SELA Regional News Q2 2022
The latest overview of the most important regional legislative developments recently announced in the jurisdictions of SELA coverage is available.
- Published in News in 2022, SELA
Kirm Perpar once again ranked by IFLR1000
IFLR1000 just announced their guide and ranked KIRM PERPAR as one of world’s leading financial law firms. They are the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work, covering over 120 jurisdictions all over the world.
- Published in IFLR1000, News in 2022
Ukraine conflict: EU adopts sixth package of sanctions against Russia
As the invasion of Ukraine continues for the fourth month, the European Commission adopts the sixth package of restrictive measures against Russia. Together with the previous five packages, the sanctions are designed to further increase economic pressure on Russia and undermine its ability to wage its war on Ukraine. The sixth package also imposes further sanctions against Belarus for its involvement in the aggression.
- Published in News in 2022
SELA Webinar – Russia Sanctions: the Impact on Companies in SEE Region
Our partner, Matej Perpar, shared his knowledge in the second session of the SELA’s Webinar titled ‘Russia Sanctions: the Impact on Companies in SEE Region’ that was held on Thursday, May 26, 2022. He focused on EU’s perspective regarding sanctions, challenges in various industries, business exits from Russia, as well as responses of SEE businesses.
- Published in News in 2022, SELA
Political agreement reached on the Digital Services Act
On April 23, 2022, the European Parliament and EU Member States reached a political agreement on the Digital Services Act, which the European Commission proposed in 2020. European legislation in this area is obsolete – the area of digital services was last regulated more than 20 years ago, while the proliferation of counterfeit goods, hate speech and cyber threats showed the need to modernize it.
- Published in News in 2022
Novelties in Slovenian legislation: Amendments to the Agricultural Land Act
On April 13, 2022 the Amendments to the Agricultural Land Act (ZKZ) (Official Gazette of Republic of Slovenia, No. 44/22) entered into force. Members of Parliament adopted the amendments on their 30th regular parliamentary session, where some other acts in the fields of agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing have also been approved.
- Published in News in 2022, Novelties in legislation
Obtaining temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine
Due to the crisis situation in Ukraine and the mass influx of people fleeing the war, the Council of the European Union decided in early March to activate temporary protection for displaced persons in the European Union, providing temporary protection for Ukrainian displaced persons due to military invasion of Russian armed forces. In accordance with this decision, Slovenia also adopted its own Decision on the introduction of temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine in the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 32/22), which entered into force on March 10, 2022. Since the war situation is not improving, the information on the process of obtaining temporary protection is still more than relevant. The process is described in more detail below.
- Published in News in 2022
SELA Market Snippets Q1 2022 – Business opportunities in Southeast Europe
The latest report on business opportunities in the Southeast Europe is available. Sectors covered are banking and finance, insurance, telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, tourism, natural resources and real estate, making it a great informative material on current opportunities within the SELA member countries. .
- Published in News in 2022, SELA
Kirm Perpar once again recognised by Legal 500
The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 guide has again recognised Kirm Perpar as one of the leading Slovenian law firms. For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. Research is based on feedback from clients worldwide as well as interviews with leading private practice lawyers.
- Published in Directories, Legal500, News in 2022
Ukraine conflict: new EU sanctions against Russia
We have recently prepared an article with information regarding measures the EU imposed on Russia, due to their invasion of Ukraine. Last week the European Commission made a step further with the adoption of the fifth package of sanctions.
- Published in News in 2022
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