ZAGREB, January 2, 2019 - The Croatian Bar Association (HOK) has suspended disciplinary action against lawyers Boris Šavorić and Toni Smrček, who are suspected of legal malpractice and unprofessional representation during their involvement in the drafting of the law on the Agrokor food and retail group and the restructuring of this indebted conglomerate.
Šavorić and Smrček were perceived in the public as lawyers implicated in the so-called Hotmail affair, which resulted in the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Martina Dalić last year. Šavorić was also suspected of violating attorney-client privilege.
Email correspondence leaked by a news website showed that the suspects were involved in the drafting of the Agrokor law while at the same time their lawfirm represented the Russian bank VTB, one of Agrokor's creditors.
The HOK stated that the disciplinary action, initiated last May, had found no evidence to corroborate the allegations of wrongdoing by the two lawyers.
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