I help businessmen/women in need. I have been through what you are going through, most likely, and I can listen, and advise. Completely confidentially, and with complete competency. Willing to sign an NDA.

I specialize in competition law and trade matters, I write on issues of general interest, EU law, competition law, the current political and social crises.

I am the founder of the Rigas Feraios Foundation, a charity established for the purpose of enhancing understanding and cooperation in the Balkans.

 

My Curriculum Vitae

Born 1979, Belgrade, Serbia.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

January 2009: Doctor of Laws (competition law), European University Institute, Florence.

December 2002: LL.M in European Legal Studies, University of Bristol.

July 2001: LL.B (Hons) in English Law, University of Essex.

June 1997: High School diploma, American Community Schools of Athens.

CAREER (FULL-TIME ENGAGEMENTS)

June 2021-present: System Organization Manager, United Nations Development Programme, Belgrade.

January 2020-present: owner, Veljko Milutinović PR Competition and Trade (subsequently Solomon Consultants d.o.o.)

  • consultancy specialized in advice and training on competition law and trade and issues, Belgrade.

October 2014-November 2019: Member of the Council, Commission for the Protection of Competition, Belgrade.

  • one of five members of the supervisory and decision-making body of the Serbian competition authority.

October 2015-October 2017: Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Aviation, Megatrend University, Belgrade.

  • teaching international and national civil aviation law to undergraduate students.

February-October 2014: Legal Expert on services in the EU-funded IPA project Policy and Legal Advice Centre, Belgrade:

  • advising the Serbian Government on harmonisation of national law with the EU Services Directive.

September 2012-September 2013: postdoctoral Jean Monnet Fellow, research in economic regulation and regional integration, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence;

March 2011-April 2015: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business Studies and Faculty of International Economics, Megatrend University, Belgrade:

  • teaching and researching business law, international economic law and EU law.

September 2008-December 2010: Associate, Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH (Belgrade office):

  • advising and representing clients in corporate, investment, antitrust and merger issues;

  • advising on other issues, including public procurement, access to information, legal professional privilege and trade.

October 2007-March 2008: Trainee, European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition, Directorate A (Strategy and Policy), Brussels:

  • research and expert support in drafting the White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules, including the relevant Impact Assessment and Staff Working Paper;

  • expert support to Directorate A, including screening of draft decisions of national competition authorities (Article 11(4) of Regulation EC 1/2003).

Lecturer, speaker and discussant in many academic fora, including the European University Institute, the Lille Catholic University, Serbian Diplomatic Academy, the University of Miami and others. Author of the book: The ‘Right to Damages’ under EU Competition Law: from Courage v. Crehan to the White Paper and Beyond (The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2010) and numerous articles and book chapters, primarily on competition law and EU law.  

LANGUAGES

  • English and Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian (native speaker level-spoken and written);

  • Greek (native speaker level-spoken, advanced-written);

  • Italian (advanced);

  • French (intermediate).