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After more than 10 years of experience spanning from being a co-head of the industrial property department of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, where he was actively involved in the preparation and drafting of laws and EU regulations, to being a legal advisor on IP matters in renowned SEE law firms working and coordinating comprehensive and demanding cross-jurisdictional M&A projects, Robert joined CMS in Ljubljana in 2019. Since then, he has been advising national and international corporate clients on legal issues related to intellectual property, media law, helping with all aspects of copyright and related rights, design rights, trademark rights, passing off, breach of confidence and patents.
Robert’s intellectual property work ranges from day-to-day IP advice such as registration of trademarks through optimisation of IP portfolio of companies, IP litigations, drafting of cease-and-desist letters to working on infringement cases.
His clients, whether they are start-ups or big corporates, come from wide range of industries where IP is high on the agenda, such as BioTech, MedTech, AgriTech, pharmaceutical, communications, media, and IT. His strength are also collective management associations where IP quite often intertwines with competition law.
Robert Kordić is a former Max-Planck scholarship holder and has lectured on competition law and intellectual property topics at the Universities of Zagreb and Sarajevo.
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Robert Kordić is a competition law specialist with over a decade of experience advising clients on complex antitrust, merger control, and regulatory matters. He regularly supports domestic and international clients across industries such as technology, life sciences, media, and industrials. In addition to his core focus on competition law, Robert brings added depth through his background in corporate/M&A and intellectual property law.
He holds a Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, where he wrote his dissertation on “Patent Pools: A Contribution to the Correction of Misalignments in Competition Law”. His academic expertise enhances his practical advice, particularly where IP and competition law intersect.
Robert is a go-to advisor for EU and Slovenian merger control proceedings, with a proven track record in obtaining clearances for cross-border mergers, joint ventures, and acquisitions. His expertise includes:
- Merger control: Representing clients in EU and national proceedings, from initial filing strategies to complex Phase II reviews.
- Competition risk management: Identifying and mitigating antitrust risks in multi-jurisdictional transactions, including information exchange, gun-jumping, and compliance matters.
- State aid and market investigations: Advising on the compatibility of public funding with EU state aid rules and representing clients in sectoral investigations.
- Cross-border coordination: Leading competition workstreams in multi-country M&A deals, ensuring regulatory consistency and timely approvals.
Robert’s practical and strategic approach helps clients navigate evolving competition frameworks while aligning regulatory compliance with broader business goals.
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Robert Kordić is an associate specializing in intellectual property law, but his additional strongpoints are two heavily intertwined areas of law: corporate/M&A and competition & EU.
He works on corporate/M&A engagements, heads multi-jurisdictional transactions, cross-border due diligence workstreams and is a go-to specialist when it comes to competition matters, including obtaining EU and Slovenian merger control clearances for clients and handling competition law risk.
Robert’s work encompasses a wide range of experience across the spectrum of competition law matters, including representing clients in EU and Slovenian merger control procedures, sector/market investigations, abuse of dominance investigations, competition law risk assessments and abuse control and state aid law. He is involved in all transactions, in particular in cross-border mergers.
Robert Kordić is a former Max-Planck scholarship holder and has lectured on competition law and intellectual property topics at the Universities of Zagreb and Sarajevo.
