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Editorial dusk over a Montenegrin Adriatic harbour, marking a note on public procurement for foreign bidders

Montenegro Commercial Law

Bidding in Montenegro: The Appeal Fee Is 1% of the Value

The full procedure starts at €25,000 for goods and €40,000 for works. An appeal suspends the tender, costs 1% capped at €20,000, and is refunded if you win.

20 September 2026

Editorial dusk over a Montenegrin Adriatic harbour, marking a note on security over a registered yacht

Montenegro Commercial Law

Pledging a Yacht in Montenegro: One Folio Shows Everything

The yacht register records owners and pledge rights in the same folio — unlike a company stake, where the encumbrance lives in a separate index.

20 September 2026

Editorial dusk over a Montenegrin Adriatic harbour, marking a note on revoking a power of attorney

Montenegro Commercial Law

An Irrevocable Power of Attorney Is Not Irrevocable Here

Article 88 lets you revoke even if you contracted not to. Article 89 means the revocation does not bind a third party who did not know about it.

20 September 2026

Illustration for a guide to searching Montenegro's patent register before a company sells or licenses a product

Montenegro Commercial Law

Montenegro Patent Search: How to Check the Register Before Your Company Sells, Licenses or Files

How to search Montenegro's patent register before your company sells or licenses: where the database sits, the 18-month blind spot, the 3-month deadline.

18 September 2026

Montenegro Commercial Law

Montenegro Trademark Search: How to Check the Register Before Your Company Files or Launches

How to search Montenegro's trademark register before your company files or launches: the eRegister, Madrid marks, the 90-day opposition window.

17 September 2026

Montenegro Commercial Law

Letters of Intent, Term Sheets and Preliminary Contracts in Montenegro: When a Document Marked Non-Binding Is a Contract Under Article 19 of the Law on Obligations, What Breaking Off Negotiations Costs Under Article 23, What a Preliminary Contract Does Under Article 40, and How Earnest Money and Withdrawal Fees Work

When a letter of intent or preliminary contract binds in Montenegro: Articles 19, 23, 25, 40 and 75 to 79 of the Law on Obligations, and how to draft.

11 September 2026

Buying and selling company assets and shares in Montenegro: approvals, pre-emption, merger control and employees

Montenegro Commercial Law

Buying and Selling Company Assets and Shares on Behalf of a Montenegrin Company: Which Approvals the 2026 Companies Act Requires, Why a d.o.o. Sale Needs No Members' Resolution by Statute, How a Share Transfer Becomes Effective, When the 2026 Competition Law Requires Clearance Before Closing, and What Passes With the Business

Approvals, form and filings when a Montenegrin company buys or sells assets or shares: 2026 Companies Act, pre-emption, merger control, employees.

11 September 2026

Non-compete and confidentiality clauses for employees and managers in Montenegro: what an employer can enforce

Montenegro Commercial Law

Non-Compete and Confidentiality Clauses for Employees and Managers in Montenegro: What Articles 161 and 162 of the Labour Law Allow an Employer to Enforce, Why an Unpaid Post-Employment Non-Compete Is Void, What the 2021 Trade Secrets Act Protects Without Any Clause, and How to Draft for Both

Non-compete and confidentiality in Montenegro: Labour Law Articles 161 and 162, the two-year cap, paid compensation, the Trade Secrets Act, and drafting.

11 September 2026

Answering customer and guest complaints in Montenegro: eight-day consumer reply, business defect notices and data requests

Montenegro Commercial Law

Answering Customer and Guest Complaints in Montenegro: The Eight-Day Written Reply Under the Consumer Protection Law, the Defect Notices Between Businesses Under the Law on Obligations, the Fifteen-Day Data Requests Under the Data Protection Law, and How a Company Should Write the Answer

Answering complaints in Montenegro: the eight-day written consumer reply, defect notices between businesses, fifteen-day data requests, and what to write.

11 September 2026

Who can sign for a Montenegrin company: legal representatives, registered limits, powers of attorney and electronic signatures

Montenegro Commercial Law

Who Can Sign for a Montenegrin Company: Legal Representatives Under the 2026 Companies Act, Why a Registered Limit Does Not Protect the Company Against Third Parties, What a Power of Attorney Must Say Under the Law on Obligations, When a Foreign Power of Attorney and an Electronic Signature Are Enough, and What to Check Before Countersigning

Who signs for a Montenegrin company: legal representatives, registered limits, powers of attorney, foreign POAs and e-signatures under the 2026 statutes.

11 September 2026

Standard terms and the battle of forms in Montenegrin business contracts: what binds a company

Montenegro Commercial Law

Standard Terms and the Battle of Forms in Montenegrin Business Contracts: What Articles 136 to 138 of the Law on Obligations Make General Terms Bind, How Articles 25 to 38 Decide Whose Offer Was Accepted, Which Clauses a Court Refuses to Apply, and How a Company Makes Its Terms Stick

Standard terms and battle of forms in Montenegro: Articles 25 to 38, 98 and 136 to 138 of the Law on Obligations, what binds a company, and how to draft.

11 September 2026

Montenegro Commercial Law

Limitation of Liability, Force Majeure and Changed Circumstances in Montenegrin Commercial Contracts: What Articles 269 to 276 of the Law on Obligations Let a Company Exclude or Cap, How the Code Treats Impossibility and Unforeseen Events, When a Court Rewrites or Ends a Contract, and How to Draft the Three Clauses

Liability caps, force majeure and changed circumstances in Montenegro: Articles 128 to 133 and 269 to 276 of the Law on Obligations, and how to draft them.

11 September 2026