Odvetniška družba Lukman is a Slovenian law firm established in 2012. The firm is led by its founder Tomaz Lukman and is based in Ljubljana.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm has a focus on financial and corporate, banking and finance, project development work.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include Wienerberger Group, IMCD, Trimo Group, Sava RE Group, Novo Nordisk Group and Celtra.
Research period review: 33rd edition
(2023/2024)
Throughout the research period the firm’s financial and corporate work was related to acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, demergers, divestments, funds formation and restructuring deals for clients in the energy, food and beverage, insurance, healthcare, investment management, financial service, consumer goods and services, real estate and construction sectors.
In project development, the team represented joint ventures in project development deals for clients in the construction, real estate and automotive sectors.
Deal highlights: 33rd edition
(2023/2024)
ALFI PE acquisition of Veterinary Hospital Lenart
MERIT HP €12 million acquisition of KRAŠ products
Client Feedback:
33rd edition (2023/2024)
Investment funds
“Good understanding of the fund's activities and ability to find applicable legal ground for the desired transaction. Responsive and very focused on the client's needs.”
M&A
“Very responsive, pragmatic, and commercially orientated. They reminded us of important aspects that might seem a legal barrier but are not obstacles in practice. This was beneficial in our case, which enabled us speed up procedures in negotiations.”
“Given that we use them regularly, that we have carried out many transactions with them and that we have a lot of experience with them, I can say that they are excellent and extremely capable of managing and carrying out even the largest and most complex transactions. In transactions, we always meet top-tier law firms on the opposite side, and I also used to work with several top-tier law firms in my previous position. And from my experience, I can say that Odvetniška družba Lukman is completely equivalent to the top-tier law firms and in my humble opinion they deserve to be a top-tier law firm. We will continue to use their excellent services. The partners and associates are all well-prepared, client-focused and provide superb legal services in an efficient way. Their entire team is committed to delivering excellent legal advice. They monitor projects with detailed checklists and are proactive. We often need documents quickly, and the services are always provided in a very short time, but without any compromise on quality. They are highly competent and very responsive.”
“Compared to other firms and advisers, they proved very good, with excellent expertise and fast response times.”
Project development: Infrastructure
“Buying and selling real estate; personnel matters in company; preparation of commercial contracts in several languages.”
“They are always pretty on the ball and understand the issues. They are very experienced in construction and engineering matters and understand how to get things resolved. When we activate their team in relation to an individual matter, we agree with the firm the composition of a suitable team that will be responsible for the matter, which is immediately addressed. They have a great depth of industry knowledge, and they are good at presenting solutions rather than just finding issues. We have demanding and complex projects that require a lot of communication, good organisation and above all sophisticated legal solutions with practical approach, but they provide all that proactively and on time.”
“They are highly motivated, with extensive legal knowledge and good insight into local and international specifics, which makes them capable of realising the most demanding projects. We trust them.”
“Lawyers from Odvetniška družba Lukman are professional, ethical, understand the business and have in-depth and multidisciplinary knowledge. Their lawyers mostly work together as a team, which guarantees that matters run without interruption, even if one of the lawyers is sometimes absent or detained in another case. At the same time, it reassures us as the client that matters are properly scrutinised and that we are protected from all angles. They are more than capable of handling complex projects. Their team is outstanding, and they always provide an excellent, strategic view and have great knowledge in all the areas that our group needs. They have excellent customer-focused service that is pragmatic and practical. They are very responsive.”
Restructuring
“Clear and diligent guidance through the process of change from the start of the process until completion.”
Gorazd Guzelj
“Gorazd is extremely motivated to provide tailor-made legal advice, is proactive and efficient, with extensive legal knowledge.”
Sanda Južnik
“Sanda Južnik provides the highest level of professionalism and handles the full array of legal services to our group - among others, corporate, HR, GDPR and competition matters.”
“Very good understanding and in-depth knowledge re. legal framework, good in finding alternative solutions.”
“Sanda Južnik constantly gives us top-quality legal services and is very picky with the details of the matters.”
“Sanda Južnik delivers clear advice with a quick judgement of the essence and with attention to detail.”
“Sanda Južnik has the competence to identify the essence of every issue and understands the business.”
Tomaž Lukman
“Tomaž Lukman has quick judgement of the essence of the matter and strategic approach, with attention to detail. He covers corporate, M&A and real estate projects.”
“Good understanding of our business and experience in M&A and related areas; ability to get additional advice from experts in certain areas.”
“He listens carefully, analyses the problem, sometimes together with his team, prepares a proposal for a solution and he warn of dangers.”
“Very personal approach, although he is a partner, he did the work and personally delivered his findings to the opposite side. He has an in-depth knowledge of the M&A field, has a proactive approach, is very pragmatic, and not focused on trivial matters.”
“Tomaž Lukman is easy to work with, constructive, solution-orientated, and very committed. He is an excellent communicator who keeps the big picture in clear sight.”
“Tomaž Lukman goes the extra mile, has strong business understanding and I can recommend him for a wide range of legal support.”
“Tomaž Lukman is experienced and knowledgeable lawyer, always to the point, effective and very business minded.”
“Tomaž Lukman is a hands-on and very responsive principal, who is incredibly good at negotiating and understands complex commercial issues.”
Davorina Stanonik
“Davorina handles highly complex matters with enormous skill. Her immediate attention to the client stands out, taking care of the client’s problems in a decisive and practical way.”
“Calm, diligent, professional, structured and always on time.”
