LEGATE, s.r.o handle an array of energy-related matters, often including both greenfield and brownfield projects, day-to-day regulatory advice, transactional work and contractual work. Peter Vrábel remains a key reference in the market, with clients praising the ability to ‘yield extra quality to the work’. Other names to note include Miroslav Dudlák and Alena Pláňavská, who offer a wealth of experience in drafting and negotiation of contracts including FIDIC and EPC contracts with clients noting ’in depth knowledge’ in this sector.
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- JUDr. Alena Pláňavská has extensive legal and negotiation skills in all contractual areas. She is very proactive, often prepares complete contracts, and provides significant support during negotiations with contractors. She is very flexible and is able to manage time-constrained contracting as well.
- LEGATE has been utilized by our company for more than a decade for high-priority CAPEX projects in the refining and petrochemicals industry, mainly involving foreign contractors and licensors. The LEGATE team is highly professional with excellent skills and experience with contracts for large projects.
- ‘Peter Vrabel is an outstanding lawyer with deep knowledge in energy sector and a very practical approach which is often necessary for a successful completion of a project. He is very open-minded, bringing smart strategical concepts to overcome bottlenecks, while keeping practical approach. He yields extra quality to the work, compared to other law firms.’
- ‘Very good competence in the energy sector.’
- ‘They are open-minded, cooperative and have invaluable expertise in our industry sector and acknowledgement of the process guarantees, EPC contracts both of lump sum and costs and fee approaches. They contribute a lot during negotiations, look for solutions in order not to lose time by back and force counter-argumentation. They understand not only legal issues, however also bear business and technology perspective into angles when assessing the contractual position and leading the negotiation. They are inseparable part of in-house team for whole project life. The friendly and open communication they carry out eases lockdowns some contractual partners put in.’
- ‘Alena Pláňavská is a highly experienced with these investment contracts and disposes of invaluable communication skills. She has in depth knowledge of all the related processes and know answers for all the legal issues. It is also pleasure to work with Peter Vrábel, who benefits from over 20 years’ experience in a refinery and petrochemical legal environment. He pops up with many strategies how to achieve the best contractual results at the end. Both of them are reliable and maintain very proactive approach in project management and execution.’
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Miroslav Dudlák; Peter Vrábel; Alena Pláňavská \n \n