Zupan & Antunovic

Zupan & Antunovic is a law firm based in Zagreb, licensed to practise in both Croatia and Slovenia and ranked in The Legal 500. We work in English throughout.

Most of our clients are foreign nationals or foreign companies dealing with Croatia or Slovenia for the first time. That means we spend as much time explaining how something works as doing it, and we would rather tell someone their plan will not work than take a fee for attempting it. Every enquiry is screened free of charge before any fee arises.

 

Residence and immigration. Digital nomad permits, EU Blue Cards including the route where an applicant establishes a company and employs himself in a highly qualified position with no external sponsor required, residence for retired property owners over 60, family reunification, and EU long-term residence. Applications are filed electronically by us, so in most cases the client attends nowhere.

Company formation. Croatian and Slovenian companies incorporated remotely under power of attorney, typically within one to two weeks. No local director or resident representative is required in either country. In Croatia, the share capital deposit account is opened digitally and a newly formed company can operate through an online business account, so no step of the incorporation requires the founder to travel here.

Citizenship by descent. Croatia imposes no generational limit, so a great-grandchild qualifies on the same basis as a child, without investment or relocation. The work is documentary rather than legal: locating parish and archival records, and establishing identity across the surname variants that arise when a name was transcribed by ear on arrival somewhere else.

Real estate. Purchases including title and land registry due diligence, ownership registration, tax filings, and the licensing required where a property will be let. For non-EU buyers, whether acquisition is permitted at all depends on reciprocity, which differs by nationality and should be checked before a purchase is structured.

Employment, disputes and succession. Employment contracts and terminations, litigation including enforcement of foreign judgments, and succession proceedings where someone inherits Croatian property, which is more common than people expect and usually more complicated than they hope.

Fees are fixed per matter and agreed in writing before work begins. Official fees and certified translations are charged at actual cost with no mark-up.