RAKITIĆ Dušan, LL.M. (Harvard)

Partner / Head of Serbian Practice

Email:

Phone: +381 (11) 365 00 44

Professional Experience

  • Specht & Partner Strategic Advisory – Managing Partner (June 2009 – present)
  • Specht Böhm Rechtsanwalt GmbH – Of Counsel (December 2007 – present)
  • Citadel Financial Advisory, Associate, Vice President; 2004 – 2005
  • Belgrade University Law School, Lecturer, 2002
  • Government of Serbia, Commission for the Land Registry Reform and Legalization of Illegally Constructed Buildings, Legal Advisor, 2002-2003
  • Government of Serbia, Ministry for Religious Affairs, 2001-2003

Bar Admission

  • Republic of Serbia (since 2007)
  • New York State (since 2006)

Practice Areas

  • Securities Regulation
  • Corporate Law
  • Property/Restitution/Real Estate Development
  • Project Finance/ PPP/Infrastructure
  • Institutional and Regulatory Compliance/Reform

Education

  • Harvard Law School, LLM 2004
  • Belgrade University Law School, PhD 2017
  • Belgrade University Law School, LLM 2009
  • Belgrade University Law School, LLB 2001

Publications

  • Arbitration in the Republic of Serbia (Getting the Deal Through, 2013)
  • “Analysis of principal elements of the general restitution statute of Serbia from the perspective of the ECtHR case-law (Annals of the Belgrade University Law School, 2/2011)

Professional and Civic Activities

  • Law Project on Recognition of Ownership and Acquisition of Construction Land “May It Be Known Who Owns What” – www.daseznastajecije.org – Coauthor, 2007.
  • Harvard Club of Serbia, President, 2007 to date
  • Crown Prince Alexander II Fund for Education and Culture, Governing Board Member, 2007 to date.
  • Belgrade Stock Exchange, Commission for the Introduction of FIX Protocol, Member in charge of legal aspects, 2006 to date.

Languages

  • Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian (native)
  • English
  • French