Employment in Slovakia

‘High level of professional support and expertise. Very flexible approach based on client needs’

‘High flexibility, speed in reaction, understanding of business needs’

‘The team led by partner Adam Hodoň works hard and long hours to deliver in time. Great knowledge and first class communication and availability. Perfect understanding of client’s business needs.’

‘Partner Adam Hodoň is a total professional. He combines strong knowledge with an understanding of client’s needs. He is literally available at any time and to anyone on client’s end. Associates Lívia Miklenčičová and Matúš Kočíšek complement the team and work hard to provide the best advice in a variety of situations.’

‘They are highly skilled and very responsive lawyers with great experience of advising international clients with business-oriented advice and a proactive approach.’

‘Adam Hodoň is the leading individual for the practice. He is very knowledgeable and business oriented. It is a pleasure to work with him.’

‘I was highly satisfied with the approach of the team and prompt reaction during my case. What was the difference from competitors: experience of team with similar cases, depth of expertise and know-how in specific EU regulations.’

‘Partner Radovan Pala: Responsible. Excellent communication and organisation of the job, experienced in similar cases, deep knowledge.’

‘The team is excellently positioned to advise large international clients. Both the legal know-how and the economic understanding are very good. The team is large enough to handle even very large mandate requests very quickly.’

‘Radovan Pala speaks five languages: English, German, Czech, Dutch and Slovak. He is a brilliant lawyer in labour and corporate law with more than 20 years of experience.’

‘Well-founded knowledge. Absolutely reliable. Good communication with them. Prompt and understandable answers to difficult, specific questions.’

‘Aside from their foreign language fluency, it is particularly the cross-border abilities, the understanding of differences in various cultures and practices aside from the competence in the different legal systems that are the strength of bnt. We know bnt to not be only absolutely competent and discreet, but to also deliver in a timely manner within budget limits.’

‘Our main contact person on employment matters is Zuzana Chudácková, whom we know well and completely trust from dealings with her in the past. She is eminently qualified, fluent in German with a deep understanding of German law, culture and practices. Her advice is always well founded, reliable and delivered in a timely fashion.’

‘Individual approach, good communication , explain the topics to details, detail advice, strong knowledge and capabilities to deal with difficult topics. Bnt always provides the best lawyer in the segment in order to support us.’

‘Long-term cooperation characterized by professionalism in resolving issues in all directions.’

‘Professionalism, humanity, quality of work done, flexibility, wide coverage, language skills, speed of response etc.’

‘Collaboration of the team is every time useful and professional. The use the most relevant sources and technology to achieve and fulfill tasks.’

‘I mainly cooperate with Tomáš Rybar and Peter Fedor. Both are professionals and their knowledge and expertise helped me a lot in different situations.’

‘All of the individuals I work with are professionals in the area I need and always here to help and discuss. Also they do their best to know their client so the cooperation is smooth and extremely effective. We work with Tomas Rybar who knows our company long term and is able to partner with us very effectively.’

‘Linda Mendelova – great support with great attitude, knowledgable of the market and regulatory practices.’

‘Supportive team of individuals, always available when needed.’

‘Martin Dancisin, Veronika Pazmanyova and Mariana Konikova. I value their professional aproach and willingness to help at any time.’

‘Profound knowledge of area and current practice, client and business oriented approach. Quick reaction, quick actions with perfect quality of advice and service.’

‘Veronika Pazmanyova, the partner, is always available (even during her vacations or weekends). She treats our business and our cases with such care as if it was her own business. Always ready to help. Her advice is always substantial and comprehensive.’

‘The team is very reliable, available, hard working and knowledgeable. Always on top of the legal news. Very business-friendly solutions to legal problems. Great team I would recommend for anyone who wants to have a long close personal relationship with their lawyers.’

‘Veronika Pazmanyova heads the team for couple of years. She has great understanding of employment law but also sees what needs to be done from the business side. She is very motivated, diligent, energetic. What I truly appreciate the most is that she has exceptional understanding of business, negotiations and strategy. She is the best employment law lawyer I ever worked with.’

‘In the field of labour law, the firm has comprehensive knowledge of the legal development and employment problems of large employers, but also the smallest employers and self-employed persons. The fact that it also represents employees also allows you to look at labor law relationships also from the perspective of the employee.’

‘SOUKENIK – ŠTRPKA is fully capable of providing legal services via telephone calls, e-mail or via personal meetings at the highest possible level. In our opinion, law firm SOUKENÍK – ŠTRPKA, s. r. o. seeks to regularly innovate and improve its services.’

‘We really appreciate the cooperation with partners of the law firm Mr. Peter Štrpka, Mr. David Soukeník and Mr. Marek Benko, with which we deal strategic projects and important legal decisions, especially for their broad legal outlook and complex legal thinking, including the legal but often also the business side of things. In the field of labour law, we also work with the following lawyers: – Andrej Guba, lawyer, – Miloš Gáfrik, lawyer. For the persons described above, we value their vast practical experience.’

‘Personal advice and legal analysis are provided in a highly professional manner, with concise language and to the satisfaction of the client. Based on our over 10 year cooperation, we can confirm that SOUKENÍK – ŠTRPKA consistently maintains high standards of provided legal services.’

‘Always available for working on our problems, even improved in Covid time. Started to use remote online communication tools and coordinated different experts insights by our contact person.’

‘Always available, fast response, honest and open approach to risks evaluation.’

‘The individual I worked with is easy to reach and I appreciate the collaboration and strong legal advice.’

‘Whether our workforce is located within or outside of the Slovak Republic, they are able to cover strategic employment law issues in different jurisdictions. This team works at a high professional level. They have demonstrated their deep expertise while working on more complex assignments. You can see the team spirit and collaboration between individual colleagues – experts from different areas to deliver their services at the highest level.’

‘As different attorneys on the team specialise in various sectors, they are able to provide a broad range of specialised advice. Zuzana Hodoňová’s team is highly dedicated and we consider WT to be a reliable team with an outstanding client-friendly approach.’