NLB — Nova Ljubljanska Banka

NLB (Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d.) is Slovenia's largest banking and financial group, headquartered at Trg republike 2 in Ljubljana's Center district, the iconic Trg republike square flanked by the Slovenian Parliament (Državni zbor) and the Cankarjev dom cultural centre. Founded in 1889, NLB employs over 8,000 staff across the NLB Group and is the dominant banking franchise in Slovenia with a significant presence across Southeast Europe including North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. NLB is listed on the Ljubljanska borza (Ljubljana Stock Exchange) and has Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) traded on the London Stock Exchange, placing it under dual regulatory oversight by the Banka Slovenije (Bank of Slovenia), the European Central Bank under the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), and EU capital markets regulation. NLB's in-house legal and compliance division is one of the largest in Slovenian banking, handling banking regulation under the Zakon o bančništvu (ZBan-3, Banking Act), capital adequacy under CRD VI/CRR III, AML/CFT compliance under the Zakon o preprečevanju pranja denarja in financiranja terorizma (ZPPDFT-2, Anti-Money Laundering Act), consumer lending under the Zakon o potrošniških kreditih (ZPotK-2), GDPR data protection, MiFID II, PSD2/PSD3, and ESG regulatory frameworks including the EU Taxonomy Regulation and CSRD. The legal team also manages cross-border subsidiary governance, group-wide compliance programmes, and complex litigation before Slovenian commercial courts.