Law office — Split
Property, civil and commercial law with many years of domestic and international experience.
“Law is not there to be served, but to serve”
Law is intended as a creative tool, not as a brake on relationships
About me
Lawyer with many years of professional domestic and international experience. From the first days in the legal profession, he participated in the representation and legal advice of natural and legal persons...
- Passed the judicial bar exam with special honors (95/100).
- Foreign languages: actively English, passively German, Italian, Spanish.
- Practising law since 2013.
Lawyer with many years of professional domestic and international experience. From the first days in the legal profession, he participated in the representation and legal advice of natural and legal persons: international investment funds, insurance companies, multiple credit institutions, hotel companies, real estate agencies, media houses, telecommunications companies, sports joint stock companies in regular courts and domestic and international sports arbitrations, universities, municipalities and cities (including multiple arbitration proceedings with an international element before the Croatian Chamber of Economy), utilities companies, monitoring domestic and international investors in their real estate projects, etc.
In addition to legal practice, Dino Pivac is also engaged in scientific work
- excellent student, graduated “cum laude”, recipient of the rector's award and multiple dean's awards for achievements at the University of Split;
- author and presenter of multiple published scientific and professional papers at domestic and international conferences;
- participant in the delivery of legal courses at the University of Split and several other high education institutions;
- doctoral candidate at the postgraduate doctoral study of civil law sciences at the University of Zagreb and a scholarship holder of the prestigious Zlatko Crnić Foundation.
Published papers
“Court proceedings on the confiscation of the proceeds from criminal offense”
Paper presented at the X. international consultation - “Current issues of civil and commercial legislation and legal practice” (Neum, June 22-24, 2012). Published in the Proceedings of the Faculty of Law in Mostar and the Proceedings of the Faculty of Law in Split.
“Restorative justice in criminal proceedings by private prosecution in the Republic of Croatia”
Paper presented at the International Scientific-Professional Conference - ”Building a modern legal system” (Sarajevo, October 24, 2014). Published in the Proceedings of the International Burc University, Center for Social Research.
“Legal and economic implications of limiting the regress sum in mandatory traffic liability insurance in european legal systems”
Paper presented at the International Scientific Conference (XI. International May Consultation - ”Services and user protection”) (Kragujevac, May 8, 2015). Published in the Proceedings of the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac.
“Maturity of damage recovery pursuant to Mandatory Traffic Insurance Act with regard to the (non)submittance of medical documentation with the claim for damages”
Paper presented at the International Symposium ”Medical Law in the Health Activity System” - Plitvice, November 13 and 14, 2015. Published in the Proceedings of the Faculty of Law in Split.
“The legal aspect of consumer protection in credit agreements with a foreign currency clause tied to the Swiss franc”
Paper presented at the International Scientific-Professional Conference - ”Harmonization of legislation with acquis” - Sarajevo, December 16, 2015. Published in the Proceedings of the International Burc University, Center for Social Research.
”Legal classifications of things and legal repercussions of those classifications (in Ownership and other Proprietary Rights Act)”
Law on Ownership and Other Proprietary Rights and Law on Land Books - 1997. - 2017. Croatian proprietary law de lege lata and de lege ferenda, published by the Engineering Bureau, Zagreb, December 2017.
“Violations of the child's right to be represented by a special guardian and of the child's right to express an opinion as reasons for annulment of first instance decisions in appellate procedures before the Split County Court (GžOb and GžOvrOb registers in the period January 01st 2016. - August 31st 2019)“
The paper was published in English and presented at the International Conference ”30 years after the Adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”, 2019, published in the Yearbook of Human Rights Protection, Republic of Serbia, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Provincial Protector of Citizens - Ombudsman, Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research;
“Can a court decision replace the consent of the coowners for the establishment of condominium ownership - de lege lata i de lege ferenda”
Zagreb Law Review - electronic journal of postgraduate studies of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Volume 8. No. 2 (2019)
Certificates & honors
Working philosophy
An approach that goes beyond the standard - combining expertise, human values and dedication to every client.
The lawyer of the 21st century should no longer be considered only as a problem solver in existing relationships arisen (problem solvers), but among those who help their clients avoid such problems in the future (problem avoiders), and nurturing long-term lawyer-client relationships is key in this. In resolving conflicts, human skills are the most important. Today, not a single professional, not even a legal one, can succeed if he relies only on the knowledge and skills of his profession.
VALUES
Excellence can never be achieved, but should always be strived for. I am strongly motivated to achieve excellence. Constantly improving professional and human virtues and offering individual approach to each client in creating the most adequate solutions for their needs.
MISSION
To help clients in finding the most optimal solutions facing the challenges and dynamism of law and regulations.
ETHICS
In performing complex legal services, I adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards - in relations with one's own party, opposing party, other lawyers, courts, other state bodies and bodies with public powers.
“Give me the facts, I will give you law”
Da mihi factum, dabo tibi ius
Work areas
Ownership and other proprietary rights (easements, mortgages), alignment of registered and actual status of real estate, real estate transactions, spatial planning and construction, condominium ownership, monitoring investors in real estate projects, restitution of nationalized property, tourism and other construction land not valued in the process of conversion and privatization (public ownership in exYu), special proprietary regimes (roads, water, maritime domain, cultural heritage, electronic communication infrastructure, etc.), expropriation, concessions.
Contractual and non-contractual relationships, representation in damages (material and non-material) proceedings and proceedings for unjust enrichment (condictio sine cause), securing pecuniary and non-pecuniary claims (property security, preliminary and interim measures), debt collection in enforcement proceedings based on execution and authentic deeds.
Property managing in case of death (mortis causa), representation of heirs in inheritance proceedings and in litigation arising from inheritance proceedings, inheritance based on the law and based on a will, inheritance agreements.
Establishment of companies (preparation of founding acts and other founding documentation), corporate changes, legal due diligence, internal company acts, procedures before the court register, insolvency proceedings.
Representation of clients before arbitration bodies, in civil proceedings - litigation, enforcement, bankruptcy, inheritance, land registry, non-litigious proceedings, and various administrative proceedings - regulatory proceedings, tax proceedings, proceedings before the cadastre and administrative bodies competent for urban and spatial planning, and issuance of spatial planning and construction permits.