Milena is a Senior Partner and Head of the Employment Practice Group, with more than 18 years of experience in employment and labour law. She advises clients on a wide range of strategic and day-to-day employment matters, with a particular focus on sensitive termination cases, the structuring of complex compensation and benefits packages, trade union relations, and collective bargaining.
She has extensive experience in drafting and revising employment law documentation, advising on employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, managing complex and large-scale redundancy procedures, and providing counsel on outsourcing arrangements and employment disputes. She also advises clients employing foreign nationals in Serbia.

Languages
English, Serbian

Bar Admissions
Belgrade Bar Association

Education
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law (2004), LL.B.

Significant Accomplishments
Rated as Band 1 in Chambers & Partners for Employment in Serbia in 2026.
Also rated as "Leading Partner" for Employment by Legal 500 in 2026.


Professional Associations

• International Bar Association
  
• Ius Laboris
• Foreign Investors Council in Serbia (HR Committee)

• Status of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Serbia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  By Milena Jaksic Papac |March 2020

• Status of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Serbia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  By Milena Jaksic Papac |March 2020

• Status of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Serbia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  By Milena Jaksic Papac |March 2020