Dragan S. Zeljic

Partner

Biography

Dragan’s practice focuses in particular on civil and criminal litigation cases, asset tracing & recovery, white collar crime and investigations, including case management and coordination between various jurisdictions. His industry focus varies from banking, mining, aviation, finance, commodity trading, cryptocurrencies, energy to real estate and sports law.

His bilingual legal education Dragan received from the Universities of Geneva and Basel. During his LL.M. studies at the University of Miami, School of Law, Dragan was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for excellent achievement in the study of International Economic Law (received the highest grade in class). In addition, he obtained the Certificate in International Trade and Finance (CITF) from the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) in collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC) after completing a Russian language course at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). Moreover, Dragan obtained a Master’s degree in Business and Administration (MBA) from the Geneva Business School, where he also wrote his doctoral thesis on the legal implications of cryptocurrencies (DBA). In parallel, he obtained the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in International Sports Law from the University of Zurich, LL.M. International Business Law, with the support of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Dragan is a native Serbian and German speaker, fluent in English, French and Russian and basic Brazilian Portuguese. Prior to founding TA Advisory, Dragan practiced for Swiss and international law firms based in Basel, London and Geneva.