mag. Jure Levovnik
Senior partner
Jure Levovnik is a senior partner and one of the managing partners. In foreign legal directories he is recognised as the leading expert in Slovenia in the field of dispute resolution. He has vast experience in representing domestic and foreign clients in complex commercial disputes and international arbitrations. Jure also specializes in the fields of energy, electronic communications and information technology, intellectual property (database rights, copyright and unfair competition), and sports law. Since 2019, he has been a board member at the Association of European Energy and Climate Lawyers (AEEC), a reputable international legal network seated in Berlin.
Education
- Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Post-graduate Research Master’s Degree in Commercial and Civil Law Slovenia (2005)
- Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (2001)
Foreign Languages
English, German, Serbian, Croatian
Experience
- Managing Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)
- Senior Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)
- Managing Partner at Jadek & Pensa (2017–2020)
- Head of Dispute Resolution Unit at Jadek & Pensa (2015-2022)
- Partner at Jadek & Pensa (2006-2022)
- Associate at Jadek & Pensa (2004-2006)
- Judicial Trainee at Ljubljana Higher Court (2001–2003)
Memberships and other duties
- Member of the Board at the Association of European Energy and Climate Lawyers (AEEC) (since 2019)
- Delegate of the Slovenian National Committee to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (since 2024)
- Arbitrator at the Ljubljana Arbitration Centre at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
- Member of Arbitration Board at Footbal Association of Slovenia (since 2024)
- Member of Arbitration Board at Slovenian Handball Association
- International Bar Association (since 2013)
- Slovenian bar (since 2006)
- Slovenian Sports Law Association
Bibliography
- Sponsorship in Slovenian Sport, OKS-ZŠZ, Ljubljana, 2022 (co-author)
- Infringement of database makers’ rights, Pravna praksa no. 41-42/2021
- Sport, NFTs and Crypto Collecting, Pravna praksa no. 21-22/2021
- Sport and Law, Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement, Faculty of Law, Society of Sport Law, Official Gazette of the RS, 2020 (co-author)
- Judicial protection of trade secrets, Pravna praksa no. 8/2019 (co-author)
- Protection of a trade secret, Pravna praksa no. 7/2019 (co-author)
- EU Energy Law: Renewable Energy in the Member States of the EU, Volume III, 2nd Edition, Claeys & Casteels, the Netherlands, 2018 (co-author of the chapter on Slovenia)
- Deadline for appeal against a judgment under the amendment to the Civil Procedure Act (ZPP-E), Pravna praksa no. 2/2018
- Protection of business secrets in commercial disputes, Svet kapitala, 21. 7. 2017
- Preparations for the main hearing and the main hearing under the ZPP-E, Odvetnik, no. 3(81) – summer 2017
- Exclusion of minority shareholders and the fate of the first penguin, Svet kapitala, 16. 12. 2016
- Legal Protection of Databases (Selected Legal Aspects), Legal Yearbook 2014, Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 2014
- Presumption of Fair Compensation in a Post-takeover Shareholders, Pravna praksa no. 29-30/2014
- Law in the Information Society, GV Založba, Ljubljana, 2014 (co-author)
- Telecommunication Laws in Europe (chapter on Slovenia), sixth edition, Bloomsbury Professional Limited, 2013
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Telecommunication Laws and Regulations 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, Global Legal Group Ltd., London (author of the chapter on Slovenia), available here
- Football League Fixture List as a Work Protected by Copyright?, Pravna praksa no. 10/2012
- Withdrawal of the Consumer from a Contract on Electronic Supply of Digital Content, Pravna praksa no. 3/2011
- Liability of Intermediary Information Society Service Providers, Pravna praksa no. 42/2010
- Google May Continue Providing AdWords Service, Pravna praksa no. 13/2010
- The Legal Protection of a Legal Information System as a Database, Pravna praksa no. 26/2009
- Sport & Law, GV Založba, Ljubljana, 2008 (co-author)
- Protection of Consumers against Marketing by an Unauthorised Use of a Celebrity, Podjetje in delo no. 2/2007
- The Use of Name and Likeness of an Individual in a Computer Game, Pravna praksa no. 18/2006
- The Subject and Legal Nature of the Agreements on Commercial Appropriation of Personality, Podjetje in delo no. 5/2006
- Telecommunication Laws in Europe, Tottel Publishing, 2005 (co-author of the chapter on Slovenia)
- Technical Measures for the Protection of Copyright Work in the EU and in the Republic of Slovenia, Evro Pravna praksa no. 5 and 6/2004
- Register of Non-Possessory Liens and Attached Movable Property, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation [2004] Volume 19, Issue 11, News Section, Sweet & Maxwell
Lectures and reports
- Electricity storage – legal aspects, Forum Energy and Law ’23, Ljubljana, November 2023
- The effect of energy price increases on contractual relationships, Forum Energy and Law '21, Ljubljana, 11 November 2021
- Legal Challenges of Ownership of Electricity Storage Facilities, webinar, Center of Energy Efficient Solutions, 8 December 2020
- Damages in international arbitration, Joint UNCITRAL-LAC Conference on Dispute Settlement, Ljubljana, 9. 4. 2019
- Role of Arbitral Tribunals in Combatting Economic Crime in International Arbitration – Burden and standard of proof, Joint UNCITRAL-LAC Conference on Dispute Resolution, Ljubljana, 20. 3. 2018
- School of civil procedure – amendment ZPP-E to the Civil Procedure Act, Odvetniška akademija, 20. 6. 2017
- Cloud Computing – Contractual Issues: IBA Balkan Legal Forum, Vienna, 26.–27. 6. 2014
- Legal Protection of Databases – Selected Legal Aspects: Seminar Law in Information Society, Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 12. 6. 2014
- Legal Protection of Databases: XII. Days of Civil and Commercial Law, Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Portorož, 10.–11. 4. 2014
- Commercial Appropriation of Athletes' Personalities): Legal Clinic, Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, regularly since 2014
Areas of work
Prevention and Resolution of Disputes Technology, Media and Electronic Communications Energy Intellectual Property
"Very experienced."
Legal 500
"Friendly guy, who is always in good mood, but sharp as a whistle.” “His written motions are a pleasure to read."
Chambers Europe (Dispute Resolution)
"A top expert, who understands the essence of the problem in an extremely short period of time."
Chambers Europe (Dispute Resolution)
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