Mia Kalaš

Practice Areas

Banking and finance

Mergers and acquisitions

Real estate and construction

Capital markets

Corporate and commercial law

Career

Mia heads the firm’s Banking & Finance practice and is an important part of the firm’s M&A practice, often involved in acquisitions and acquisition financing. She joined the firm in 2004 and was promoted to Partner in 2012. Mia’s areas of practice include Banking and finance (including restructuring), Corporate and commercial law, Mergers and acquisitions, Real estate and construction and Capital markets.

She has extensive experience in assisting Slovenian and international lenders and borrowers, including banks and other financial institutions, corporations from a wide range of business sectors and institutional investors. Mia advises on secured and unsecured term loan facilities, cross-border and local syndications, acquisition financing, real estate financing, project financing, restructurings, netting opinions and other financial services.

Professional Memberships

Slovenian Bar Association (admitted in 2006)

Languages Spoken

Slovenian, English, Serbian, Croatian

Experience

Jan 2012 –

Odvetniki Šelih & partnerji, o.p., d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia

Partner

June 2004 - December 2011

Odvetniki Šelih & partnerji, o.p., d.o.o. (and predecessors), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Senior Associate, Attorney-at-Law

Nov 2002 - Nov 2003

Higher Court in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Law Clerk

Oct 2001 - Oct 2002

Bank Austria Creditanstalt d.d. Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Lawyer (trainee), Lawyer (expert co-worker)

Education