Ms Michaela Jurkova > Cechová & Partners > Bratislava, Slovakia > Lawyer Profile

Cechová & Partners
STAROMESTSKA 3
811 03 BRATISLAVA
Slovakia

Work Department

Financial Transactions and Project Financing; Banking, Insurance, and Financial Regulation; M&A (Merges and Acquisitions); Commercial and Corporate Law and Contracts; Intellectual Property; Personal Data Protection; Regulatory Affairs; Energy Sector and Network Industries; Insolvency and Restructuring

Position

Partner.

Michaela Jurková is a partner in Čechová & Partners with more than 15 years of professional experience in corporate and contract law. In addition to the aforementioned legal areas, she is primarily involved in project financing and financial regulation at the present time. Michaela is the head of IP practice of the firm, responsible for providing legal services in the area of intellectual property rights, focusing on trademarks, Internet domain names and copyright (including software rights).

In the areas of corporate and contract law, she advised clients on transfers of assets and businesses, acquisition and sale of shares and ownership interests in companies, and mergers of companies, including cross-border mergers. A significant part of her legal practice consists of advising clients on financial transactions both on the part of creditors and debtors, assessing, in particular, Slovak law aspects of facility agreements and related collateral to be provided by Slovak entities, including subsequent implementation of documentation.

Michaela has advised many clients from the energy sector (electricity, gas, heat) on regulatory aspects of business in this sector and compliance with regulatory requirements, including the preparation of legal opinions on compliance of Slovak law with EU legislation.

Career

C-TERM spol. s r.o. Bratislava (belonging to Dalkia Group, currently Veolia), 2001; Čechová & Partners since 2002 

Languages

Slovak, English, French, Czech

Memberships

Slovak Bar Association

Education

Comenius University in Bratislava (Mgr., 2000); University of Economics in Bratislava (Ing., 1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Slovakia > Banking, finance and capital markets

Cechová & Partners advises clients operating throughout the financial services sector, including foreign and Slovak banks. Head of the banking and finance department Simona Haláková has extensive experience in the regulatory aspects of banking, finance and capital markets matters, while Michaela Jurková is knowledgeable in financing transactions for both borrowers and lenders. Katarína Čechová covers project financing and corporate finance, while Miroslav Zaťko is also noted for his regulatory expertise.