SLOVENIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Vesna Cukrov and Veronika Cukrov, Law Firm Cukrov (Odvetniška družba Cukrov o.p., d.o.o.)
Law Firm Cukrov (Odvetniška družba Cukrov o.p., d.o.o.) is a boutique law firm founded and led by Ves - na Cukrov and Veronika Cukrov, with a team of spe - cialist lawyers and external experts. Built on a doc - trine of strategic legal judgment and long-term vision, the firm advises boards, investors and state-owned enterprises on the largest and most consequential commercial, regulatory and constitutional matters in the region across international arbitration, public procurement, competition, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, EU law and the governance of artificial
intelligence. Recent work includes four successful constitutional challenges to municipal spatial plans; the annulment of a competition authority decision concerning alleged cartel conduct in a major public infrastructure procurement; an Article 34 exemption procedure before the European Commission in the strategic transport sector, including proceedings be - fore the Court of Justice of the EU; cross-border M&A with merger control; and strategic national infrastruc - ture investments. Emeritus Professor Franc Grad col - laborates on constitutional matters. Veronika Cukrov is the chief operating officer of Law Firm Cukrov and a doctoral candidate in energy law. She is a leading practitioner on the governance of artificial intelligence and the transposition of European regulation into business practice. Her work spans artificial intelligence, energy, international arbitration, commercial disputes and EU competition law, and plays a role in the largest commercial and regulatory matters in the region. As part of a wider team, she took part in an action before the Court of Justice of the European Union against the European Commission, pursued further studies at Oxford and the Academy of European Law (ERA), and previously worked at Deloitte.
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Vesna Cukrov is the founder and CEO of Law Firm Cukrov, and one of the region’s leading practitioners in
international arbitration and strategic advisory on the largest commercial, regulatory and constitutional matters. She served a full term as President of the National Review Commission for Public Procurement (DKOM), and as chair of the supervisory board of Holding Slovenske elektrarne. She is co-author of the commentary on the Public Procurement Act (ZJN-3) and a court-appointed expert. She previously served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, with earlier positions at the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office, the Higher Court and the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana.
Law Firm Cukrov (Odvetniška družba Cukrov o.p., d.o.o.) Tivolska cesta 48 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
Tel: +386 8 20 59 630 Fax: +386 8 20 59 631 Email: tajnistvo@cukrov.eu Web: www.cukrov.eu
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