ŠELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm

The firm:  ŠELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm (Odvetniki Šelih & partnerji, o.p., d.o.o.) is a full-service business law firm that continues the tradition of a partnership established in 1961.

With an unwavering focus on their clients’ business objectives, professional know-how, firm-wide dedication, responsiveness and hard work, the firm offers top-tier legal advice in Slovenia.

Their extensive international connections add an international dimension to the firm’s local expertise and guarantee that they stay ahead of the latest legal trends.

Areas of practice
Corporate and commercial law:  ŠELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm focuses not only on providing traditional corporate legal services, but also on handling structured and cross-border legal issues. The firm assists in choosing the optimal business form, incorporates new companies, executes corporate governance, negotiates and drafts various types of commercial agreements, advises on compliance with respect to advertising, branding, marketing and other issues, and represents clients in commercial litigation.

Litigation and alternative dispute resolution: The firm advises on the entire spectrum of litigation, including the interpretation and performance of contracts, unfair competition, insurance law, warranty issues, damages in contract and tort, etc. The firm’s lawyers are also experienced in representing
clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings including pre-trial settlement, arbitrations, mediations and negotiations.

Mergers and acquisitions:  The firm has extensive experience in national and cross-border M&A, including share and asset deals, mergers, demergers, takeovers, joint ventures and restructurings. Their M&A practice combines knowledge of related legal fields such as takeover law, antitrust law and financial markets law.

Real estate and construction: The real estate team assists with the acquisition and disposal of property, establishing real-estate related joint ventures, project development, drafting all real estate related agreements (i.e. leases, financing agreements, etc.), and representing clients on property-related disputes and construction litigation.

Banking and finance: The banking and finance team advises on term loans, cross-border and local syndications, mezzanine financing, consumer loans, real estate financing, project financing and PPP, securitizations, factoring, derivatives, restructuring, capital markets transactions, investment funds, etc., drafts all documentation and security instruments, and issues formal legal opinions.

Antitrust and competition:  The firm’s competition team provides representation in proceedings relating to abuse of dominant position and cartels, gives advice regarding restrictive practices, and assists clients in developing distribution systems and drafting licensing and cooperation agreements. The team also offers training in competition compliance and can provide a hotline in case of dawn raids.

Employment law: The employment law team advises on the establishment and termination of employment relationships, work place relationships, national and international company restructuring and M&A, personnel reductions and shutdowns, due diligence, and the settlement of employment disputes and litigation.

Insolvency and restructuring: The insolvency and restructuring team advises clients on restructurings and refinancing, protection of creditors’ interests in insolvency, cross-border insolvencies, management liability, acquisition of non-performing loans, assets or businesses from insolvent
estates, and voluntary liquidation.

Intellectual property: The firm handles the registration of IP rights, drafting of licences, transfers of rights and other IP related agreements, conducts due diligence, and advises on all aspects of copyright. The IP team represents clients in (among others) trademark infringement, patent and copyright disputes, including the use of injunctive measures.

Capital markets: The capital markets team covers all aspects of IPOs and private placements, capital increases, bond and convertible note issues, due diligence issues and approval processes, and assists with prospectuses, underwriting agreements and related documentation. The team also advises on the legal aspects of financial derivatives, securitizations, investment funds and similar products. In providing its services, the capital markets team cooperates closely with tax and finance specialists.

Insurance law: The firm advises on all regulatory insurance matters, assists
clients with restructuring, offers representation in litigation and ADR, and assists with the relationships between insurance intermediaries and policy holders.

Energy and environmental law: The energy team advises clients on the legal aspects of potential international gas transmissions, energy trading, oil and gas exploitation and exploration interests on the local market,
nuclear and photovoltaic projects, environmental law, including zoning permits and due diligence, environmental aspects of commercial transactions, and how to deal with environmental violations.

Procurement law: The procurement team advises clients on the specifics of tender procedures, the preparation of quotations and consortium agreements, compliance and non-compliance with tender rules, and on the legal aspects of negotiations and financing, and assists with the claims of non-selected tenderers and claims amongst joint tenderers.

Consumer law and data protection: The firm’s lawyers advise on consumer protection issues, including domestic and international product liability, advertising, labeling, consumer financial services, e-commerce and home shopping services, and offers assistance in case of consumer complaints, market inspections and offences. They also advises on compliance with data protection rules, registration with data protection authorities, surveillance and monitoring of employees at work etc., and represents clients in data protection related disputes.

Media law: The media law team advises on regulations, investments, IP rights, competition, consumer protection and joint ventures, drafts all corresponding agreements. They also provide representation before the authorities and handle the resolution of disputes arising out of media relations.

Telecommunications and IT:  The telecommunications and IT team advises on governmental licensing, technology transfer, IT joint ventures, internet law, e-commerce, terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, and provides representation before the authorities.

Tax: The firm provides advice on tax matters in close collaboration with the leading tax and finance experts in Slovenia, and represents clients in tax proceedings before the Slovenian tax authorities. The firm also advises on employment-related tax issues.