We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners has once again been recognised among leading legal practices in the Chambers Europe Guide 2026.
This year marks a particularly significant milestone for our practice. For the first time, Karanovic & Partners has been ranked in the Central & Eastern Europe-wide category for Corporate/M&A (Band 4). This recognition reflects the strength of our cross-border transactional work.
In addition, our Banking & Finance team of cooperating lawyers has maintained its Band 3 ranking in Central & Eastern Europe, further reinforcing our presence in multi-jurisdictional financing matters.
Karanovic & Partners’ legal practices and its cooperating lawyers have once again achieved strong rankings across individual jurisdictions, with Serbia and North Macedonia ranked as Band 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina as Band 2, Montenegro and Slovenia as Band 3, while Albania and Croatia are ranked across Band 2 and Band 3 in different practice areas.
We are particularly pleased to announce that a number of our colleagues have progressed in the rankings: our Senior Partner Miloš Jakovljević and Partner Ana Luković advanced to Band 3, while Partner Franka Baica, from Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners, also moved up to Band 3.
In addition, Senior Associate Jane Ilijeski, from Qoku & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners, is newly ranked as Up and Coming.
Furthermore, Senior Associates Nika Jurković, Antun Skansi, and Petra Marijanović, from Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners, have been recognised for the first time as Associates to Watch, along with Partner Ana Kashirska Ilievska, from Qoku & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners.
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Our key practitioners have also been ranked in the following bands:
Eminent Practitioner: Senior Partner Dragan Karanović
Band 1: Senior Partners Milan Lazić, Milena Jakšić Papac, and Veton Qoku, as well as Partners Maja Jovančević Šetka, Petar Mitrović, Anisa Rrumbullaku, and Alban Çaushi
Band 2: Senior Partners Rastko Petaković and Darko Jovanović, Partner Katarina Gudurić together with Partner Ljupka Noveska Andonova from Qoku & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners, and Senior Counsel Saša Oražem from Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic
Band 3: Senior Partners Miloš Vučković, together with Senior Partners Marko Ketler and Igor Angelovski from Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic, as well as Senior Partner Goran Ilej from Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners
Band 4: Senior Partner Marjan Poljak and Partner Ivan Nonković, as well as Partners Iva Tokić Čuljak from Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners, and Minu A. Gvardjančič from Ketler & Partners, member of Karanovic
Up and Coming: Partner Dora Horvat from Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners
Star Associate: Senior Associate Nikola Kliska
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Partner and Senior Associate refer to independent Attorney at Law in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners.
The information in this document does not constitute legal advice on any particular matter and is provided for general informational purposes only.
