Jelena Zelenbaba is a Managing Associate in the Belgrade office with 10 years of experience advising domestic and international clients on complex corporate and transactional matters. She specializes in M&A, corporate governance, and cross‑border transactions, with a strong buyer‑side focus on structuring and risk allocation under Serbian law.

Jelena guides clients through the full transaction lifecycle, including legal due diligence, SPA/SHA negotiations, closing mechanics, post‑closing integration, and reorganizations. She has led numerous full‑scope due diligence processes and advised on a wide range of sophisticated M&A matters and status changes, including share and asset deals, joint ventures, demergers, spin‑offs, capital increases, intra‑group restructurings, and corporate governance arrangements for Serbian companies. Her work frequently involves coordinating with foreign counsel and aligning Anglo‑Saxon documentation with Serbian mandatory law.

In addition to transactional work, Jelena provides ongoing corporate advisory support on incorporations, shareholder relations, directors’ duties and liability, minority protections, pre‑emption and exit rights, compliance, and corporate housekeeping for Serbian and regional subsidiaries of international groups.

She has sector experience across FMCG, IT/technology, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare, and gambling.