Suzana Bončina

PARTNER

suzana.boncinajamsek@odilaw.com

+386 (0) 593 86 622 / +386 (0) 41 685 766

PRACTISE AREAS
Banking and Finance
Competition
Corporate / M&A
Financial Services
FinTech
Restructuring and Insolvency

LICENCES

  • Attorney-at-Law in Slovenia (2016)

LANGUAGES

English / Slovenian / German

MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITMENTS

  • Slovenian Bar Association (2015)

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Completed LL.M. at London School of Economics with merit (2011)
  • Graduated “Cum laude” at Faculty of Economics and Business (2008)
  • Grawe award for the best students of University of Maribor, Faculty of law (2007)
  • Graduated “Cum laude” at Faculty of Law (2006)

CAREER

  • Partner, ODI Slovenia (2019-)
  • Head of Banking and Finance Practice Group, ODI Slovenia (2016)
  • Senior Associate, ODI Slovenia (2015-2019)
  • Legal Counsel, Bank of Slovenia (2009-2010, 2011-2014)
  • Analyst, Bank of Slovenia (2008-2009)
  • Adviser, Slovenian Permanent Representation to the UN in New York, USA (2007-2008)
  • Judicial Trainee, Maribor Higher Court, Slovenia (2007, 2008-2009)

EDUCATION

  • London School of Economics, UK; LL.M. in International Business Law (2010–2011)
  • Slovenian Bar Exam (2010)
  • University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia; Bachelor of Economics (2002-2008)
  • Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria; Exchange program (2005–2006)
  • University of Maribor, Faculty of Law, Slovenia; Bachelor of Laws (2001-2006)
  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, School of Law, Netherlands; Exchange program (2005)

PUBLICATIONS

  • Banking and Finance: Slovenia -Trends & Developments, Chambers Global Practice Guides 2017 and 2018, co-author.
  • Selected legal aspects of NPL portfolio transactions, Bančni vestnik, Ljubljana, year 65, No. 9, September 2016, pg. 16-21.
  • NPL transactions, DIP/Dnevi insolvenčnega prava 2016, March 2016, Pg. 81-102, co-author.
  • Banking in Slovenia, Banking/Finance expert review, CEE Legal Matters Magazine, Issue 6, December 2015, Pg. 77-78, co-author.
  • Banking and Finance: Slovenia -Trends & Developments, Chambers Global Practice Guides 2016, co-author.
  • Merger regulation in the banking sector during a systemic crisis, Bančni vestnik, Ljubljana, year 62, No. 1-2, January-February 2013.

  • Legal, accounting and tax aspects of the status transformation of the company (Business Academy, newspaper Finance, Ljubljana, 26 January 2018)
  • NPL sale proceedings according to international business practice (9th Days of Insolvency Law, Portorož, 2016)
  • Merger regulation in the banking sector during a systemic crisis (Eurobanking Conference, Ljubljana, 26. – 28. Maj 2014)

“Suzana Bončina Jamšek is a great lawyer with in-depth knowledge and an excellent understanding of client needs.”

Legal 500, EMEA 2020