Welcome back to the EU Update third issue, a monthly TerraLex newsletter developed by Gecić Law’s EU practice in Brussels, providing timely insights into key EU legislative and policy developments impacting clients doing business across the European Union’s 27 Member States and 450 million consumers. The third issue focuses on three important developments shaping the EU regulatory landscape: the introduction of a new “small mid-cap” category to ease the regulatory burden on growing companies; the implementation of a mandatory online withdrawal button to strengthen consumer protection in digital transactions; and the EU’s Right to Repair directive, aimed at promoting sustainability […]
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Gecić Law proudly announces the promotion of Uroš Rajić and Nikola Ivković to the position of Senior Associate. These promotions mark another important step in the firm’s continued growth and reflect the strength of a team that combines sharp legal thinking, deep market knowledge, and a clear commitment to client service. Guided by our core values of meritocracy and integrity, we build careers by recognizing talent, initiative, judgment, and results. Uroš and Nikola have shown the analytical depth, discipline, collaborative spirit, and forward-looking mindset that define Gecić Law. Their advancement comes at a time of strong momentum across the firm’s […]
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Gecić Law proudly announces the promotion of Miloš Petaković to Partner. This milestone recognizes Miloš’s outstanding contribution to the firm and marks another step in our continued growth. Over the past several years, Miloš Petaković has become a key figure at the firm, particularly in our expanding Banking & Finance practice. He advises banks, investors, and market participants on complex cross-border financing transactions. He also advises on capital markets, banking regulation, secured portfolios, restructurings, and workouts. Miloš also plays a significant role in our Corporate/M&A and Real Estate practices. His cross-disciplinary approach gives clients integrated support across closely connected business-critical […]
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The historic EUR 1.5 billion deal, on which Gecić Law advised Telekom Srbija Group as lead legal advisor, has been recognized as the CEE Legal Matters 2025 Deal of the Year for Serbia at the annual celebration of the deals that shape Central and Eastern European markets and the lawyers and law firms that bring them into being. The landmark telecommunications and media transaction saw Telekom Srbija Group acquire NetTV Plus, direct-to-home businesses in Serbia and North Macedonia, and certain Western Balkans Sport Klub rights licenses from United Group. The acquisition formed part of a broader transaction with a combined […]
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Gecić Law is proud to announce its recognition in the 2026 edition of WIPR Leaders, with Bogdan Gecić, Founding Partner, and Vera Davidović, Counsel and head of the firm’s IP practice, again named among leading intellectual property practitioners. At the same time, they are the only lawyers ranked for Serbia this year. Published earlier this month by World Intellectual Property Review, WIPR Leaders highlights top IP lawyers across jurisdictions and practice areas. The recognition further confirms Gecić Law’s growing reputation in intellectual property law and reflects the strength of its work in copyright, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, and IP enforcement. […]
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Maltese legislation prohibiting the enforcement of foreign judgments is a relevant factor for national courts when establishing urgency in proceedings for European Account Preservation Orders. In a May 21, 2026 decision from Luxembourg, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has made clear that Article 56A of Malta’s Gaming Act, which prohibits the enforcement of foreign judgments against gambling operators holding a Maltese licence, is a factor for national courts to take into account in their overall assessment of the circumstances when creditors in other Member States apply for European Account Preservation Orders (EAPOs). Background Since the early […]
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The EU Update is a new monthly TerraLex newsletter from Gecić Law’s EU practice in Brussels. It offers insights into key EU legislative and policy developments affecting clients across the European Union. The second issue examines three critical areas shaping the EU regulatory landscape. It covers the global and EU crackdown on online child protection and platform accountability. Second, it addresses the growing policy push against territorial supply constraints in the EU single market. It also reviews proposed reforms to simplify digital regulation, including cookie consent and data privacy changes. The EU Update supports cross-border advisory work by combining high-level […]
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The European Union reached a provisional agreement to simplify its flagship artificial intelligence regulation. Member states and the European Parliament concluded a deal to delay key obligations for high-risk AI systems and streamline compliance requirements for businesses. “We now make the AI rules more workable in practice, remove overlaps, and pause the high-risk requirements. In order for Europe to become an AI continent, we need to promote innovation, support startups and scaleups, and make it easier to build AI in Europe.” That reads well. It also, rather quietly, sidesteps the harder question: if the requirements have not changed and nothing […]
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On April 30, 2026, the European Commission published a long-awaited draft of updated Merger Guidelines. Stakeholders have until June 26 to provide their feedback via an online survey. The Commission’s dedicated page on this initiative provides further details. The revamp of the guidelines is an attempt to reflect what the Commission has learned since the existing Horizontal Merger Guidelines (2004) and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines (2008) were put in place and to update merger control practice to encompass current geopolitical realities and EU strategic priorities. The underlying objective of the consultation draft is clear: to facilitate the growth of EU companies, […]
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An April 23, 2026, opinion by the Court of Justice of the European Union’s Advocate General Emiliou in Case C‑683/24 Spielerschutz Sigma is the latest pronouncement from the CJEU in the lengthy EU law skirmish surrounding Malta’s gaming industry. Just a week earlier, on April 16, 2026, the Court confirmed that Member States can prohibit certain online gambling services that are authorized in another Member State. And in January 2026, the Court found that a consumer may rely on their own country’s law when bringing a tort claim against directors of a foreign online gambling operator that does not hold […]
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