Mrs Simona Haláková > Cechová & Partners > Bratislava, Slovakia > Lawyer Profile

Cechová & Partners
STAROMESTSKA 3
811 03 BRATISLAVA
Slovakia
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Work Department

Banking, Insurance, and Financial Regulation; Energy Sector and Network Industries; Telecommunications and Information Technology; Regulatory Affairs; Commercial and Corporate Law and Contracts; M&A (Merges and Acquisitons)

Position

Partner. Simona is a head of banking & finance regulatory practice and regularly assists to financial services clients active in the fields of banking, finance, trading with derivatives and securities, payment services, collective investment, insurance & reinsurance, etc. Simona is instrumental in advising clients from energy and network industries sector, including areas of nuclear power sector and renewables and leads projects in the area of exploration and production of oil and gas. Simona has gained significant experience in the area of M&A while serving international and domestic undertakings active in banking, telecommunications,  automotive industries, engineering, gambling and private equity sectors. Simona acts as a project leader in asset and business transfer projects and transactions, including corporate reorganizations, transfers of employees and outsourcing projects. Simona regularly advises clients on the various aspects of corporate and commercial law.

Career

Aliancia Advokátov Law Firm, 1998-2000; Čechová & Partners since 2000

Languages

Slovak, English, Czech

Memberships

Slovak Bar Association

Education

Comenius University in Bratislava (JUDr., 2001; Mgr., 1998)

Lawyer Rankings

Slovakia > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Leading partners)

Simona HalákováCechová & Partners

Cechová & Partners advises a wide range of clients in the financial services sector, including international and Slovak banks in matters covering loan transactions, financial product transactions, as well as reorganisations and project finance matters. Regulatory finance expert Simona Halakova leads the practice, bringing expertise to financial intermediation, securities trading and payment and e-money services, while Michaela Jurková specialises in financing transactions on collective investment schemes and the trading of financial instruments. Miroslav Zaťko and Ján Vigano are other key names.

Slovakia > Projects and energy

(Firms to watch)

Cechová & Partners assists domestic and international clients in project development across a range of sectors, with notable coverage in the heat and gas sectors. Simona Halakova leads the practice.