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Zagreb/Karlovac

Europe

Counseling the Boards of a group of affiliate companies. Accomplishments: On a 12 months timeline, in collaboration with the Board members and executive staff, succeeded to bring the Company from seized accounts with +€1m of foreclosed debt to being fully operative with +€5m of new business.Structured and successfully conducted a split-off demerger of a machine industry company's nuclear power branch. Restored trade financing support for the company from two banks and several factoring companies.

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia

In charge of Legal/Procurement/State Aid Division, managing Bank’s legal, public procurement and State aid affairs, 39 to 54 staff, reporting to the Board of DirectorsAccomplishments: re-established shipyard finance in accordance with EU State aid legislation, modernized and automated calculation of collateral requirements (LtV calculator), speeded up the collateral administration and perfection processes, introduced digital documentation management throughout the organization, overhauled the hierarchy and nomenclature of more than 160 internal policies and documents, etc.

Zagreb, Croatia

Drafting, supervising and negotiating HBOR's international financial transactions (bank guarantees, shipbuilding and ship finance, loans, bond issues, sovereign guarantees, etc.), furnishing legal opinions, litigation, maritime law, author of the entire contractual documentation of the Croatian export credit insurance system).Specialized in shipbuilding finance and guarantees, public domain concessions, state aid, public procurement, legal issues in payments, internal corporate documentation, etc., member of the Work Group for the preparation of negotiations for the Croatian accession to the EU, Chapter 30 - Foreign Relations, Government of the Republic of Croatia.Accomplishments: Negotiating, drafting and opining on a total of >€3bn of funding agreements with international financial institutions: IBRD, EIB, CEB, EIF and guarantees (mainly advance payment guarantees as part of pre-delivery ship finance); developing (including extensive contract drafting) various risk participation schemes for working capital finance (Model A of HRK 2 bn, Model A+ of HRK 3.6 bn, etc.), overseeing 4 qualified lawyers.Advising on legal issues in the management of several private equity investment funds.

Zagreb

Defining strategies and policies (including market penetration, client education, organizational issues, etc.) and presiding, in lieu of the Chairman, over the Supervisory Board of the single Croatian insurance company that engages in credit insurance business .

Zagreb, Croatia

Defining strategies and policies (including market penetration, client education, organizational issues, etc.) and presiding over the Supervisory Board of the single Croatian insurance company that engages in credit insurance business.

Master’S Degree, Law, Mag. Iur.

Activities and Societies: ELSA

Mini Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master’S Degree, Linguistics / Interpretation And Translation, Univ. Spec. Philol.

Activities and Societies: Croatian Association of Scientific and Technical Translators (HDZTP)

High School, It