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Karmen Sinožić

Senior Associate

Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko and partners
in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Ilica 1
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Languages Croatian, English, Spanish
Competition & EU

In the competition field, Karmen Sinožić performs merger assessments and helps clients to achieve compliance related to questions of dominance abuse, vertical restraints and prohibition of unfair trading practices.
Providing legal services in the field of competition and EU law, Karmen Sinožić has advised clients on the consequences of incorrectly applying EU directives on gas pricing. Furthermore, she has advised clients on the permissible extent of state aid and funds provided by Croatia and the EU in restructuring proceedings.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Croatian Bar Association
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Education

  • 2018 – Croatian bar exam
  • 2014 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Rijeka (including one year abroad at the University of Wrocław (Poland)
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Corporate/M&A

Karmen Sinožić’s practice focuses on corporate/M&A, competition and data protection law area. Since joining the team in 2019, along with supporting clients with day-to-day corporate advice, she has been engaged in cross-border M&A transactions, due diligence projects and joint venture in broad spectrum of industries such as automotive, IT, sustainable energy, logistics and real estate. 
Before joining CMS in 2019, Karmen Sinožić worked as an associate for a Croatian top-tier law firm, where she participated in complex restructuring procedures of the largest retail and food production company in Croatia and a major shipyard. In the course of her career, she has gained vast experience in providing legal advice regarding corporate matters to both national and international clients.
 

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Memberships & Roles

  • Croatian Bar Association
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Education

  • 2018 – Croatian bar exam
  • 2014 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Rijeka - including one year abroad at the University of Wrocław (Poland)
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TMC - Technology, Media & Communications

Karmen Sinožić regularly advises clients in various aspects of data protection law ranging from carrying out data privacy analysis related to employees and third parties, reviewing and updating data protection processes and procedures, to evaluating privacy issues related to IoT and surveillance of online communication.
Working on data protection mandates, Karmen Sinožić has advised clients on achieving compliance with data protection regulations, including drafting various legal opinions and documents such as privacy policies and data processing agreements.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Croatian Bar Association
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Education

  • 2018 – Croatian bar exam
  • 2014 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Rijeka - including one year abroad at University of Wrocław (Poland)
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12/05/2022
10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution...
The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the new accompanying Vertical Guidelines (VGL) were published on 10 May 2022. The new VBER will enter into force on 1 June 2022 and apply for the next twelve years. The new VBER/VGL introduce sev

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04/04/2023
Short Rules on Price Reduction Campaign in Croatia
1. What kind of price reduction campaigns are provided by law? The Croatian Consumer Act (“CCA”) provides for the following specific types of sale: sales promotion (Croatian: akcijska prodaja), clearance...
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25/03/2021
Unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain
Companies acting in the food supply chain for 2021 should revise their supply agreements and harmonise their business practices with the new national laws implementing Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair...
19/03/2021
Unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain
Companies acting in the food supply chain for 2021 should revise their supply agreements and harmonise their business practices with the new national laws implementing Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in B2B relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain. The unfair trading practices (so-called UTPs) scheme must be transposed to national legislations by 1 May 2021. WHAT? The UTPs scheme seeks to combat B2B practices in the agricultural and food supply chain that grossly deviate from good commercial conduct, are contrary to good faith and fair dealing, and are unilaterally imposed by one trading partner on another. In short, the intention of the rules is to shield agricultural producers or any natural or legal person selling agricultural and food products from UTPs. The Directive envisages that national laws will appoint competent authorities to enforce the UTP rules. WHO? The rules are not automatically applicable to all supplier-buyer relationships. The rules apply when there is a significant imbalance in negotiation power, which is assessed by comparing the annual turnovers of the parties. HOW? Precautionary measures for determining business relationship conditions must be applied since national laws have a wide discretion in defining the UTPs, provided that at least those specified in the Directive are included. The list of UTPs is divided into practices that are always forbidden (e.g., payment periods longer than 30 or 60 days (depending on the type of products), unilaterally changing certain terms of a supply agreement, etc.) and those forbidden depending on the circumstances (e.g., requiring the supplier to bear the costs of discounts or advertising, or to accept back unsold products without the obligation of the buyer to pay for them or for their disposal).
15/03/2021
Unfair trading practices in Croatia - past practice and new rules
In March 2021, the Croatian Parliament adopted the final proposal for the new Law on unfair trading practices in the food supply chain (UTPs). This revision of the local regime for UTPs reflects the changes...
17/02/2021
EU rules on geo-blocking
​EU rules on geo-blocking seek to prevent discrimination on the basis of citizenship, residence or registered office of the client. All parties engaged in online trading should be familiar with these...
23/06/2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Privacy
In the last few months, we have seen organisations across Europe imposing various obligations on their employees, visitors and customers to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The underlying measures...
21/05/2020
Autonomous vehicles law and regulation in Croatia
1. Is the testing of AVs (SAE Levels 3-5) permitted on public roads in your jurisdiction? The traffic regulation is in the domain of local and regional authorities that decide the roads that may be used...