Jure Levovnik is a senior partner and one of the managing partners. In foreign legal directories he is recognised as the leading expert in Slovenia in the field of dispute resolution. He has vast experience in representing domestic and foreign clients in complex commercial disputes and international arbitrations. Jure also specializes in the fields of energy, electronic communications and information technology, intellectual property (database rights, copyright and unfair competition), and sports law. Since 2019, he has been a board member at the Association of European Energy and Climate Lawyers (AEEC), a reputable international legal network seated in Berlin.

Languages
English, German, Serbian, Croatian

Bar Admissions
Slovenia

Education

• Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Post-graduate Research Master’s Degree in Commercial and Civil Law Slovenia (2005)
• Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (2001)

Significant Accomplishments

• Managing Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)
• Senior Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)
• Managing Partner at Jadek & Pensa (2017-2020)
• Head of Dispute Resolution Unit at Jadek & Pensa (2015-2022)
• Partner at Jadek & Pensa (2006-2022)
• Associate at Jadek & Pensa (2004-2006)
• Judicial Trainee at Ljubljana Higher Court (2001-2003)

Additional Information

• Member of the Commission for Integrity at the Olympic Committee of Slovenia - Association of Sports Federations (since 2025)
• Member of the Board at the Association of European Energy and Climate Lawyers (AEEC) (since 2019)
• Delegate of the Slovenian National Committee to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (since 2024)
• Arbitrator at the Ljubljana Arbitration Centre at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
• Member of Arbitration Board at Footbal Association of Slovenia (since 2024)
• Member of Arbitration Board at Slovenian Handball Association
• International Bar Association (since 2013)
• Slovenian bar (since 2006)
• Slovenian Sports Law Association

Professional Activities and Experience
Managing Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)

Senior Partner at Jadek & Pensa (since 2023)

Managing Partner at Jadek & Pensa (2017-2020)

Head of Dispute Resolution Unit at Jadek & Pensa (2015-2022)

Partner at Jadek & Pensa (2006-2022)

Associate at Jadek & Pensa (2004-2006)

Judicial Trainee at Ljubljana Higher Court (2001-2003)

Sponsorship in Slovenian Sport, OKS-ZŠZ, Ljubljana, 2022 (co-author)

Infringement of database makers' rights, Pravna praksa no. 41-42/2021

Sport, NFTs and Crypto Collecting, Pravna praksa no. 21-22/2021

Sport and Law, Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement, Faculty of Law, Society of Sport Law, Official Gazette of the RS, 2020 (co-author)

Judicial protection of trade secrets, Pravna praksa no. 8/2019 (co-author)

Protection of a trade secret, Pravna praksa no. 7/2019 (co-author)

EU Energy Law: Renewable Energy in the Member States of the EU, Volume III, 2nd Edition, Claeys & Casteels, the Netherlands, 2018 (co-author of the chapter on Slovenia)

Deadline for appeal against a judgment under the amendment to the Civil Procedure Act (ZPP-E), Pravna praksa no. 2/2018

Protection of business secrets in commercial disputes, Svet kapitala, 21. 7. 2017

Preparations for the main hearing and the main hearing under the ZPP-E, Odvetnik, no. 3(81) - summer 2017

Exclusion of minority shareholders and the fate of the first penguin, Svet kapitala, 16. 12. 2016

Legal Protection of Databases (Selected Legal Aspects), Legal Yearbook 2014, Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 2014

Presumption of Fair Compensation in a Post-takeover Shareholders, Pravna praksa no. 29-30/2014

Law in the Information Society, GV Založba, Ljubljana, 2014 (co-author)

Telecommunication Laws in Europe (chapter on Slovenia), sixth edition, Bloomsbury Professional Limited, 2013

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Telecommunication Laws and Regulations 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, Global Legal Group Ltd., London (author of the chapter on Slovenia), available here

Football League Fixture List as a Work Protected by Copyright?, Pravna praksa no. 10/2012

Withdrawal of the Consumer from a Contract on Electronic Supply of Digital Content, Pravna praksa no. 3/2011

Liability of Intermediary Information Society Service Providers, Pravna praksa no. 42/2010

Google May Continue Providing AdWords Service, Pravna praksa no. 13/2010

The Legal Protection of a Legal Information System as a Database, Pravna praksa no. 26/2009

Sport & Law, GV Založba, Ljubljana, 2008 (co-author)

Protection of Consumers against Marketing by an Unauthorised Use of a Celebrity, Podjetje in delo no. 2/2007

The Use of Name and Likeness of an Individual in a Computer Game, Pravna praksa no. 18/2006

The Subject and Legal Nature of the Agreements on Commercial Appropriation of Personality, Podjetje in delo no. 5/2006

Telecommunication Laws in Europe, Tottel Publishing, 2005 (co-author of the chapter on Slovenia)

Technical Measures for the Protection of Copyright Work in the EU and in the Republic of Slovenia, Evro Pravna praksa no. 5 and 6/2004

Register of Non-Possessory Liens and Attached Movable Property, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation [2004] Volume 19, Issue 11, News Section, Sweet & Maxwell