Personal Data

  • male
  • born 5 December 1966, Zagreb, Croatia

 

Current Position

  • Tenured Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
  • courses on Commercial law, Company law, Competition law, Sports law

 

Professional Certifications

  • 1998 – Ph.D. degree – Faculty of Law University of Zagreb
  • 1995 – Bar Exam
  • 1994 – LL.M. degree – Faculty of Law University of Zagreb
  • 1990 – LL.B. degree – Faculty of Law University of Zagreb

Professional Experience

  • 2021-present – Chair the UNCITRAL Working Group I
  • 2014-present – Member of the national Committee for UNCITRAL – representative in Working Group 1 – Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
  • 2011-present – Member of the London Court of International Arbitration
  • 2017-present – arbitrator on the List of arbitrators (general list) of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS-CAS)

 

  • 2009-2023 – Member of the Sports Arbitration Council of the Croatian Olympic Committee
  • 2012-2015 – Special Advisor to the Prime minister of the Republic of Croatia for European law
  • 2012-2016 – President of the Supervisory board of INA Oil industry, Plc
  • 2012-2016 – President of the Supervisory board of Croatia Airlines, Plc
  • 2009-2012 – Member of the Croatian Audit Public Oversight Committee
  • 2009-2012 – Member of the National Council for Higher Education
  • 2005-2012 – Member of the Negotiating Team of the Republic of Croatia for Accession negotiations with the EU as responsible negotiator for chapter 6 (Company law), chapter 7 (Intellectual property law), chapter 3 (Right of establishment and freedom to provide services), and subsequently for chapter 2 (Free movement of workers)
  • 2005-2012 – Member of the Working group for chapter 4 (Free movement of capital)
  • 2004-2017 – Croatian representative in the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission
  • 2008-2016 – Vice-president of the Permanent Arbitration Court of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce
  • 2000-2003 – Vice-president of the Council for the Protection of Competition
  • 1999-2001 and 2019-2021 – Vice-dean of the Faculty of Law University of Zagreb
  • 1998-2000 – Member of the Council for the Protection of Competition
  • 1995 – Legal Counselor to the Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia for negotiations with international community
  • 1995 – Member of the delegation of the Republic of Croatia during the Proximity Peace Talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dayton, Ohio
  • 1991-1992 – Croatian Office with the European Community Monitor Mission
  • 1991-1992 – Intern at the Municipal Court of Zagreb and the County Court of Zagreb

 

  • Authored and published several books and more than 130 papers in the field of commercial law, company law, competition law, sports law, European law, consumer protection, contract law and foreign investments

 

Foreign Languages

mother language – Croatian

fluent – English, Spanish

good – German, French

basic – Italian

some understanding – Portuguese, Russian