We counsel domestic and international companies, individual entrepreneurs, public entities, municipalities and others in the field of business and contract law, corporate law, etc. We counsel as well as represent our clients in front of courts, administrative and government offices.

• Counseling in the process of forming of business entities, acquisitions, re-organizations, bankruptcy, liquidations and any other statutory matters.
• Legal advice and preparation of all legal documents, such as corporate documents, partnerships etc., necessary for statutory matters.
• We assist in preparations, negotiations and finalizations of business contracts (license contracts, franchises, transfer of know-how, insurance contracts, transportation, distribution, representations, commission contracts, assignments, cessation, guarantees, leasing, joint ventures etc.).
• We do a thorough investigation and analysis of businesses and commercial entities.
• Counsel and representation in cases of insolvency (individual or corporate), preparing and filing for bankruptcy, registering debts and other claims into bankruptcy procedure, we follow bankruptcy procedure and all developments etc.
• We counsel and represent our clients in cases of peaceful resolutions.

Our Law Firm is specializing in evaluating all legal aspects of Websites engaging in online commerce (Web Stores), assisting with legal compliance in different jurisdictions.

To provide our clients with a full array of services, we work with recognized and acclaimed third party experts and advisors in the field of taxation, accounting, banking and finance law.

At Law firm MMI we are specialized, in particular, in laws covering public procurement process. Based on our vast experience in public tenders, we offer counsel and representation throughout all phases of the tender, either to the offering party or a bidding party.

To the tender or offering party we offer counsel for the whole process of a public tender, including:

• Selection of the optimum publishing method of the tender.
• Preparation of all legal documents for the publishing of the tender.
• Counseling in the phase of publishing of the tender on the portal of public tenders in Slovenia as well as at the EU publication office (SIMAP-EU portal for public procurement).
• Counsel during eventual negotiations, leading the negotiations in the process of professional and competitive dialog.
• Preparation of response to a tender, preparation of clarifying documents regarding the tender.
• Counsel for publishing of tender response in EU publication office.
• Allowable changes or additions after the tender submission deadline.
• Assistance in reviewing the tenders after opening.

We also offer counseling in an eventual redress process (pre-revision and revision) as well as representation in the process at DKOM – State revision Commission and, if case may be, representation and preparation of all necessary documents for a litigation in Court.

Tenderers – to the public procurement bidders we offer our counsel and assistance in all phases of the bid, including preparation of the tender and submitting of the tender. We represent our client at the tender opening, reviewing the tenders submitted, preparation and representation in the redress process (pre-revision and revision process).

Public procurement law is our specialty and therefore we offer customized professional courses and lectures to our clients. The courses are tailored to the specific needs of the clients, covering the Law and the processes. The ultimate goal of our courses is to educate the clients, so this newly acquired knowledge can later be implemented in practice to the benefit of our clients.

One of the most important areas of our law firm is the Labour Law, which includes a related specific Public Servant Law. We have an extensive history and expertise practicing in labour law as well as representing clients as Employers (private companies, public companies, municipalities and other entities), as well as Employees. We offer counsel about all aspects of labour relations as well as representation of employers and employees on all levels of their relationship.

For employers

• Counsel and legal opinion regarding labour relations.
• Preparation and review of all legal documents and contracts, such as:
  • Collective contracts, general employer’s governing documents, mandatory or recommended rules, code of conduct and other internal employer documents.
  • Employment contracts, individual employment contract, upper management contracts, other contracts as required by Labour Law.
• Counsel and preparation for the cases and representation:
  • In disciplinary proceedings.
  • Proceedings in termination of labour contracts ( regular terminations, Irregular terminations, mutually agreed terminations, lay-offs).
  • Participating and assisting in conflict management between employer/employee.
• Representation in legal proceedings and litigation in labour courts or labour commission/inspection etc.

For employees: Counseling in all aspects of labour law and labour relationships, employment contracts and enforcement of employee rights etc. We counsel and represent employees in proceedings with the employer (such as disciplinary proceedings, termination of employment contract etc.). We also offer representation in litigations of cases in the Labour Court or other courts.

In the area of general Labour Law and Public Servant Law, we offer customized professional courses and lectures to our clients. The courses are tailored to the specific needs of the clients, covering the Law and the processes. The ultimate goal of our courses is to educate our clients, so this newly acquired knowledge can later be implemented in practice to the benefit of our clients.

We provide counseling to our clients (corporate or individual) regarding obtaining, securing and enforcing their intellectual property rights, especially in the area of authorial and similar rights.

We are particularly focusing, among other things, on:

• Arranging of contractual and other relationships, such as preparing contracts for transferring material intellectual (authorial) rights and protecting and enforcing author’s financial interests (examples of contracts: contract for solicitation of authorial work, contract for execution of authorial work, contract for use of authorial work, publishing contract, film production contract, recording contract etc.
• Protection of intellectual property rights against unauthorized use (especially by websites and similar digital media).
• Assistance and representation in intellectual property rights disputes between the rights owners and users of authorial works.
• Our law firm specializes in the area of creative industry. We arrange, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights in the area of music recording industry, film production industry (audio-visual part only), photography, literature, graphic design, visual art (such as paintings, sculpture etc.) and other creative industry productions.
• Media environment and intellectual property rights protection in the media.
• Arranging and maintaining the relationships between employer and employee as a creator of authorial work.

• We provide counsel for all real estate transactions, be either sale, purchase, leasing, rent or exchange or any other real estate transaction, including financing and insurance of real estate properties.
• Counsel for all legal requirements and processes of construction projects.
• Counsel and representation for rental relations (landlord or tenant).
• Preparation of, or review of, all contracts related to real estate transactions (purchase contract, leasing/rent contract, construction contract etc.).
• Assistance and representation in securing government issued permits, such as construction permit, certificate of occupancy, use permits etc. We represent our client in all court proceedings related to real estate issues.
• We perform thorough legal reviews of unsettled real property issues, claims on real property, insurance issues, title issues etc., for any considered real property transaction.
• We perform all necessary processes to enter the property into the National Real Estate Register and perform the real estate title insurance (clear title) work.
• We perform all necessary legal work to sub-divide the condominium properties, inclusive the land of the condominium building, and register the condominiums in the National Register.

We counsel and represent creditors as well as debtors in all processes of debt collection, judgement, execution, debt insurance, court proceedings etc. Representing Creditors, we perform a thorough investigation of Debtor’s financial situation and his assets, before (and sometimes also during the process) we file the court proceedings for financial recovery. Based on the result of the investigation, we select the best venue for recovery.
Our work entails all activities from the time of the default to a full satisfaction of the claim.

Some of our services:

• Assessing payment ability of the debtor.
• Written default notices.
• Communication with the debtor.
• Filing default claims with the courts and representation in litigation in the courts in Slovenia.
• Assignment and cooperation with attorneys in other countries in EU in case the collections must be performed internationally.
• Counseling and assisting in obtaining the European Order for Payment (EOP).
• Counsel and assistance in obtaining the judgement certification as European Enforcement Order (EEO).

We provide counsel and representation to our clients in front of government administrative bodies, for all administrative procedures (i.e. protection of personal data, public information, construction permits, de-nationalization procedures, public procurement, public financing tenders, concessions, government oversight enforcement etc.) and consequently, in the administrative dispute procedures.

Furthermore, if the client has their human rights or basic liberties violated, and all the available remedies, ordinary or extraordinary, have been exhausted, we will perform an in depth analysis, especially focusing on the possibility for success for the client, and may take the case to the Constitutional Court of Republic of Slovenia as well as to the European Court.

For the clients who have the legal interest in such proceeding, we prepare an analysis and proposal for challenging the constitutionality of a certain law or regulation.

We represent our clients in pre-criminal and criminal procedures, on all levels of the process, client being accused or accuser. For accusers we prepare criminal accusations, criminal filings at the court or also a private criminal case. We prepare property judgement filings and their enforcement.

Representation is offered also for non- criminal infringements and minor offenses, such as traffic related, inspections, government oversight issues etc.

To our clients, we offer customized professional courses, lectures and speaking engagements. The courses are tailored to the specific needs of the clients, covering the specific laws, procedures and processes.

We offer such programs in the area of Intellectual Property Rights and in the area of Labour Law and Public Servant Law.

The ultimate goal of our courses is to educate our clients, so this newly acquired knowledge can later be implemented in practice for the benefit of our clients.