Nikola Božić

Attorney-at-Law

Languages

Croatian, English, German

Biography

Nikola Božić was born in 1991 in Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina). He graduated with distinction in 2014 at the Faculty of Law in Split (Split, Croatia). He passed the bar exam in 2017. After completing the one-year „Master of Law and Business (LL.M./MLB)“ program at the Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany), Nikola Božić obtained the academic title „Master of Laws (LLM) with Specialization in Arbitration“.

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Education

• 2012 – during the summer semester, he was an ERASMUS exchange student at the Law Department of the Free University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
• 2014 – graduated with distinction at the Faculty of Law in Split (Split, Croatia)
• 2017 – passed the bar exam
• 2018 – completed the one-month summer course at the International Academy for Arbitration Law (Paris, France)
• 2018. – completed the one-year „Master of Law and Business (LL.M./MLB)“ program at the Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany)

Professional experience

  • 2015 – Trainee Attorney at the Law Firm Hanžeković & Partners Ltd (Zagreb, Croatia)
  • 2018 – two-month intern at CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB (Hamburg, Germany)
  • 2019 – Attorney at the Law Office Nikola Božić (Zagreb, Croatia) contractually affiliated with the Law Office Bruno Božić (Travnik, Bosnia and Hercegovina)
  • 2020 – Attorney at GUGIĆ, KOVAČIĆ & KRIVIĆ – law firm Ltd (Zagreb, Croatia)
  • 2023 – Attorney, i.e., Senior Associate, at the Law Office Nikola Božić (Zagreb, Croatia) contractually affiliated with WOLF THEISS Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2024 – Attorney at the Law firm Babić, Brborović & partners plc. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Areas of law

  • dispute resolution
  • competition law
  • transactions / M&A
  • real estate
  • intellectual property law

Publications

  • 2019 – «Real Estate in Croatia» published by Getting the Deal Through, Real Estate 2019, Law Business Research Ltd, London
  • 2019 – «Book Review: Brödermann, Eckart J: UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts: An Article-by-Article Commentary» published by Liikejuridiikka 3/2019, Finnish Business Law Journal, Kauppakamari
  • 2021 – «Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration? Republic of Croatia» published by ICCA Projects, The ICCA Reports, International Council for Commercial Arbitration
  • 2022 – «Arbitration in Croatia» published by Getting the Deal Through, Arbitration 2022, Law Business Research Ltd, London
  • 2023 – «Arbitration in Croatia» published by Getting the Deal Through, Arbitration 2023, Law Business Research Ltd, London

Membership

  • 2015 – member of the Croatian Bar Association
  • 2016 – 2017 – member of the Commission for the Cooperation with Trainee Attorneys of the Association of Trainee Attorneys of the Croatian Bar Association
  • 2022 – Listed on the VIAC List of Practitioners in International Arbitration