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Ivan S. Males

Counsel
Hardworking and eager.
— Client, Legal 500
Vienna
About

Ivan is a finance practitioner with a strong focus on financing transactions and the infrastructure sector. Ivan is a seasoned finance, projects, and restructuring lawyer with extensive experience in corporate and M&A cross-border transactions, particularly in CEE and SEE markets.

He advises clients on a wide range of banking, finance, and project finance transactions, representing borrowers, sponsors, and funders. His dual qualification, combined with international education and legal experience, enables him to handle complex transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions and legal sectors. His practice includes corporate and commercial law, M&A, debt restructuring, and regulatory compliance.

Additionally, Ivan regularly advises international clients on regulatory and compliance matters, with a special focus on banking and financial regulation.

Ivan is an LMA-certified practitioner.

Areas of FocusFinanceCorporateRestructuringReal EstateRegulatory and Government AffairsLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsEnergy and Natural ResourcesFinancial ServicesIndustrialsInsuranceLife SciencesTechnology
Professional QualificationsOdvjetnik / Niedergelassener europäischer Rechtsanwalt registered with Rechtsanwaltskammer WienOdvjetnik registered with Hrvatska odvjetnička komora (Croatian Bar Association)

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising international institutions on several infrastructure projects, notably in the airport sector, including on-going advice regarding concession and PPP tender procedures. Such work included in-depth due diligence procedures, transaction structuring advice, drafting of the transactional documentation and overall legal support to the client up until the closing.
  • Advising a French multinational automobile manufacturer on the sale of the whole retail network in the SEE region. Advice included an in-depth due diligence phase as well as drafting of the corporate and transactional documentation.
  • Advising a Belgian buyer on an acquisition of leading SEE company providing services in an international port.
  • Advice to major construction companies, global energetic and transportation conglomerate and other corporations on cross-border M&A transactions, corporate reorganizations and establishing a presence specifically in the countries of the CEE region.
  • Advising various European funds on financing projects in the energy sector, including performing in-depth due diligence of several projects, drafting of the transactional documentation and creation/registration of the securities.
  • Advising various major international banks, sovereign lenders and other financial institutions on LMA based loan facility agreements regarding cross-border financing together with drafting the accompanying collateral package and the legal opinions.
  • Advising private corporations and governmental entities with regard to proceedings before various international commercial arbitration tribunals.
  • Continuously advising numerous international corporations on a vast range of data privacy, cyber security, satellite networks and other regulatory matters in CEE.
Languages
  • Croatian
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
Education
  • Université Paris Descartes, Masters of Law, 2012
  • University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Mag.iur., 2012

Awards

  • Recommended for Projects and Energy as well as Real Estate, Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
  • Ivan's work was recognised by his clients, describing him as “hardworking and eager” and he was ranked as tier one for commercial, corporate and M&A in 2018 and 2019 in Croatia by Legal 500 EMEA.

Prior Experience

Before cooperation with DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach, Ivan worked in several of the top-tier law firms in Croatia with a focus on cross-border transactions.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • LMA Certification- Loan Market Association, 2024

Memberships

  • Croatian Bar Association
  • Vienna Bar Association
  • Europäischer Rechtsanwalt (European attorney-at-law) registered with Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien

My latest insights

Publication

Application of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA): Key considerations

28 February 2025 .12 minute read

Publication

Cross-Border Insurance in Croatia

29 February 2024 .4 minute read

News

DLA Piper advises the Renault Group in connection with its divestment program in Central,...

13 February 2023 .2 minute read

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+43 1 531 78 1925
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