Desanka Kotlaja
Desanka Kotlaja
Desanka Kotlaja is a Senior Associate at Komnenić & Partners with a professional focus on international law, legal drafting, and commercial arbitration. Her academic and professional background reflects a strong commitment to both legal excellence and civic engagement.
She holds a law degree from the University of Montenegro, Faculty of Law in Podgorica, where she specialized in international law. As part of her studies, she spent a semester at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University in Germany, focusing on European and international legal frameworks.
In the early stages of her career, Desanka was actively involved in the NGO sector and student organizations, participating in seminars and working on educational and minority rights initiatives. She completed an internship at the American Chamber of Commerce in Montenegro and represented her university at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Her team won first place at the pre-moot organized by the Italian Association for Arbitration and the Arbitral Chamber of Milan, for which she received a special award from the Dean of the Faculty of Law.
Desanka Kotlaja is fluent in English, has working knowledge of Italian, and basic proficiency in Spanish and German. She advises clients in legal representation, contract drafting, and research across a broad range of legal matters.
