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Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.

CARLTON SAVOY BUILDING, MOSTOVÁ 2., 5TH FLOOR, 81102 BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Slovakia

Banking, finance and capital markets

Within Banking, finance and capital markets , Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.’s team provides an ‘excellent, client-centric’ service to international and domestic banking clients and corporations. It recently advised a consortium of banks on a €180m recapitalisation credit facility for Penta Investments. It also acted for BNP Paribas Fortis on the financing of a 58MW combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Bratislava, which involved an export credit facility by ECGD (UK) and an investment credit facility by EGAP (Czech Republic). Hugh Owen and ‘great lawyer’ Martin Magál co-run the Bratislava office. Newly promoted partner Renátus Kollár heads the team and is recommended.

Corporate and commercial, including M&A

Within Corporate and commercial, including M&A, Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.’s ‘superior’ team acted for Dexia Kommunalkredit Bank AG on the EU-ordered divestment of its majority stake in Dexia banka Slovensko to private equity fund Penta Investments. It also advised four individual shareholders on the international auction sale of a 70% stake in Azet.sk to Ringier Axel Spriner Slovakia. Team heads Martin Magál and Hugh Owen are recommended.

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  • Frequent mistake about Slovak documentary shares

    It is a frequent and widespread misperception that private joint stock company that issued registered documentary shares (listinné akcie na meno) does not need to have any contact at all with the Slovak public authority in the area of securities, Central Securities Depository of the Slovak Republic ("CSD").
    - Cernejová & Hrbek

  • PITFALLS OF SQUEEZE OUT IN SLOVAKIA

    The right of squeeze out is the right of a majority shareholder in the joint stock company whose shares have been traded on regulated market to require from all the remaining (minority) shareholders to sell him their shares at a fair price.
    - Cernejová & Hrbek

  • 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.
    - Cernejová & Hrbek

  • SLOVAK INSOLVENCY CODE AMENDMENT: CHANGES TO THE TEST OF OVER-INDEBTEDNESS AND...

    NEW LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS
    - Kinstellar

  • 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.
    - Majernik & Mihalikova

  • 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.
    - Majernik & Mihalikova

  • 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.
    - Majernik & Mihalikova
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