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Mia Kalajdžić

Partner

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

Mia Kalajdžić is head of the Croatian Employment team. She specializes in advising international groups and companies on the full scope of employment and labour matters, whether arising from daily work or from transactional and restructuring matters. Mia’s role to the management, board members and HR departments is often strategic, with high level of implementational and operational support, as well.
She renders legal advice on employment agreements and terminations, collective bargaining agreements, employment bylaws and all other employment-law aspects of doing business in Croatia.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Croatian Bar Association
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Publications

  • Mia Kalajdžić is the author of a number of publications in the field of Employment Law. 
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Lectures list

  • Mia Kalajdžić often gives lectures on the above-mentioned subjects at various seminars and conferences
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Education

  • 2015 – Admission to the Bar 
  • 2012 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Zagreb
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Real Estate

Mia Kalajdžić specialises in Real Estate & Construction law. She is regularly engaged on real property purchase deals. She takes part in due diligence procedures and actively participates in all aspects of the purchase process, including negotiations, drafting and closing matters. Mia Kalajdžić also often provides lease support.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Croatian Bar Association
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Publications

  • Mia Kalajdžić is the author of a number of publications in the field of Employment Law. 
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Lectures list

  • Mia Kalajdžić often gives lectures on the above-mentioned subjects at various seminars and conferences
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Education

  • 2015 – Admission to the Bar 
  • 2012 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Zagreb
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16/08/2023
Whistleblower protection and reporting channels in Croatia
1. Is there a law on whistleblowing in your country? Yes, there is a law on whistleblowing: The Act on the Protection of Persons Reporting Irregularities ("Official Gazette No. 46/2022"). 2. Does local...
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28/06/2023
Cost-cutting and restructuring in times of crisis
A tough global economic outlook is driving many employers to review their operational costs. Across businesses, hard questions are being asked about where efficiencies can be made – and ultimately what...
10/01/2023
Amendments to the Croatian Employment Act and other em­ploy­ment-re­lated...
On 1 January 2023, the amendments to the Employment Act, as well as the brand-new Act on Maternal and Parental benefits and Act on Suppression of Undeclared Work entered into force. Collectively, they...
21/07/2022
The Maternity and Parental Support Act amended
The Maternity and Parental Support Act is the main legal instrument regulating the entitlement of parents and guardians to leave and financial support. The currently applicable act entered into force...
31/05/2022
Law firms and ESG: getting it right
Mia Kalajdžić of Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko (in co-operation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz) and Dennis Fromm of CMS Germany discuss how law firms can deliver on their environmental, social and governance targets. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a phrase that has been thrown around within the legal industry for quite some time now. However, many law firms have recently begun to realise that the occasional pro bono or charitable action here and there in support of sustainability commitments does not lead to successful ESG adoption within their firms. As a result, there is still huge potential for improvement in the legal market. The dimensions of sustainable business are widely underestimated and professional sustainability standards are often not adhered to. This leads to intensified greenwashing, bluewashing or pinkwashing, rather than an active contribution towards a more sustainable world. Against this backdrop, there are six important areas to consider when addressing ESG performance within law firms: Carbon footprint The term ESG implies quite clearly that there are more than just environmental issues linked to sustainability. Furthermore, the term indicates that environmental, social and governance issues are connected. Law firms are service providers. Therefore, lawyers are faced with a range of sustainability issues that are specific to the provision of legal services. These differ from issues that an airline might face, for instance, or those that affect a local energy provider, where carbon footprint is very much the main concern in terms of sustainability impact. As a general rule, corporate sustainability is about reducing a law firm’s negative impact and increasing its positive impact in several areas. To identify these areas, a materiality analysis will need to be carried out for the firm (see box “Materiality analysis”). While the findings of a materiality analysis are individual, there are industry specifics. For law firms, one of these specifics is that the “S” and the “G” in ESG are more significant than the “E”, as a law firm’s environmental impact is relatively low. Therefore, a law firm’s ESG approach should include a lot more than just its carbon footprint.
11/05/2022
Embedding the ‘S’ in ESG in the workplace
Attracting and retaining talent has become more challenging following the Covid-19 pandemic. However, employers with a clear and genuine commitment to the ‘social’ aspects of ESG are more likely to...
26/04/2022
New Croatian “Whis­tleblower Act”
A new Law on protecting people who report irregularities or, as it’s more popularly known, “the Whistleblower Act” come into force in Croatia on 23 April 2022. Since, back in 2019, the Parliament...
13/04/2022
Putting the ‘S’ in ‘ESG’ - Lexicon of most important terms and phrases...
Companies across all sectors and markets are increasingly being evaluated on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) actions. ESG factors are now being used to determine the level of risk a company...
21/03/2022
Social aspect of ESG - Lexicon of most important terms and phrases
Lexicon of most important terms and phrases within the Social aspect of ESG
01/02/2022
Mia Kalajdžić and Saša Sodja promoted to partner; Irena Šik Bukovnik promoted...
Effective immediately, CMS Croatia and CMS Slovenia are each promoting one senior associate to partner, and CMS Slovenia is also promoting one to counsel. Mia Kalajdžić, formerly senior associate in the employment as well as the real estate and construction teams in Croatia, will now head the Croatian Employment Practice Area Group. Saša Sodja, formerly senior associate in the corporate and M&A team in Slovenia, will now head the Slovenian Corporate and M&A Practice. Irena Šik Bukovnik from Slovenia has been promoted to counsel and will continue to focus on banking and finance and restructuring matters. Mia Kalajdžić has close to a total of 10 years’ experience and six years of post-qual­i­fic­a­tion experience, mostly in employment law matters, advising international groups and companies on the full scope of employment and labour matters, whether they arise from daily work or from transactional and restructuring matters. Mia’s assistance to the management board members and HR departments is often strategic, including high level of implementational and operational support. CMS Croatia is Mia’s first law firm. Saša Sodja is a legal professional with more than 15 years of hands-on experience advising international and local clients in the legal sector. She has played an active role in most of the local and cross-border capital market transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions engagements handled by the Slovenian team. Saša provides all-round support and advice to clients from various industries all the way from organising and managing an M&A deal team to post-merger integrations. On top of regular legal engagements, Saša is also involved in activities that are shaping the future development of our firm such as sustainable business, a mentorship programme and last but not least di­git­al­isa­tion. CMS Slovenia has also promoted Irena Šik Bukovnik to the position of counsel for the firm in its Banking & Finance practice. Irena is a long-serving lawyer with CMS. She has more than 10 years of working experience in the legal branch, is a holder of an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law and is a member of the New York State Bar. Irena has expertise in banking & finance, insolvency & restructuring. Commenting on the appointments, Gregor Famira, Managing Partner of both CMS Croatia and CMS Slovenia, said: “With these promotions we are acknowledging high motivation, exemplary know-how, team spirit, innovative mindsets and a client-focused approach—the qualities CMS is looking for in their future leaders. Congratulations to all three of them.”Mia Kalajdžić commented: “I see my promotion to the position of partner as an honour and a responsibility, both towards our clients and my CMS team. I very much look forward to my future path in the firm and am excited about the challenges ahead.”Saša Sodja said: “I see my appointment as partner not just as an honour but also as recognition that I have the trust both of my team as well as my superiors and the wider CMS network. I'm ready for the future: I expect to see changes in the way law firms operate and, having become a partner, I am delighted that I will be able to play an even greater part in this.”
15/11/2021
CMS Employment Snack: Covid-19 - Safety at the Workplace
Rising infection figures and flatlining vaccination rates are once again presenting companies with the challenge of making workplaces safe. But what measures can and must be taken now?Our CMS Employment...
30/03/2021
Gig working, platform companies and the future
State authorities and courts are weighing in on the power of the Gig Economy: What will the outcome be?  Few forms of employment have impacted the modern economies of the western world as profoundly...