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Commercial, corporate and M&A

Leveraging its cross-border capabilities, CMS is home to a strong corporate and M&A team, handling transactions in a variety of industries, notably in the automotive, real estate, manufacturing and TMT sectors, covering due diligence, corporate governance, M&A and restructurings.  Juraj Fuska co-heads the team, offering a wealth of expertise in intricate, multi-jurisdictional transactional work, and is supported by Martina Gavalec, who advises both buyers and sellers on the full transactional cycle.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • Team and CMS structure and presence in several markets, overall orientation, people and team.
  • Knowledge, market orientation, and experience of the partner in charge.
  • ‘The CMS team in Slovakia demonstrates a solid blend of competence, professionalism, and approachability. They are consistently forthcoming in their communication, ensuring that clients feel informed and supported throughout each stage of a transaction or advisory process. They have a deep local market knowledge.’
  • ‘The individuals within CMS’s commercial, corporate and M&A practice in Slovakia are dependable and professional, with a consistent focus on delivering clear and actionable advice.'
  • ‘The team plays on a very high level in terms of all aspects which a client desires: strong expertise, flawless work products throughout, very good availability and outstanding responsiveness.'
  • ‘Our relationship partner and also first point of contact, Juraj Fuska, is certainly one of the best lawyers in Slovakia and also in Europe. He has a very broad expertise in many fields of business and labour law (corporate/M&A, greenfield investments, real estate, even corporate finance), is extremely service-oriented and reliable and always delivers flawless results. Working with him is also very pleasant due to his calm and friendly demeanour.’

Key clients

  • IAD Investments
  • Austrian Airlines
  • Sandberg Capital
  • VGP European Logistics
  • Eterus Capital and MTBiker
  • Vaillant Group

Work highlights

Acted as a legal advisor for IAD Investments as the buyer on the acquisition of 100% of shares in the Luxembourg company HB Reavis Investment Management S.à r.l., which manages the fund HB Reavis CE REIF, from the seller HBR IM Holding Ltd.
Advising on the sale of Austrian Airlines Technik Bratislava (ATB): CMS guided Austrian Airlines Technik AG through a strategic cross-border transaction with SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance, a Dutch company expanding its European presence in regional aircraft maintenance.

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Practice head

Juraj Fuska; Martina Gavalec