AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LAW

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PRIVACY & DATA
PROTECTION

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REGULATORY |
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

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COMMERCIAL |
CORPORATE LAW

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ENVIROMENTAL LAW

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COMPLIANCE

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CIVIL LAW

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TAX LAW
(IN COOPERATION)

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FOOD LAW

THE TEAM

PETRA SMOLNIKAR, attorney at law

petra@petrasmolnikarlaw.eu
+386 (0)41 533 533

[:sl-sl]Petra Smolnikar, odvetnica[:]

PROFFESIONAL PATH

2017- … PETRA SMOLNIKAR LAW (founder)
2015–2017 SCHÖNHERR Lawfirm (local partner)
2013–2015 SCHÖNHERR Lawfirm (attorney-at-law)
2011–2013 SCHÖNHERR Lawfirm (attorney candidate)
2009–2010 HIGH COURT IN LJUBLJANA (court trainee)
2009–2011 KOMAK (legal advisor, director)
2009–2011 AVEKTIS (legal advisor, director)
2007-2009 TAXGROUP (legal advisor)
2005-2006 KOMAK (legal advisor)

CURRENT ACTIVITY AND MEMBERSHIPS

2024-… Mediator at the Mediation Center of the Slovenian BAR Academy
2024-… Mediator at the District Court of Ljubljana
2023-… EELA (European Employment Law Association) Member of the Board
2020-… Correspondent at Employment Law Review
2019–… Co-author of the publication Food Information for Consumers
2018–… Correspondent at Linklaters’ Data Protected
2017–… Member of Centre of Expertise for Personal Data (SCOP)
2017-2019 Member of AmCham Committee for Circular Economy
2015–… National correspondent at DATA GUIDANCE, the global privacy intelligence platform (now: ONE TRUST)
2014–… National correspondent at EELC European Employment Law Cases

LANGUAGES

Slovenian

English

German

Croatian

PUBLICATIONS

The Employment Law Review, 12th edition, chapter XX (Slovenia), 2021

The Employment Law Review, 11th edition, chapter XX (Slovenia), 2020

Regulation 1169/2011, Food Information for Consumers (a short expert commentary) by meyer.rechtsanwälte (co-author), 2019

Slovenian chapter on Slovenian Implementing Regulation Concerning Regulation 1169/ (“FIC REGULATION”) and National Rules on Allergens in Food.News (Legal and Regulatory News) by Meyerlegal.de, 2017

Has the European Court of Human Rights Officially Allowed Employers to Read Employees’ Private E-mails?, Schoenherr legal insights, 2016

Oil & Gas Regulation 2016, Slovenia, The International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG), 2016

The Third Public Procurement Act – New Opportunities for (Foreign) Tenderers, Roadmap 2016

Is the Winding-up of a Company under a Simplified Procedure Now Sufficient for Employee’s Dismissal?, Roadmap 2015

New Employment Legislation Brings Simplifications for Foreigners, Schoenherr legal insights, 2015

The New Energy Act: Yet Another Failure to Meet the Expectations of the Slovenian Economy?, Roadmap 2015

Slovenia: Energy Law in Slovenia: recent developments in the Slovenian energy market, European Energy Handbook by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), 2015

Slovenia: Stricter control and measures for combatting food fraud?, Schoenherr legal insights, 2015

Global data protection legislation: Slovenia, Data Protected, A report on data protection laws by Linklaters, 2013 – 2016

Slovenia: Energy Law in Slovenia: recent developments in the Slovenian energy market, European Energy Handbook by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), 2014

Slovenia: Changes to Food Legislation – Part I, Schoenherr legal insights, 2014

Slovenia: Changes to Food Legislation – Part II, Schoenherr legal insights, 2014

New Employment Relationship Act, Schoenherr legal insights, 2013

European Added Value Assessment on a Directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats (14th company law Directive) – Annex I and Additional annexes (Slovenia), Research paper by Jeantet Associés Aarpi for the Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value, within the Directorate General for Internal Policies (DG IPOL) of the General Secretariat of the European Parliament, 2013

A basic primer to monitoring and personal data protection (Slovenia), schoenherr hand-book, 2012

Slovenia: Energy Law in Slovenia: recent developments in the Slovenian energy market, European Energy Handbook by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), 2012

Electricity and gas wholesale trading: A Basic Primer To Electricity And Gas Wholesale Trading (Slovenia), schoenherr handbook, 2012

A basic primer: Monitoring of employees and personal data protection (Slovenia), schoenherr handbook 2011

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CONTACTS

PETRA SMOLNIKAR LAW

Dunajska 51, 8th floor
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Mob: +386 41 533 533
Tel: +386 5 9937 934
Fax: +386 1 436 40 55
E-mail: info@petrasmolnikarlaw.eu

Identification number: 2516772000
Tax / VAT number: SI35855525
Bank account: SI56 0400 1004 9417 124, NKBM d.d.

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QUOTES

<i>"Known for being "extremely dedicated, friendly and positive," <br/> Petra Smolnikar is highly praised by clients. They also note that her "negotiating skills are her biggest asset."<br/> She often acts on cross-border transactions, impressing clients with her "multi-language competency.",</i><br/> iz vodnika Chambers and Partners Europe guide, 2017: Prepoznavni pravniki "Known for being "extremely dedicated, friendly and positive,"
Petra Smolnikar is highly praised by clients.
They also note that her "negotiating skills are her biggest asset."
She often acts on cross-border transactions, impressing clients
with her "multi-language competency.",

from Chambers and Partners Europe guide, 2017: Notable practitioners Slide "She provides tailored solutions and has
knowledge and insight
into our business and market",

client quote for Chambers and Partners Europe Slide "She is a very calm and
supportive lawyer, who combines common
sense with great emotional intelligence", client quote for Chambers and Partners Europe Slide "She is a lawyer who gets straight to the point
and she establishes a very good
relationship with people", client quote for Chambers and Partners Europe Slide "She was absolutely fantastic
– the best representativeI have ever had
the pleasure of working with", client quote for Chambers and Partners Europe

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