Kinstellar expands with a new Belgrade office and appoints Belgrade Partner

Belgrade, 24 March 2010 – Kinstellar, Emerging Europe’s leading independent law firm today announces the opening of its new office in Belgrade, Serbia and the appointment of Branislav Marić as Partner.

The establishment of Kinstellar’s Belgrade office further strengthens the firm’s ability to meet client needs in the countries and regions of the former Yugoslavia.

Branislav Marić is a leading Serbian lawyer, who is also admitted to the New York bar, and has extensive experience handling major mergers and acquisitions, including the EBRD’s equity investment into Komercijalna banka a.d. Beograd, the largest domestically owned bank in Serbia. He has also advised clients in the securities, telecommunications, financing and restructuring & insolvency fields. Branislav joins Kinstellar as a Partner, from the Belgrade office of Wolf Theiss.

The senior team in Kinstellar’s Belgrade office now includes David Davies, the office Managing Partner, with a strong track record in the region, including advising Telenor on its acquisition of Mobi 63 (the largest transaction in Serbia to date), Lou Milicich, Executive Director, with 25 years of corporate transaction and litigation experience and Branislav Marić.

Jason Mogg, Managing Partner of Kinstellar, comments:

“We are delighted to open the Belgrade office and to welcome Branislav Marić to our team in Serbia. These two steps further reinforce our strength across Central and South Eastern Europe. These moves are part of our strategy and our ambitious growth plans which will allow us to seize the tremendous opportunities that exist in our region”.