Corporate M and A 2026

CROATIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Iva Basarić, Marija Gregorić and Matija Skender, Babic & Partners

Babic & Partners is located in Zagreb, Croatia, and has been helping multinational corporate clients to set up their investments and drive their growth in Croatia for over 30 years. It combines local insight with deeply rooted international standards, enabling it to provide tailor-made advice on various legal is - sues affecting clients’ businesses in the country. The firm is recognised today as the first port of call for

clients seeking industry-specific Croatian advice in practice areas including antitrust and competition, M&A, corporate and commercial, data privacy, and labour and employment. Babić & Partners is currently home to a team of eight attorneys, who are all flu - ent in English, some of whom have completed post - graduate studies or have worked in other European countries and the USA.

Authors

Iva Basarić is a partner at Babić & Partners and focuses on corporate/ commercial, M&A and antitrust/ competition. She studied law at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law (2008) and received her LLM degree

Matija Skender is a senior associate at Babić & Partners and a member of the Croatian Bar Association. He graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law and is currently attending post-graduate

from the University of San Francisco School of Law (2009), as well as a postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College, London (2020). Iva is a member of the Croatian Bar Association and the International Bar Association (where she is involved in the work of Antitrust Section’s Cartels Working Group), and is the American Bar Association liaison to the Croatian Bar Association.

interdisciplinary Studies in Intellectual Property at the University of Zagreb. Matija’s practice covers aspects of commercial, technology and intellectual property law. He also advises market-leading technology companies on cutting-edge technology regulation issues, content, copyright and digital commerce.

Marija Gregorić has been a partner at Babić & Partners since 2006. She studied law at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law. With more than 25 years of experience, she regularly advises and represents

clients from various industries on M&A, employment, data privacy and related litigation matters, and has contributed to numerous publications on issues relating to her area of expertise. Marija is a member of the Croatian Bar Association and the International Bar Association, the European Employment Lawyers Association and Association Europénne d’Etudes Juridiques et Fiscales. Marija was named employment lawyer of the year in 2025 by a major legal directory.

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