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Partner | Joint Zunic Law Firm Novi Sad
Tijana Žunić Marić

Contact details:

Areas of expertise:

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IT Law
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Data Protection
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Labor & Employment
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Dispute Resolution
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Intellectual property

Education

  • LL.M University of Cambridge: Master of Commercial Law
  • LL.M University of Novi Sad: Master of International Law
  • LL.M University of Luxembourg: Master of EU Law
  • LL.B University of Novi Sad: Graduated Lawyer

Awards:

  • 2024 Legal500: Recognized in two guides for Serbia, Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law
  • 2024 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection, “Data:2024” Guide
  • 2024 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Information Technology, “Data:2024” Guide
  • 2023 Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leader in the field of Information Technology, “Data:2023” Guide 2023 Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection, “Data:2023” Guide
  • 2023 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Employment Law, “Labour, Employment and Benefits:2023” Guide
  • 2023 Legal500: Recognized in two guides for Serbia, Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law
  • 2023 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Information Technology, “Data:2023” Guide
  • 2023 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection, “Data:2023” Guide
  • 2022 Who’s Who Legal: “Thought Leader – Data 2022” in the field of Data Privacy & Protection
  • 2022 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection, “Data:2022” Guide
  • 2021 Who’s Who Legal: “Thought Leader – Data 2021” in the field of Data Privacy & Protection
  • 2021 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection, “Data:2021” Guide
  • 2020 Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection, “Data:2020” Guide
  • 2014 Bar of England and Wales (scholarship provided by the Honorable Society of Inner Temple, Pegasus Trust)
  • 2013 University of Cambridge Scholar (scholarship provided by OSF and Cambridge Overseas Trust)
  • 2011 Excellence Award by the University of Novi Sad (among the top 1% of the class)
  • 2009 EFG Bank Scholarship for 100 best students in Serbia

 

Work experience:

  • 2015 – 2018 Secretary of the Belgrade Arbitration Center
  • 2015 Founder of IT start-up iQdemic
  • 2014 London Barristers’ Chambers: Brick Court, South Square and Monckton Chambers
  • 2011 Admitted to the Bar Association of Serbia and to the Bar Association of Vojvodina

 

Tijana Žunić Marić is an Attorney at Law and a Partner at Zunic Law Firm in Novi Sad. She is a member of the Bar Association of Vojvodina.

 

Tijana specialized in Information Technology Law and Data Protection Law while studying at the University of Cambridge and while working at leading London barristers’ chambers: Brick Court, Monckton Chambers, and South Square, by shadowing some of the prominent English barristers. Apart from IT Law and Data Protection, her expertise includes Intellectual Property Law and Labor & Employment Law.

 

Her client list includes multinational IT companies with a presence in Serbia, as well as some of the largest national IT companies that have become leaders in the global market in their sector. Apart from the technology companies, she advises companies committed to digitalization, with a particular focus on e-commerce.

 

Tijana represents clients in legal matters regarding software development agreements, software licensing, technology joint-venture agreements, outsourcing agreements, confidentiality, and trade secrets. She also advises on complex Labor & Employment Law matters with a cross-border perspective.

 

As an attorney cooperating with the NGO “Pištaljka” in the field of whistle-blower protection, she has advised and participated in several whistle-blowers’ cases known to the public and the media. Likewise, as Zunic Law Firm has an outstanding record in Labor & Employment class actions, she had a leading role in defending clients in hundreds of workplace-related disputes. In one of the disputes that raised public interest, Zunic Law Firm had major success in proving that Nis Gazprom Neft had forced void provisions against employees, as well as that the same company has unlawfully profited from its employees regarding 2011 annual bonuses.

 

Tijana is a regular guest writer for renowned legal platforms such as OneTrust DataGuidance (on the topic of monitoring of employees), SCL (on various topics in the field of IT Law), and IAPP (on the topic of personal data protection).

 

The prestigious Legal500 legal ranking organization awarded Zunic Law in 2023 for two areas: Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law, as well as noted Partner Tijana Žunić Marić’s expertise.

 

She has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal, the leading global organization for the independent ranking of law firms, as a Global Leader in the field of Data Protection in its global guide “Data: 2020”. Tijana has received the same title from WWL for the Data: 2021 ranking. She was also recognized by WWL as a Thought Leader Data 2021 in the field of Data Protection. Who’s Who Legal recognized Tijana Žunić Marić yet again as a Global Leader in the field of Data Privacy & Protection in their updated “Data: 2022” global guide, and in the same year, as a Thought Leader Data 2022 in the mentioned field. In both 2023 and 2024, Tijana was recognized as a Global Leader in two areas, Information Technology and Data Privacy & Protection in Who’s Who Legal’s updated “Data: 2023” and “Data: 2024” global guides. Additionally, she achieved the prestigious status of a Thought Leader in both Information Technology Law and Data Privacy & Protection in the updated “Thought Leaders: “Data 2023” guide by Who’s Who Legal.

 

In addition, Tijana has been ranked as a Global Leader by Who’s Who Legal for the area of Employment Law in the Labour, Employment and Benefits: 2023 Guide.

 

From 2015 to 2018 Tijana Žunić Marić held the position of the Secretary-General of the Belgrade Arbitration Center (BAC), a permanent arbitral institution that administers domestic and foreign disputes which is within the auspices of the Serbian Arbitration Association.

 

She obtained her Bachelor’s Law degree at the University of Novi Sad graduating at 1% top of the class and among the 100 best students in Serbia, based on which she was presented with the University Excellence Award. She completed LL.M. studies at the University of Novi Sad (summa cum laude), the University of Luxembourg (cum laude), and the University of Cambridge (cum laude). While studying at Cambridge she was a scholar of Cambridge Overseas Trust and Open Society Foundation. As an excellent student, she was also selected as a Pegasus Trust Scholar, a scholarship provided by the Honorable Society of Inner Temple, Bar of England and Wales.

 

Tijana speaks Serbian (native), English and French.

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