Schoenherr Slovenia > Ljubljana, Slovenia > Firm Profile

Schoenherr Slovenia
TOMSICEVA 3
1000 LJUBLJANA
Slovenia

Slovenia > Leading firms Tier 1

With ‘excellent lawyers who cover several areas‘, Schoenherr Slovenia‘s broad caseload includes banking & finance, insolvency & restructuring, dispute resolution, EU & competition, M&A, employment, and regulatory matters. Bojan Brežan oversees the dispute resolution department. Vid Kobe acts as head of the banking and finance team. Marko Frantar is the co-head of the real estate group, while Matej Črnilec heads the EU & competition and intellectual property departments, taking over from Eva Škufca who departed the team in September 2022. Manja Hubman leads the firm’s labour and employment team. Bojan Brežan and Vid Kobe jointly lead the corporate and M&A department.

Practice head(s):

Bojan Brežan; Vid Kobe; Marko Frantar; Matej Črnilec; Manja Hubman

Other key lawyers:

Jan Primožič; Peter Gorše; Borče Malijanski

Testimonials

‘The team is highly professional with innovative ideas. They also have excellent knowledge in banking products in correlation to civil obligations/contract law. The balance between the high quality and high complexity of services rendered and the costs is for the client very beneficial in comparison to other law firms.’

‘Marko Frantar has extremely rich knowledge and experience with legal procedures. He foresees possible future situations and plans legal scenarios.’

‘Schoenherr Slovenia is an excellent legal team, they provide to the point advice. The team is set up of extremely knowledgeable individuals, who are very capable of providing advice and representation that is fully aligned with our interests.’

‘Bojan Brežan is a very impressive lawyer. He is always two steps ahead of the situation, comes up with quick and useful solutions to all our needs, and is able to co-ordinate on large projects. His level of legal knowledge is something that truly stands out, as is his detailed understanding of the business environment. Bojan truly is one of the best legal experts in Slovenia.’

‘Marko Frantar and Borče Malijanski are an outstanding team with excellent legal knowledge in all legal matters and affairs. They have a wide diversity of legal and economic knowledge. They respond perfectly and very timely to our needs.’

‘In practice, most law firms focus on one or two practice areas, in which their lawyers are especially experienced and successful. But Schoenherr Slovenia have excellent lawyers who cover several areas, helping to solve more problems. They are also ready to brainstorm on a topic that is also underused from a legislative point of view and lacks case law, specifically Marko Frantar.’

‘I believe the difference between Schoenherr and other law firms in Ljubljana is that Schoenherr gives good pragmatic advice on complicated issues. There are very often conflicting laws in Slovenia which complicates matters. Schoenherr’s advice is always easy to understand and definitive.’

‘Peter Gorše is an excellent lawyer with the right set of skills and values that make him one of the best in his profession. He continuously exceeds my expectations and I look forward to working with him in the future.’

Key clients

Gonvarri

AMC Capital IV

Accession Capital Partners

DZS Group

PHOENIX Pharmahandel

OMV

Provectus Capital Partners

Slovenian Sovereign Holding

Nova Ljubljanska banka

Endava

Salus

Addiko

UniCredit

Intesa Sanpaolo

Sparkasse

United Group

Elliott Investment Management

Renault Nissan Slovenija

Cameco Corporation

Lagardère Group

Globalization Partners

Tesla

Omnipresent

Work highlights

  • Advised Gonvarri on the acquisition of a 40% stake in H&R.
  • Advised AMC Capital IV and Accession Capital Partners on mezzanine financing and equity investment into the textile division of Fori group.
  • Advised Provectus Capital on the acquisition of multiple companies holding the operating company Digitalna Slikovna Diagnostika.

The firm: Schoenherr Slovenia is a branch of the international law firm Schoenherr – Attorneys at Law, based in Vienna, Austria, which was one of the first foreign firms to enter the Slovenian market in 2001. Since then, the firm has developed into one of the leading law firms on the Slovenian market.

The team is comprised of internationally trained and specialised lawyers, all experienced and focused on at least one of Schoenherr’s practice areas. Most of these lawyers have a strong working knowledge of English, German and Croatian/Serbian. In addition to the firm in Ljubljana, Schoenherr Attorneys at Law has offices in 13 other locations in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as desks covering four further markets.

Areas of practice: As one of the few business-law focused law firms in the region, Schoenherr offers foreign and domestic clients the complete range of transaction support, including advice on national and cross-border M&A, private equity investments, real estate acquisitions, financial debt restructurings, loan portfolio transfers and project finance, as well as non-transactional work such as competition advice, employment, corporate housekeeping and litigation.

Department Name Email Telephone
banking, finance & capital markets Vid Kobe v.kobe@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
compliance & white collar crime Marko Frantar m.frantar@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
corporate/m&a Bojan Brežan b.brezan@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
corporate/m&a Vid Kobe v.kobe@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
dispute resolution Bojan Brežan b.brezan@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
eu & competition Matej Črnilec m.crnilec@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
healthcare & life sciences office@schoenherr.si +386 1 200 09 80
insolvency & restructuring Vid Kobe v.kobe@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
insolvency & restructuring Bojan Brežan b.brezan@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
insurance Marko Frantar m.frantar@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
ip & unfair commercial practices Matej Črnilec m.crnilec@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
labour & employment Manja Hubman ma.hubman@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
real estate Bojan Brežan b.brezan@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
real estate Marko Frantar m.frantar@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
regulatory Marko Frantar m.frantar@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
startups Vid Kobe v.kobe@schoenherr.eu +386 1 200 09 80
Photo Name Position Profile
Bojan Brežan photo Bojan Brežan Co-Managing Partner
Marko Frantar photo Marko Frantar Local Partner
Peter Gorše photo Peter Gorše Attorney at Law
Manja Hubman photo Manja Hubman Attorney at Law
Vid Kobe photo Vid Kobe Managing Partner
Jan Primožič photo Jan Primožič Attorney at law
Matej Črnilec photo Matej Črnilec Local Partner
Number of lawyers : 300+
Slovene
English
German
French
Italian
Serbian
Croatian
Other offices : Vienna, Austria (HQ)
Other offices : Linz, Austria
Other offices : Brussels, Belgium
Other offices : Sofia, Bulgaria
Other offices : Zagreb, Croatia
Other offices : Prague, Czech Republic
Other offices : Budapest, Hungary
Other offices : Chisinau, Moldova
Other offices : Podgorica, Montenegro
Other offices : Warsaw, Poland
Other offices : Bucharest, Romania
Other offices : Belgrade, Serbia
Other offices : Bratislava, Slovakia
Other offices : Istanbul, Turkey
Other offices/desk : Albania
Other offices/desk : Bosnia & Herzegovina
Other offices/desk : North Macedonia
Other offices/desk : Ukraine