The Legal 500

BBH advokatska kancelaria, s.r.o.

GORKEHO 3, 811 01 BRATISLAVA 1, SLOVAKIA
Prague, Moscow, Bratislava

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Slovakia

Banking, finance and capital markets

Within Banking, finance and capital markets , BBH, advokatni kancelar, v.o.s. is a third tier firm,

BBH advokatska kancelaria, s.r.o.’s Olga Belánová and Peter Bak advise on banking, finance, insurance and regulatory issues.

Corporate and commercial, including M&A

Within Corporate and commercial, including M&A, BBH, advokatni kancelar, v.o.s. is a second tier firm,

Czech firm BBH advokatska kancelaria, s.r.o. handles cross-border and domestic transactions, and utilises its other offices on regional deals. The group advised on the Slovakian aspects of Husqvarna’s takeover of German-based Gardena. Olga Belánová and Peter Bak lead on matters in Bratislava, while attorney Miroslav Fašung has been advising on cross-border joint venture transactions.


Legal Developments by:
BBH, advokatni kancelar, v.o.s.

  • New Regulatory Regime for Credit Rating Agencies in the European Union -

    Comments on legal basis and main features. The recent financial crisis has shown many of the weaknesses in the current regulatory framework of the financial market - a lack of or insufficiencies in the legal rules on the one hand and a lack of or insufficiencies in the competency and expertise of financial market supervisors and regulators on the other.
    - Brzobohaty Broz & Honsa, v.o.s.

Legal Developments in Slovakia

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  • NEW APPROACH TO MERGER CONTROL IN SLOVAKIA

    On January 1, 2012 the Act No. 387/2011 Coll. amending the Act No. 136/2001 Coll. on Protection of Economic Competition (the „Amendment“), entered into force.
  • SLOVAK INSOLVENCY CODE AMENDMENT: CHANGES TO THE TEST OF OVER-INDEBTEDNESS AND...

    NEW LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS
  • Slovak Labour Code: amendments effective since September 2011

    One of the responses of the Slovak government to the financial and economic crisis is the latest amendment of the Labour Code. Its declared aims is, inter alia, to (i) reduce employers' costs, mainly in relation to the redundancy payments, (ii) introduce more flexible employment relationships (iii) enable more tailor-made solutions for the respective employer and (iv) weaken the position of trade unions by allowing also works councils and works trustees to negotiate and conclude plant-level agreements with the similar content and effect as that of collective agreements; this goes hand in hand with the change of basic concept of these agreements as they are now allowed to introduce also some less advantageous employment conditions than minimums referred to under the law.
  • PPP in Slovakia: First Success Revealed the Weaknesses of Legal Framework

    The successful financial close of first major PPP project in Slovakia related to construction and operation of R1 expressway should be without any doubt regarded as important milestone in facilitating of partnership between the public and private sector in the Central and Eastern European region. This article briefly outlines legal regulation of PPP in the Slovak Republic and recent developments in Slovak law aiming to provide additional comfort for financing parties interested in partnership with public sector through PPP projects as well as certain outstanding legal issues which investors should take into account when considering their participation in such projects.
  • Legal Obstacles to Real Estate Investment in Slovakia

    Are you considering real estate investment in Slovakia? This article should provide you with a review of risks and fundamentals concerning the acquisition of real estate property in the Slovak Republic.