Dentons

Banking and finance, Capital markets

Patricia Gossányiová is a partner and a Head of the Banking & Finance Practice Group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. Patricia has over 20 years of experience in advising on a wide range of financing issues. She focuses on syndicated lending transactions, debt instruments (including covered bonds), debt restructuring (both court and out-of-court), private equity (funds) and derivatives/treasury transactions. She also has a strong track record in financial market regulatory matters, including advising on mergers of financial institutions (first in 1998) and the first ever EU-passported Slovak branch of an EU bank (2005). She also co-drafted the Slovak netting legislation (2004) and the first Slovak netting opinion for ISDA. Patricia has represented financial institutions in proceedings before the regulator and in litigations at court.

• Partner, Dentons, Bratislava (2021- Present)
• Counsel, Dentons, Bratislava (2017 – 2021 )
• In-house legal counsel, Komerční banka, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky, Bratislava (2012-2017)
• Partner, Krivak & Co, s.r.o., Bratislava (2009-2012)
• Partner and co-founder, SP & R, s.r.o., Bratislava (2008-2009)
• Senior associate, Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o. (2003-2007)
• Trainee, Allen & Overy, organizačná zložka, Bratislava (2001-2002)
• Junior in-house legal counsel, BANK AUSTRIA (SR) A.S. (1998-2001)

Slovak, English

• Member of the Slovak Bar Association since 2002

• Law School, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2001, Doctor of Law - JUDr.
• Law School, Comenius University in Bratislava, 1998, Master of Law – Mgr.