Attorney at Law
Živko KovačevićLLM
Areas of Expertise
Competition and Antitrust
Corporate and M&A
Commercial Law
Education
LLM – Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade (2021)
LLB – Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade (2018)
Expertise
Živko is an Attorney at Law and a member of our competition / antitrust and corporate / M&A practice groups.
Before joining Radovanović Stojanović & Partners, Živko worked for a top-tier law firm in Belgrade and an international law firm where he worked on various antitrust matters for one of the leading global investment firms.
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Belgrade Bar Association
Recognitions
Živko is recognized as a Leading Associate for the Competition practice area by Legal 500.
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Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advises Wienerberger on the acquisition of Univerzumradovanovic-stojanovic-partners-advises-wienerberger-on-the-acquisition-of-univerzum
RSP advises Wienerberger, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of building materials and infrastructure solutions, on the acquisition of Univerzum, one of the leading Serbian manufacturers of clay construction materials, operating two production facilities located in Aranđelovac and Inđija.
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Significant Amendments to the Montenegrin Competition Law Framework Expected significant-amendments-to-the-montenegrin-competition-law-framework-expected
In February 2026, the Montenegrin Ministry of Economic Development (ʺMinistryʺ) adopted the proposal of amendments (ʺAmendmentsʺ) to the Montenegrin Law on Protection of Competition (ʺLawʺ).
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Final drafts of new antitrust block exemption regulations await adoption by the Serbian Governmentfinal-drafts-of-new-antitrust-block-exemption-regulations-await-adoption-by-the-serbian-government
On 21 January 2025 the Serbian competition regulator – the Commission for Protection of Competition (“CPC”) published its final draft proposals of four new regulations on exemption of certain categories of agreements from the prohibition of restrictive agreements (block exemption regulations, “BERs”), following public consultations on the initial drafts organized over the summer of 2024.
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The Serbian Competition Authority Launches a Pharmaceutical Sector Inquirythe-serbian-competition-authority-launches-a-pharmaceutical-sector-inquiry
On 10 January 2025, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition ("CPC") announced it has opened an inquiry into the pharmaceutical sector.
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Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advises British American Tobacco on the sidestream merger of its Serbian subsidiariesradovanovic-stojanovic-partners-advises-british-american-tobacco-on-the-sidestream-merger-of-its-serbian-subsidiaries
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advised British American Tobacco on a sidestream merger of its Serbian subsidiaries British American Tobacco South-East Europe doo Beograd (as the transferring entity) and British American Tobacco Vranje ad (as the surviving entity).
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Main takeaways from the Atlantic/Strauss concerted practice casemain-takeaways-from-the-atlantic-strauss-concerted-practice-case
On 29 February 2024, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition ("CPC") published its infringement decision against Atlantic Grupa d.d. and its Serbian subsidiaries, Atlantic Brands d.o.o. and Atlantic Grand d.o.o., ("Atlantic Group") and Strauss Adriatic d.o.o. ("Strauss") from 29 December 2023 ("Decision").
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Amendments to the Law on Tobacco – A Big Step Towards Harmonization with the EU Legislationamendments-to-the-law-on-tobacco
In late October 2023, the Serbian Parliament was quite busy with a significant number of legislative changes and novelties on its docket at the 26 October session. One of the items on the list was also the adoption of the long-awaited Law on Amendments to the Law on Tobacco ("Law"), which entered into force on 4 November 2023 ("Effective Date").
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Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advises Tuplex Group on the acquisition of Materiaradovanovic-stojanovic-advises-tuplex-group-on-the-acquisition
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advised TI Holding, member of the Polish Tuplex Group, on the acquisition of all shares in Montenegrin Materia d.o.o.
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advises on the sale of Pharmanova to Sopharmaradovanovic-stojanovic-partners-advises-on-the-sale-of-pharmanova-to-sopharma
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advised the shareholders of Pharmanova on the gradual sale of their shares to Sopharma AD.
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advises on the sale of SKS365 to Lottomaticaradovanovic-stojanovic-partners-advises-on-the-sale-of-sks365-to-lottomatica
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advised the shareholders of SKS365 Group, one of the main omnichannel operators in the Italian online and sports betting market, on the sale of SKS365, including its Serbian subsidiaries, to the Italian Lottomatica Group S.p.A.
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advises Soravia Group on the sale of Priganradovanovic-stojanovic-partners-advises-soravia-group-on-the-sale-of-prigan
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners has advised Soravia Group on the sale of all shares in PRIGAN DOO to Delta Real Estate Group.
The cement and concrete markets under scrutiny of the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competitionthe-cement-and-concrete-markets-under-scrutiny-of-the-serbian-commission-for-protection-of-competition
The Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition ("CPC") has recently published a report on its sector inquiry in the cement and concrete markets in Serbia, conducted from 2018 to 2021 ("Sector Inquiry"). The CPC aimed to determine the relationships between competitors on both markets, assess their market shares and relative strength, analyse their commercial policies and contractual relations...
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners ranked among top law firms in Legal 500’s EMEA 2023radovanovic-stojanovic-partners-ranked-among-top-law-firms-in-legal-500s-emea-2023
We are pleased to announce that Radovanović Stojanović & Partners has achieved top rankings in the latest Legal 500’s EMEA 2023, a total of eight. The 2023 edition of the guide recognizes our Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Employment and Competition practices as top ranked ones.
The Serbian competition authority continues to keep close watch of market participants’ online pricing practicesthe-serbian-competition-authority-continues-to-keep-close-watch-of-market-participants-online-pricing-practices
In the last four months of 2022, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition ("CPC") initiated five investigations for suspected competition infringements. The beginning of 2023 shows that the CPC's intensive work on detecting competition infringements is not of a passing nature, but is here to stay – the CPC started the year off with yet another investigation for suspected resale price maintenance (RPM) against a heating products company Vaillant.
New Instruction for Detecting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement Proceduresnew-instruction-for-detecting-bid-rigging-in-public-procurement-procedures
During the first half of 2022 The Commission for Protection of Competition of the Republic of Serbia ("Commission") has been very proactive with respect to prevention of competition infringements. As a result of these efforts, in May the Commission also adopted a new Instruction for detecting bid rigging in public procurement procedures ("Instruction") thereby updating the older version of the Instruction from 2011.
ADVANT Beiten and Radovanović Stojanović & Partners advise on sale of Hedwell Group to SAP Fioneer GmbHadvant-beiten-and-radovanovic-stojanovic-partners-advise-on-sale-of-hedwell-group-to-sap-fioneer-gmbh
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners, together with ADVANT Beiten, has advised the shareholders of Hedwell Group Germany on the sale of Hedwell Group to SAP Fioneer GmbH. RSP has advised on Serbian aspects of the transaction.
AIK Banka, Gorenjska Banka, and Agri Europe Cyprus Limited sign a share purchase agreement to acquire six subsidiary banks in CEE from Sberbank Europe AGaik-banka-gorenjska-banka-and-agri-europe-cyprus-limited-sign-a-share-purchase-agreement-to-acquire-six-subsidiary-banks-in-cee-from-sberbank-europe-ag
Radovanović Stojanović & Partners, as lead counsel, advises AIK Banka a.d., Gorenjska Banka d.d. and Agri Europe Cyprus Limited on the acquisition of Sberbank Europe AG’s subsidiary banks in Serbia...
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The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Law on Archive Materials and Archiving Activities (the “Law”) in January 2020; with its implementation kicking off in February 2021...