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In Slovakia we have the resources and expertise to meet your local and cross-border business needs.

As the largest law firm in Slovakia we provide a wide range of legal and tax advice. Our sector-oriented teams are able to handle several assignments simultaneously, including international and large-scale projects and transactions, advising multinational corporations and leading national companies, as well as the public sector.

Our practice focuses on M&A, banking & finance, real estate, PPP, public procurement, telecom, media and technology, energy, competition, litigation and arbitration. We have gained particular experience in restructuring of companies, mergers and acquisitions, as well as other corporate transactions, providing legal advice to banks and other financial institutions. We have helped to shape the PPP sector in Slovakia and we retain a leading position in this field. We have a strong position in the real estate sector providing advice to the top international and local players. Since the automotive industry is a robust and important sector of the Slovak economy, our activities in this area are extensive and still growing. We advise all car manufacturers with operations in Slovakia and many of their suppliers and related businesses.

Based on many years’ supporting the leading companies across all sectors of the economy, we are familiar with their business and the legal and regulatory issues they face, offering relevant and practical solutions.

We are a top tier firm in the Corporate, Banking & Finance as well as Real Estate area in Slovakia and highly regarded by international ranking publications like Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000. We have been currently presented with the prestigious national “Law Firm of the Year 2016” award. It was the fourth time such an award has been held in Slovakia and we have won it for the fourth consecutive time.

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07/05/2024
At CEEntre Stage | The Impact of ESOP incentives on CEE's corporate culture
At CEEntre Stage 
23/04/2024
On the Pulse webinar series 2024
Welcome to the 2024 On the Pulse webinar series.  This webinar series brings you updates on the latest legal and commercial developments in the life sciences & healthcare sector from around the world. Over the coming period, we will be hosting two webinars on:Unified Patent Court (UPC) - 23 AprilEU Pharma Package - 18 JuneEach webinar will be one hour in length with a 15-minute Q&A session.
19/04/2024
Tax: A CEE Level of Intricacy
CEE Legal Matters | published on 12 March 2024
18/04/2024
Transforming the Legal Landscape? The Impact of LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs) are a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate human-like text based on deep learning techniques. LLMs are trained on massive amounts of textual data, such...
18/04/2024
CMS Expert Guide to real estate finance law
A clear understanding of the security available is fundamental for lenders and borrowers. To assist, CMS has launched an interactive International Guide to Real Estate Finance. This provides a clear and...
18/04/2024
CMS Expert Guide to renewable energy
The Renewables Sector is now many decades old and considered a mature investment sector by many. Yet the issues it faces continue to evolve and grow at pace with the evolution and growth of the sector...
17/04/2024
CMS advises Austrian Airlines on sale of Austrian Airlines Technik Bratislava
Press release - 17 April 2024An international team of CMS lawyers has provided comprehensive legal advice to Austrian Airlines AG on the sale of the Slovakian company Austrian Airlines Technik Bratislava (ATB) to the Dutch aircraft maintenance provider SAMCO Aircraft Main­ten­ance. Es­tab­lished in 2006, ATB has been offering first-class maintenance services specifically to regional aircraft operators. Closing the deal in early April, CMS supported the company’s successful sale to SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance, which expands its base maintenance footprint in Europe as a consequence. In the course of the acquisition, the CMS team contributed its international expertise in corporate law/M&A matters and also provided extensive legal advice on financing aspects and competition law. “We are excited to have supported Austrian Airlines on this transaction and are pleased that our expertise in cross-border M&A matters contributed to the smooth execution of the deal,” says Alexander Rakosi, a partner at CMS and a member of the corporate transactions team in Vienna. The CMS core transaction team consisted of partners Alexander Rakosi and Florian Mayer (both Vienna, Corporate/M&A) and attorney-at-law Martina Gavalec (Bratislava, Corporate/M&A), and was supported by partner Dieter Zandler (Vienna, Antitrust), associate Rebecca Herlitz (Vienna, Corporate), associate Ján Ševčík (Bratislava, Dispute Resolution), and legal trainee Matthias Torggler (Vienna, Corporate Transactions). On the buyer side, BarentsKrans (Netherlands) and Kinstellar (Slovakia) were involved in the transaction.
17/04/2024
CMS data protection update (04/2024)
I. The latest from the data protection authorities and current topics1. EDPB: Launch of coordinated enforcement on the right of accessThe European Data Protection Board (EDPB) selected the right of access...
11/04/2024
Navigating clinical trial disclosures: No reasonable expectation of success...
Recent EPO Board of Appeal decision T 1437/21 adds to a growing number of decisions concerning the patentability of second or further medical use inventions where the prior art relates to a clinical trial...
09/04/2024
CMS European M&A Study 2024: Optimism for M&A amid evolving market trends
The CMS Corporate/M&A Group is pleased to launch the 16th edition of the European M&A Study.It's been a wild ride for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) around the world this year. Yet, despite the turbulence...
09/04/2024
Designs practice update: EU Court of Justice upholds Advocate General’s...
BackgroundIn our previous article (here), we discussed the opinion of Advocate General Capeta in EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann. That opinion was provided following an appeal against the General...
09/04/2024
The sum of parts: Registered design for segments of towers found valid...
BackgroundTA Towers ApS (“TA Towers”), a company based in Denmark, is the holder of the below registered Community design relating to goods for building materials, specifically, ‘building materials...