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Law firm Cukrov

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In 2025 alone, we achieved four landmark victories at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia.

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Veronika Cukrov

Veronika Cukrov earned her master’s degree and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana. In 2026, she received recognition from the prestigious international legal organisation Leaders in Law, »Implementation of EU rules in the field of artificial intelligence – AI Expert of the Year in Slovenia & the EU«, which acknowledged her professional work in the field of artificial intelligence, AI governance and the implementation of European AI regulation into business practice.


In 2021 and in 2025 she likewise received recognition from the prestigious international legal organisation Leaders in Law, »Global Awards 2021 winner« and »Public Procurement Expert of the year in Slovenia«.

Veronika Cukrov was certified by the prestigious organization ERA in 2024, based on her education in European Law, which took place in Trier, Strasbourg, and Luxembourg. In 2025, she lectured at the energy conference organized by the Journal Komunal in Brussels.

She is also the winner of the National Legal Negotiation Competition in 2017. She was also a member of the winning team at the diplomatic competition with over 500 delegates, WFUNA WIMUN 2015, at the UN General Assembly in New York. In 2016, she received an award for special achievements by the Rector of University of Ljubljana. Veronika Cukrov was also the Tutor of Economics at Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. She is fluent in English, and German. She has written numerous legal articles, she lectures and cooperates with the Slovene Chamber of Commerce and the Manager Association. She follows further education in London. She has gained valuable experience in business law, corporate law and negotiations. She was the editor in chief of a journal issued in relation to the Faculty of Law, for many years. Before studying at the university, she graduated from Bežigrad Grammar School.

As one of the top students at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana she was working in various corporations during her studies, she has participated in domestic and foreign legal competitions with significant results. She is working at the law office and is a long-time manager of a legal journal.

She has gained significant knowledge and expertise in civil law, business law, crypto currencies, negotiation skills and corporate restructuring. Prior to her employment at Law Firm Cukrov she was also employed by Deloitte as a Master of laws.

Foreign languages: English, German, Croatian, Serbian

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About us

We know the law from all sides of the table.
We understand decision-making.
We define the framework.
We don’t collect cases. We choose them.

Cukrov law firm

Tivolska cesta 48, 1000 Ljubljana

+386 (0) 8 20 59 630
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+386 (0) 8 20 59 631

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Constitutional law

Here it is not only the individual case that is judged — the standard is set by which all that follow will be judged.

We represent clients in precedent-setting constitutional matters that influence the development of the standards of legal judgment.

This is the field of rare cases with the greatest reach, where a decision extends beyond the client itself and shapes the law going forward.

In 2025, our four landmark victories before the Constitutional Court were published, in which municipal spatial plans were found unconstitutional and the protection of private property against arbitrary interference by municipalities and the state was significantly strengthened — in the matters of SDH (U-I-265/22), Mercator (U-I-218/22), Roltek (U-I-268/22) and Rovanova (U-I-269/22).

Four decisions in a single year are no coincidence, but proof that we know how to take a matter to the highest level of legal judgment and win it there.

EU law

More and more of the rules that decide matters for Slovenian companies are made not in Ljubljana, but in Brussels and Luxembourg. We know how to appear there.

We advise and represent clients in matters of an EU-law dimension — from the interpretation of directives and regulations to proceedings before the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

For us, European law is not a distant framework but the working environment in which we actually operate.

The field is led by Veronika Cukrov, who pursued further study in European law at the Academy of European Law (ERA) and, as part of a wider team, took part in an action before the Court of Justice of the EU.

An understanding of EU law connects all our fields — from public procurement and competition to artificial intelligence.

Regulation and the Competition Protection Agency (AVK)

The market has its own rules and its own guardian — those who understand both are not in a subordinate position when it matters most.

We conduct regulatory proceedings across various fields and advise on competition law and on matters with an impact on the market, including allegations of cartel conduct and questions of exposure to competition.

Our track record is concrete.

In the matter of alleged cartel conduct in the construction of UKC Maribor, we obtained before the Administrative Court the annulment of the AVK's decision, following which the agency discontinued the proceedings.

For Slovenske železnice – Tovorni promet we successfully carried through a procedure in which the AVK found that rail freight transport in Slovenia is directly exposed to competition.

We pursued the matter all the way to the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the EU.

Healthcare

Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated systems in the country — and one of those where legal decisions have direct consequences for people.

We address systemic questions of healthcare, regulation and the organisation of health services, including relationships with the regulatory bodies and agencies in this field.

We work on matters involving the sector's key regulators, among them JAZMP.

We understand healthcare as a system — not as a series of separate cases.

Energy

Energy is not merely an industry — it is critical infrastructure on which the functioning of the state depends.

We advise on regulation, energy systems and critical infrastructure, where legal questions intertwine with the public interest, security of supply and long-term investment cycles.

We know the field from the heart of the system: Vesna Cukrov helped steer the supervisory board of Holding Slovenske Elektrarne, one of the largest companies in the country, including as its chair.

We do not advise the energy sector from the outside, but with an understanding of how such a system actually works and decides.

Veronika Cukrov is a PhD candidate in the field of energy law.

Infrastructure and investment

Projects of national importance allow no improvisation — every mistake is measured in years and in millions.

We specialise in infrastructure, the execution of investments and construction, for both contracting authorities and bidders.

We advise contracting authorities at every stage of preparing an investment: from land acquisition, obtaining building permits and preparing documentation to drafting contracts — with a single aim, to prevent disputes before they arise.

We help bidders win work, prepare and review contracts, and protect their interests.

Where a dispute cannot be prevented, we represent clients in court proceedings and in claims for damages.

In our work we have been involved in all the major investments in Slovenia, including for 2TDK, the entity behind the largest infrastructure project in the country.

These are environments where law, economics and the public interest are interwoven.

Advising supervisory and management boards

Decisions at the top have no undo button.

For governance and supervisory bodies we provide a separate advisory line — strategic legal advice on decisions carrying high responsibility and long-term consequences for the company.

We know the responsibility of board members, the assessment of risk and the weight of a resolution from the very place where they are decided, not only from the law that governs them.

This field is anchored by Vesna Cukrov, who served a full term on the supervisory board of Holding Slovenske Elektrarne, including as its chair, and who has obtained the certificate of qualification for members of the management and supervisory boards of companies.

The advice you receive comes from the experience of having sat in that chair — not from theory.

AI and European regulation

Artificial intelligence does not wait for the law to catch up. We read the law ahead.

We lay the legal foundations for the responsible and compliant adoption of artificial intelligence within the framework of European regulation — from risk assessment and AI governance to the transposition of the Artificial Intelligence Act into everyday business practice.

The field is led by Veronika Cukrov, recognised by Leaders in Law in 2026 as AI Expert of the Year in Slovenia & the EU — for work at precisely this intersection of artificial intelligence, its governance and European regulation.

She speaks regularly on these questions at home and across Europe, at the tables where European law is still being shaped.

We do not offer clients compliance with yesterday's rules, but a view of where regulation is heading tomorrow.

AI Expert of the Year in Slovenia & the EU

National Review Commission (DKOM), public procurement and concessions

Public procurement is a discipline in which every detail decides — and in which even successful representation in minor-offence proceedings calls for a very particular expertise. We have it.

Vesna Cukrov chaired the National Review Commission, is co-author of the commentary on the Public Procurement Act (ZJN-3), published in 2016 by Tax-Fin-Lex, and is a court-appointed expert in law and public procurement.

For this field, Odvetniška družba Cukrov received recognition from the prestigious international organisation Leaders in Law — "Global Awards winner" and "Public Procurement Expert of the Year in Slovenia" — in 2021 and 2025.

We represent both bidders and contracting authorities at every stage of public procurement and concession-award procedures: in preparing tender documentation and bids, in negotiations and the conclusion of contracts, in review applications and legal opinions in demanding cases, and in proceedings before the National Review Commission.

We are particularly successful in minor-offence proceedings in this field and in any allegations of criminal fraud against the EU's financial interests.

We do not interpret public procurement law from commentaries — we helped write them.