insolvency proceedings. We advise and represent our clients in financial transactions, crediting, insolvency and restructuring matters as well as drafting of financing contracts. Furthermore, we have acquired significant experience in conducting due diligence of legal entities from various industries, where based on our expertise and experience in various legal fields and specialist knowledge of our employees we pursue to identify all the risks a potential transaction might present to our clients.
Over the years, we have gained specific knowledge and experience in the area of intellectual property law, the development of which we continuously follow. IP matters where we regularly represent clients include registration of trade marks and designs not only in front of Croatian authorities but also the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Guided by business mindset and aware of the value and market advantage intellectual property creates, we pay special attention to its commercialization.
Attorney-at-law Sanja Vukina is also a patent and trade mark attorney registered with the Croatian State Intellectual Property Office, a European patent attorney and the Croatian representative with the European Patent Institute. In 2017, she received the Client Choice award for Croatia, being recognized by the clients as the best local attorney in the field of intellectual property – trade mark law.
The firm is also specialized in resolving various regulatory matters; therefore, we closely follow the relevant changes in legislation and legal practice so as to notify our clients of any potential adjustment required and to promptly provide adequate solutions. For example, we assist our clients with implementing the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which has been causing alarm and uncertainties in business processes due to high non-compliance penalties prescribed. We always keep up with new legislation, which is why we also follow the novelties in the area of unfair commercial practice and remain committed to having our clients’ businesses up to date with new legislative solutions.
We always seek to provide the best solutions. Hence, one of our attorneys is a registered mediator with the Ministry of Justice, with training at the Croatian Mediation Association as well as additional training for mediators specialized for commercial disputes.
Our firm also employs an economic consultant with vast experience in management of large business systems, which confirms our dedication to providing business-oriented solutions.
We especially value the combination of experience and innovation and strive to achieve in-depth understanding of our clients’ business situation, both within local and international surrounding. This enables us to provide the best possible solutions as well as comprehensive counseling and representation.
