Iris is a partner and mediator. She specializes in human rights law and labour law. She leads the firm's labour and immigration department and a team that advises companies on the establishment and improvement of sustainable policies from an ESG perspective. She is responsible for acting in accordance with the ten principles of the UN Global Compact in the fields of human rights, labour standards, environment and transparency and anti-corruption, which she bears in mind in all her services and counselling with clients. Iris is also the primary contact person for all possible matters, which, depending on the circumstances of an individual matter, the firm would take up on a pro bono basis.

Education

• CEDR Accreditation for Mediator (2021)
• Law Faculty of Ljubljana University, Slovenia (2008), Bachelor's Degree

Significant Accomplishments

• Partner at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (since 2021)
• Managing Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2019-2020)
• Senior Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (since 2012)
• Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2011-2012)
• Junior Associate at Orrick, Rambaud, Martel Law Office in Paris (2010)
• Junior Associate at Jadek & Pensa Law Office (2008-2010)

Professional Associations

• Head of the Mediation Center of the Slovenian Bar Association (since 2023)
• Mediator of the Ljubljana Higher Court (since 2020)
• Mediator of the CEDR's P2B Panel (2020)
• Elected to the list of mediators at the Slovenian Bar Association in individual labour disputes between employers and employees of a lawyer or law firm (since 2018)
• Mediator at the Mediation Center of the Slovenian Bar Association (since 2017)
• Slovenian Association of Mediators (since 2012)
• Slovenian Bar (since 2008)

• Women, Business and the Law reports 2019-2022 (contributor for Slovenia)
• Analysis of the Consequences of Closure of Schools and kindergartens During the COVID-19 Epidemic in Relation to the Wage Gap and Labour Market Access (Podjetje in delo, year 47, no. 3/4, 2021)
• World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index 2018-2021 (contributor for Slovenia)
• Doing Business: Labor Market Regulation reports 2019-2020 (contributor for Slovenia)
• Discrimination in Criteria for Payment of Performance Bonuses, Podjetje in delo No. 8, 2019
• Gender pay gap, discriminatory business performance bonuses, Direktor Magazine, No. 43, 2019
• How to avoid succession disputes, Direktor Magazine, No. 37, 2019
• Mediation - Resolution of Disputes at Party's Will not at Judge's Discretion Delo: Svet kapitala, December 2017
• Diskriminatornost kriterijev za izplačilo nagrade za poslovno uspešnost, Podjetje in delo, št. 8, 2019
• Plačna neenakost, diskriminatornost kriterijev za poslovno uspešnost, Revija Direktor št. 43, 2019
• Kako se izogniti sporom povezanim z nasledstvom, Revija Direktor št. 37, 2019
• Mediacija - Reševanje sporov po volji stranke in ne po presoji sodnika, Delo: Svet kapitala, december 2017