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In Serbia, the regulatory authority for the life sciences sector is the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency. This agency oversees a diverse array of functions aimed at ensuring that medicines and medical devices are safe, of high quality, and effective. It is also responsible for approving clinical trials, ensuring adherence to the rigorous standards of good clinical practice. An essential component of this process is the ethics committee, an independent expert body that reviews clinical trials. This committee is composed of specialists from the fields of medicine, law, ethics, and other relevant disciplines, tasked with protecting the rights, safety, and well-being of trial subjects while also ensuring public protection of their rights.

Serbia’s legal market is influenced by ongoing political instability stemming from months-long student protests and the recent resignation of the Prime Minister, according to NKO Partners Junior Partner Branko Jankovic. This situation is expected to slow M&A activity, particularly in real estate and mining, though everyday employment-related legal work is on the rise.

Serbia and France recently deepened their bilateral relations by signing multiple strategic agreements during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Belgrade. These agreements span multiple sectors and are poised to have profound impacts on Serbia’s economy, business environment, and legislative landscape. Doklestic Repic & Gajin Partner Slobodan Doklestic and NKO Partners Partner Petar Orlic look at these agreements and their anticipated effects.

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NKO Partners at a Glance

NKO Partners is one of the leading law firms providing full scope of commercial law services in Serbia and Montenegro. NKO Partners was founded in 2008 by lawyers with extensive experience in commercial law in the region, who have led the largest and most complex M&A and privatization transactions since the economic and political transition began in the former Yugoslavia, in 2001.

NKO Partners is dedicated to providing high quality legal services to clients across all business sectors and industries, creating solutions that add value to clients’ businesses. The reputation of the firm has been validated by top rankings in the world’s leading directories of recommended law firms, such as Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500.

The firm is a member of numerous professional organizations and associations locally and worldwide, such as IR Global, LNI and Globaladvocaten.

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