Practice focus:

Iva’s practice focuses on antitrust/competition, franchising and distribution, corporate/commercial, M&A, banking/finance, capital markets, life sciences, dispute resolution and real estate law. For over 17 years, she advises clients from diverse industries on high-profile restructurings, acquisitions and financing deals. Her contentious experience in competition practice includes advising on full range of issues, ranging from designing and implementing competition compliance programs and distibution structures, through merger control, restrictive agreements, abuse of dominance, to cartel investigations and leniency. Iva frequently speaks at seminars and conferences for attorneys and provides in-house trainings. Her work has been consistently recognized by leading legal directories.

Education:

Master of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia (2008)
Indiana University School of Law in collaboration with Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Summer Program in Central and Eastern European Business Law
Master of Laws, University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, International Transactions and Comparative Law
Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law at King’s College London, EU Competition Law

Professional Memberships:

Croatian Bar Association
International Bar Association (IBA)
American Bar Association – liaison officer for Croatian Bar Association

Languages:

Croatian (native); English (fluent);