A managing partner who sees cross-border work as a journey built on trust.
A founding partner who understands that culture can matter as much as legal frameworks.
A partner who sees regional collaboration as a natural extension of the way lawyers work today.
Their different perspectives reflect what Kirm Perpar Gorjup brings to SELA – local knowledge, international outlook and relationships that extend beyond borders.
Andrej Kirm, Managing Partner at Kirm Perpar Gorjup, helps clients navigate complex legal and business challenges across borders. Outside the office, he enjoys exploring Europe on two wheels – perhaps one reason why he knows that the most meaningful journeys are never just about the destination, but about the people you meet along the way.
“Most legal networks are just logos on a website. With SELA, I feel we gained a real regional footprint without losing our independence. We came to trust each other with our clients. We gained not only colleagues, but friends along the way.”
As SELA celebrates its 10th anniversary, Andrej’s reflection captures something that has been at the heart of the alliance from the beginning: local expertise strengthened by mutual trust, lasting relationships and a shared commitment to clients across Southeast Europe.
Matej Perpar, Founding Partner at Kirm Perpar Gorjup, brings another perspective to cross-border work – one that looks beyond legal documents and frameworks. Reflecting on international investment in Slovenia, he has highlighted how cultural differences, business practices and expectations can be just as important as the law itself when entering a new market.
“That perspective speaks directly to the idea behind SELA. Working across Southeast Europe means understanding not only different legal systems, but different markets, different ways of doing business and different ways of seeing the world.”
The law provides the framework. People create the connections.
Jan Gorjup, Partner at Kirm Perpar Gorjup, sees SELA as a natural extension of both the firm’s capabilities and his own approach to legal work – expanding knowledge and reach across the region while keeping trusted expertise in other jurisdictions close at hand.
“For me, SELA is a natural extension of both our firm’s capabilities and the way I work: it broadens our knowledge and reach across the region, connects us across borders and cultures, and ensures that trusted experts in other jurisdictions are always just a phone call away.Over the past ten years, SELA has become much more than a professional network. It is a platform for exchanging knowledge, combining different perspectives and building genuine relationships with people from different cultures. In a profession where matters increasingly extend beyond a single jurisdiction, that combination is invaluable.”
Different perspectives. Different experiences. One shared understanding of what makes cross-border work succeed.
Ten years of knowledge shared, trust built and relationships formed across Southeast Europe.
Many stories. One remarkable whole. Ten years of SELA.