Zoran Žakula has been an attorney since 2017 and has completed the post-graduate study (LL.M) at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, with specialization in the area of European law and international business law in 2021.

Zoran regularly advises domestic and foreign clients in the fields of corporate and business law (mainly regarding legal issues arising from their daily business, regulatory affairs, incorporation of companies, statutory amendments in companies, disputes, due diligence proceedings, M&A), real estate and land-registry law (acquisition of ownership of the real estate, land registry correction proceedings, construction contracts, partnership contracts), criminal and misdemeanor law, reimbursement of damages and purchase of claims.

Zoran represents domestic and foreign clients in court (litigation, land-registry, criminal and misdemeanor) and arbitration proceedings.

Main practice areas

• Business law
• Corporate law
• Real estate
• Land-registry law
• Criminal law
• Misdemeanor law
• Reimbursment of damages
• Purchase of claims

Education

• 2013., Law Degree, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
• 2016., Bar exam – with distinction
• 2021., Master of Laws (LL.M) in European law and international business law, Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary

Professional experience

• 2014.-2017., legal associate, Law Firm Gugić, Kovačić & Krivić
• 2017.-2021. attorney at law, Law Firm Gugić, Kovačić & Krivić
• 2021. founding partner, Law Firm Kutleša & Žakula

Languages

• English
• German