Gecić Law advised United Group S.à r.l., Luxembourg (formerly Slovenia Broadband S.à r.l.), as lead counsel on the sale of its Serbian courier and logistics subsidiary, D Express d.o.o. Beograd, to Austrian Post. Austrian Post completed its acquisition of 100% of D Express on October 1, 2026, following the Serbian Competition Authority’s approval of the transaction and the parties’ satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions. The transaction The transaction represents an important development in the continued consolidation and expansion of the Serbian and wider regional courier, express delivery, and logistics market. D Express is an established Serbian parcel delivery business […]
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Gecić Law acted as lead legal counsel to Alta Group in connection with Raiffeisen Bank International AG’s (RBI) voluntary public tender offer to acquire control of Addiko Bank AG. Alta Group took part as an existing Addiko shareholder and as RBI’s contractual counterparty under arrangements relating to the offer. With acceptances for 56.16% of the Addiko shares subject to the offer, above the 55% minimum threshold, the offer has reached a key milestone. Completion remains subject to the outstanding closing conditions. Gecić Law’s role As lead legal counsel, Gecić Law advised Alta Group on the principal transactional, regulatory and strategic […]
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Two very different examples of U.S. sanctions enforcement have recently highlighted the significant obligations on commercial actors to leave no stone unturned in their compliance oversight, when potentially doing business with Russian players. In the first, a U.S. private equity fund was caught out. In the second, the sanctioning of the Serbian oil company NIS in October 2025 has had far-reaching practical implications in the Western Balkans for consumers and NIS’s business partners. U.S. Private Equity Firm Fails to Understand Investment Ultimately Came from Russian Oligarch On December 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets […]
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