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In November 2012, the European Commission tabled a proposal for gender balance on corporate boards. The file then spent ten years blocked in the Council. It took until November 2022 for it to become Directive (EU) 2022/2381 – an arc long enough to earn the file its nickname.

Serbia goes paperless on sick leave — doctors, employers, and the health fund now share data instantly, cutting queues, costs, and paperwork in one move.

Hiring foreign nationals in Bosnia and Herzegovina is no longer an exception – it is becoming a key workforce strategy across construction, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors.

Imagine a country with mountains, sunshine, and a fast-growing solar revolution. That’s North Macedonia today. Thanks to its sunny days and cool mountain air, it’s a near-perfect place for photovoltaic power plants.

In the field of employment law, good legal solutions rarely emerge solely from reading the applicable regulations. Regulations provide the foundation from which we begin. However, for legal advice to be truly comprehensive, it is necessary to understand people, the way teams function, business processes, and the everyday challenges employers face.

For eight years, millions of us wandered through parks, loitered outside supermarkets, and wandered down suburban sidewalks, smartphones held aloft. We were chasing rare spawns, hatching eggs, and battling in Gyms. We thought we were the protagonists in a global augmented reality adventure.

On 23 April 2027, Serbia’s National Assembly has adopted three laws designed to modernize trade regulation, strengthen consumer protection, and bring domestic legislation into alignment with European Union standards.

The March 2025 amendments to the Enforcement Procedure Law of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H) mark one of the most significant reforms in recent years — not just procedural tweaks, but a clear policy shift toward proportionality, legal certainty, and stronger protection of fundamental rights.

JPM & Partners are an exclusive contributors for Serbian and Montenegrin chapters of the “The Legal 500: Doing Business In” Country Comparative Guide.