Against the backdrop of economic uncertainty and soaring inflation, retail investors should welcome new developments with respect to Slovenian capital markets.

One of the key commitments was a sale of its 75%-1 share in NLB by 2017.

There have been significant developments in litigation relating to retail banking products in Slovenia this past year. On the one hand, legacy mass litigations relating to loans granted in or linked to the Swiss franc...

The economic crisis presents a real-life test for the Slovenian insolvency legislation, unequalled in its young history. Numerous insolvency proceedings against Slovene companies have revealed several serious flaws of the Insolvency Act and forced the legislator into continuous amendments.

Schoenherr's Ljubljana office stands as one of Slovenia's premier business law firms, offering comprehensive legal services spanning M&A transactions, private equity investments, real estate acquisitions, and financial restructuring. With internationally trained lawyers fluent in multiple languages, the firm serves both foreign and domestic investors across diverse sectors including automotive, energy, banking, and technology.

Due to suspected abuse of the land debt institute, the Slovenian legislator has changed real estate securities' legislation.

Recent amendments to the Enforcement Procedure and the Interim Protection Act facilitate repayment in enforcement proceedings.

On the 30th of June the latest amendment to the Financial Collateral Act (FCA) will come into force, with its main objective to assist the economy in tackling the credit crunch, thus creating new jobs and incentives for economic growth.

The CJEU's Jenec judgment clarifies that EU banks cannot automatically refuse payment accounts with basic features solely because an applicant appears on third-country sanctions lists like OFAC.

In Slovenia, different aspects of M&A are regulated by different respective bodies of law: the corporate law aspects are subject to the Companies Act; and the takeovers "stricto sensu" (takeovers of public companies) are regulated by the Takeovers Act and the Financial Instruments Market Act.