RAKITIĆ Dušan, LL.M. (Harvard)
Partner / Head of Serbian PracticePhone: +381 (11) 365 00 44
Professional Experience
- Specht & Partner Strategic Advisory – Managing Partner (June 2009 – present)
- Specht Böhm Rechtsanwalt GmbH – Of Counsel (December 2007 – present)
- Citadel Financial Advisory, Associate, Vice President; 2004 – 2005
- Belgrade University Law School, Lecturer, 2002
- Government of Serbia, Commission for the Land Registry Reform and Legalization of Illegally Constructed Buildings, Legal Advisor, 2002-2003
- Government of Serbia, Ministry for Religious Affairs, 2001-2003
Bar Admission
- Republic of Serbia (since 2007)
- New York State (since 2006)
Practice Areas
- Securities Regulation
- Corporate Law
- Property/Restitution/Real Estate Development
- Project Finance/ PPP/Infrastructure
- Institutional and Regulatory Compliance/Reform
Education
- Harvard Law School, LLM 2004
- Belgrade University Law School, PhD 2017
- Belgrade University Law School, LLM 2009
- Belgrade University Law School, LLB 2001
Publications
- Arbitration in the Republic of Serbia (Getting the Deal Through, 2013)
- “Analysis of principal elements of the general restitution statute of Serbia from the perspective of the ECtHR case-law (Annals of the Belgrade University Law School, 2/2011)
Professional and Civic Activities
- Law Project on Recognition of Ownership and Acquisition of Construction Land “May It Be Known Who Owns What” – www.daseznastajecije.org – Coauthor, 2007.
- Harvard Club of Serbia, President, 2007 to date
- Crown Prince Alexander II Fund for Education and Culture, Governing Board Member, 2007 to date.
- Belgrade Stock Exchange, Commission for the Introduction of FIX Protocol, Member in charge of legal aspects, 2006 to date.
Languages
- Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian (native)
- English
- French