Offices – Slovenia
Explore all Offices
Global Reach
Global Reach

Apart from offering expert legal consultancy for local jurisdictions, CMS partners up with you to effectively navigate the complexities of global business and legal environments.

Explore our reach
Insights – Slovenia
Explore all insights
Expertise
Insights
Insights

CMS lawyers can provide future-facing advice for your business across a variety of specialisms and industries, worldwide.

Explore topics
Offices
Global Reach
Global Reach

Apart from offering expert legal consultancy for local jurisdictions, CMS partners up with you to effectively navigate the complexities of global business and legal environments.

Explore our reach
CMS Slovenia
Insights
Trending Topics
About CMS

Select your region

Amela Žrt
Partner

Amela Žrt

Languages
  • Slovenian
  • English
  • Serbian
  • Croatian
Social media

Amela Žrt is a high-ranking attorney-at-law with nearly ten years of experience advising international and domestic clients on legal issues related to employment. She has been the head of the employment practice at CMS Slovenia since 2019.

She has extensive experience in advising domestic and international clients from variety of industries such as the automotive, retail, manufacturing, life sciences and leisure industry on a wide variety of employment matters such as flexible working hours, high-profile terminations, regulations on mobile work, salary-structure adjustments, and setting up and developing employment compliance policies. 

Amela has dealt with a number of high profile and complex cases through the years and stands out for her knowledge and experience in matters related to restructurings and redundancies, transfers of company ownership, employment litigation and HR data protection.

She is also frequently involved in corporate matters, especially those connected to the relations between companies and their management.

Amela Žrt also co-heads the CMS Employment Associate Initiative, a new worldwide CMS platform giving a voice to associates and counsels, working alongside the CMS Employment Board.

Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    ‘"Amela Žrt’s responsiveness, attention to detail, and extensive knowledge base was very helpful in completing our transaction from the employment perspective. When handling major transactions, it is imperative for lawyers on both sides to diligently advocate for their clients’ needs and interests, all while keeping the common goal in mind – completing the transaction."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
  • Quote
    "Amela brings a high level of expertise and nuanced understanding to the table. Her ability to navigate complex issues, whether they are legal, commercial, or organisational, is truly impressive."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
  • Quote
    "She has excellent communication, technical and operational skills. She is always ready to instantly respond, assist and provide guidance and help."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
  • Quote
    "Rising star"
    The Legal500, 2022
  • Quote
    "Ms. Amela Žrt professional approach, knowledge, flexibility and availability is something we value most. I trust in her knowledge, she always delivered everything on time and these are two very important things."
    The Legal500, 2022
  • Quote
    "I had contact with Amela Žrt, who proved to be exceedingly professional and diligent. Communication with her was prompt, clear, and well-researched. She provided innovative solutions."
    The Legal500, 2022
  • Quote
    'Amela Žrt is impressive based on the knowledge she demonstrates, the speed of responses to set requests, and the dedication to the project itself.’
    The Legal 500, 2023

Publications

Memberships & Roles

  • Bar Association of Slovenia
  • AmCham Future of Work and Education Committee

Lectures list

  • Employment snack series: COVID-19 - Saftey at the Workplace, November 2021
  • Employment Snack series: Restructuring and Mass Redundancies, November 2020
  • Employment Snack series: Home Office and other treats, September 2020  
  • Employment Snack series: Internal Investigations in HR Cases – Best practices in Slovenia, December 2019 
  • Business breakfast – Working time, November 2019
  • Kaj mora vsako podjetje vedeti o GDPR?, Congress ADMA, May 2018

Education

  • 2014 – State Bar Examination, Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Justice
  • 2011 – BA, Law, University of Ljubljana

Amela Žrt is an experienced attorney-at-law and has been the head of the data protection practice at CMS Slovenia since 2019. 

She helps her clients who come from very diverse sectors – such as automotive, retail, manufacturing, life sciences and leisure industry – work through challenges related to data protection law and challenges arising from increasing digitalization.

Her advice covers issues such as the data protection compliance of business models and internal/external processes that involve the personal data of customers, employees or other third parties and drafting various legal opinions. Amela regularly supports clients in the process of defining the controller-processor roles, with preparation of privacy policies, data processing agreements and other supporting data protection documents. 

She also regularly advises clients on HR data protection matters such as recruitment processes, HR apps, video surveillance, in which her main area of focus in employment law offers added value to the client.

Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    ‘"Amela Žrt’s responsiveness, attention to detail, and extensive knowledge base was very helpful in completing our transaction from the employment perspective. When handling major transactions, it is imperative for lawyers on both sides to diligently advocate for their clients’ needs and interests, all while keeping the common goal in mind – completing the transaction."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
  • Quote
    "Amela brings a high level of expertise and nuanced understanding to the table. Her ability to navigate complex issues, whether they are legal, commercial, or organisational, is truly impressive."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
  • Quote
    "She has excellent communication, technical and operational skills. She is always ready to instantly respond, assist and provide guidance and help."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
  • Quote
    "I had contact with Amela Žrt, who proved to be exceedingly professional and diligent. Communication with her was prompt, clear, and well-researched. She provided innovative solutions."
    The Legal500, 2022
  • Quote
    'Amela Žrt is impressive based on the knowledge she demonstrates, the speed of responses to set requests, and the dedication to the project itself.’
    The Legal 500, 2023
  • Quote
    "Ms. Amela Žrt professional approach, knowledge, flexibility and availability is something we value most. I trust in her knowledge, she always delivered everything on time and these are two very important things."
    The Legal500, 2022

Publications

Memberships & Roles

  • Slovanian Bar Association 
  • AmCham Future of Work and Education Committee

Lectures list

  • Employment snack series: COVID-19 - Saftey at the Workplace, November 2021
  • Employment Snack series: Restructuring and Mass Redundancies, November 2020
  • Employment Snack series: Home Office and other treats, September 2020  
  • Employment Snack series: Internal Investigations in HR Cases – Best practices in Slovenia, December 2019 
  • Business breakfast – Working time, November 2019
  • Kaj mora vsako podjetje vedeti o GDPR?, Congress ADMA, May 2018
     

Education

  • 2014 – State Bar Examination, Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Justice
  • 2011 – BA, Law, University of Ljubljana