Public-private partnerships and concessions are widely recognised as an efficient business model to overcome financial shortcomings in public sector capacities to ensure the operational effectiveness of public infrastructure. For this reason, private sector participation in major infrastructure projects has increased in recent years as governments look to improve project efficiency, share risk and finance projects.

Structures such as public-private partnerships (PPP) and concessions offer the private sector the opportunity to modernise, build, operate and maintain public infrastructure while offering an acute understanding of business, profitability and sustainability to the public sector and wider community. However, in Serbia, this practice has not been widely used and market participants generally lack relevant sources of information, interpretations of legal regulations and precedents from which to draw on.

Our expert team has unprecedented experience in this field and provides legal support to both public institutions and private companies in the following areas:

• Drafting concession act proposals;
• Preparation and review of unsolicited proposals for projects (i.e. concession act issued by a public authority);
• Preparation and review of tender documentation in the procedure for selection of a private partner;
• Concessions and private partner monitoring;
• Preparation and review of private partner proposals and drafting public contracts.

The partners of our firm co-authored the first comments to the current Law on Public-Private Partnerships and Concessions of the Republic of Serbia and were involved in drafting the award documentation as members of the project and expert teams in both Serbia and Montenegro, giving them keen insight into the practical application and requirements of the governing legislation.

We draw on our combination of experience and insight to offer precise advice and service tailored to the particular needs of our clients and their project.

Training & Workshops

The firm is known for offering carefully tailored and thematic workshops and seminars on various topics in the area of public-private partnerships and concessions.

At the request of clients, we also develop bespoke training and workshops for bidders, contractors, civil servants, public companies and others.