Drawing on local and international experience, members of our M&A team have been at the forefront of the mergers & acquisitions practice in the Slovak market. Our lawyers have worked on M&A deals both in Slovakia and abroad and have served clients from a wide range of sectors, including energy & utilities, pharmaceuticals, real estate, automotive, telecoms, insurance, restaurants and hotels. Sector specific knowledge, specialist skills in this area and a penetrating understanding of market practice help us find innovative optimum solutions for our clients’ needs and drive their deals to a successful close.
Our services include:
performance of due diligences, preparation of data rooms with documents and underlying information, provision of assistance at responding to requests of persons interested in purchasing the companies
proposals and evaluations of methods of carrying out various transactions from legal, tax and accounting perspective
drafting of company ownership contracts (transfers of shares, business holdings, etc.)
preparation and execution of company sales (including partial company sales)
legal advisory service and execution of legal steps pertaining to company mergers, fusions or spin-offs, including cross-border mergers
analysis and solutions to industrial relations matters and the commercial aspects pertaining to mergers and acquisitions
negotiations and execution of mergers and acquisitions on behalf of a client and in accordance with its requirements
Examples of transactions/services with active involvement of our attorneys
Acquisition of the largest Czech producer of food supplements by a major German producer and distributor of medicine, food supplements and other products in the health segment (through its Slovak daughter company).
Acquisition of approx. 10 MW solar power plants in Slovakia by foreign investors and a major American private equity group (acquisition as standard M&A share transfer transaction).
Sale of two largest hotels in Bratislava to foreign investors (both acquisitions as standard M&A share transfer transactions).
Creation of Joint-Venture between the Swedish company active in innovative digital healthcare and a major US investor covering their cooperation in development of automatic scanning of human bodies to detects potential health problems in the US territory.
Creation of Joint-Venture between a major Slovak financial investor and a major Slovak construction company covering their cooperation in development of a major residential project (mostly residential premises supplemented by small retail) in Slovakia.