Dentons

Alen Gondek is an associate and a member of the Real Estate practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses his practice on real estate law, corporate and commercial law. He has experience with legal due diligence procedures in connection with acquisition of Slovak real estate or an equity interest in Slovak companies, together with the review and preparation of relevant documentation related to real estate projects and various acquisition transactions.

Bianca Böhmová is an associate and a member of the Banking & Finance Practice Group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. She focuses her practice primarily on banking and finance transactions and certain corporate matters. Bianca has been involved in various financing transactions representing both borrowers and lenders, as well as in few real estate and commercial acquisition transactions. Her experience within the field of banking and finance encompasses the drafting of various security documentation, contracts and legal opinions, as well as supervising fulfilment of conditions precedent and conditions subsequent. Bianca’s experience also covers legal due diligence procedures and the drafting of various memoranda and legal analyses.

Dávid Stanek is an associate and a member of the Finance Practice Group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses his practice primarily on banking and finance transactions and certain corporate matters. David has gained extensive experience while working on projects related to M&A and corporate law issues, financings and banking, and capital markets related matters, and several due diligence reviews.

Drahomír Široký is senior associate in Dentons’ Bratislava office. In his practice, he specializes in M&A, corporate and real estate matters. He has been involved in several cross-border and domestic M&A transactions in various sectors and industries. He has extensive experience in leading and managing due diligence teams and in negotiating transaction documents for both buyers and sellers. Drahomír also advises clients on real estate transactions, including sales and purchases of properties, real estate due diligence and commercial lease negotiations.

Erik Kožúrik is a junior associate and a member of the Corporate practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. Erik primarily focuses on complex corporate matters, domestic and cross-border M&A deals across various sectors, private equity transactions, joint ventures and restructurings. He also brings particular experience in trust funds and corporate finance.

Ján Dulovič is a senior associate and a member of the Corporate practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses his practice on corporate, competition and regulatory law.

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Katarína Slezáková is a senior associate and a member of the Banking and Finance group in Dentons’ Bratislava office.

Katarína Pecnová is a senior counsel in Dentons' Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on civil & corporate law including commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, environmental and competition for clients from different types of industries, inclusive automotive, retail, energy in connection with their business activities in the Slovak Republic

Kristína Kresťanková is a junior associate and a member of the Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Criminal law Practice in Dentons Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on dispute resolution, criminal law and constitutional law. Kristína has experience with representing clients in various fields of litigation and with representing clients before the Constitutional Court. In addition, she has experience with providing legal assistance to clients in relation to competition law, life sciences law and insolvency law.

Magdaléna Karvaiová is a junior associate and a member of the Corporate practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. In her legal practice, she mainly focuses on commercial law and corporate law. She has experience in providing legal advice to clients in relation to the implementation of different regulatory obligations including anti-money laundering, personal data protection and consumer protection. Her experience also includes advising clients on litigation and intellectual property law.

Martin Mendel is a managing counsel in Dentons’ Bratislava office and a Co-Head of the Real Estate practice in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses his practice on real estate law, commercial law and also works on commercial litigation. Martin has extensive experience in real estate transactions, mainly assisting clients with (i) negotiating preliminary/non-binding documents, (ii) preparing legal due diligence reports, (iii) drafting and negotiating transaction documents and (iv) completing post-closing matters. He also provides legal advice to companies from various types of industries in connection with their business activities in the Slovak Republic, in particular in connection with the protection of their rights in administrative and court proceedings (including preliminary court protection), as well as in arbitration proceedings. Martin has worked as a lead lawyer on several real estate transactions in the Slovak Republic. He is an active speaker at conferences, primarily focusing on real estate issues.

Michal Záthurecký is a senior associate in Dentons Bratislava office. He focuses his practice on commercial law, particularly on banking and financing transactions. Michal has experience in private international law, commercial law and civil law.

Michal Distler is a junior associate and a member of the Corporate practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses on corporate law. Michal also has experience in providing legal advice to clients in relation to litigation.

Miroslav Kapinaj is a counsel and member of the Banking and Finance practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses his practice on banking and finance, capital markets, bonds, corporate, restructuring, real estate, lease and commercial transactions and has significant experience in PPP Projects, cross-border as well as local financing transactions in Central Europe and beyond. Miroslav also advises clients on EU law and regulatory issues.

Miroslava Jaššová is a counsel and a member of the Dispute Resolution Practice and Real Estate Practice Groups in Dentons’ Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on dispute resolution, criminal law, public procurement and real estate law.

Natália is an associate and a member of the Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Criminal law Practice in Dentons�� Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on dispute resolution and criminal law.

Nikola Salvová is a junior associate and member of the Banking and Finance Practice Group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. Her practice focuses primarily on banking and finance transactions and employment law.

Nina Drgalová is a junior associate and a member of the Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Criminal law Practice in Dentons Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on dispute resolution, criminal law and constitutional law. She has experience with representing clients in various fields of litigation (medical malpractice claims, ownership disputes, contractual disputes), representing clients before the Constitutional Court and administrative authorities.

Norbert Vizvári is a junior associate in Dentons´ Bratislava office and a member of the Real Estate practice group. He focuses his legal practice on real estate law, corporate law and public procurement law. He has experience with day-to-day legal assistance to both foreign and local clients, legal due diligence procedures and preparation of contractual documentation related to real estate projects and various acquisition transactions.

Patricia Gossányiová is a counsel and a Co-Head of the Banking & Finance Practice Group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. Patricia has over 20 years of experience in advising on a wide range of financing issues. She focuses on syndicated lending transactions, debt instruments (including covered bonds), debt restructuring (both court and out-of-court), private equity (funds) and derivatives/treasury transactions. She also has a strong track record in financial market regulatory matters, including advising on mergers of financial institutions (first in 1998) and the first ever EU-passported Slovak branch of an EU bank (2005). She also co-drafted the Slovak netting legislation (2004) and the first Slovak netting opinion for ISDA. Patricia has represented financial institutions in proceedings before the regulator and in litigations at court.

Patrícia Dutková is an associate in Dentons’ Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on the life sciences and pharma industry. She has extensive experience in drug policy and the related legislative process including European legislation, especially in the area of reimbursement and pricing regulation of medicinal products.

Peter Kubina is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Bratislava office and Head of the Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Criminal law Practice in Dentons’ Bratislava office. In his practice, he focuses on dispute resolution matters in various areas ranging from criminal law and civil, employment and commercial litigation to constitutional matters and strategic litigation, as well as performing the function of an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. Peter occasionally lectures at Comenius University on topics related to constitutional law. He speaks Slovak and English. Peter was the Adviser to the President of the Slovak Republic for Law, justice and matters of constitutional law .  Currently, he is legal counsel to the President of the Slovak Republic in constitutional litigation proceedings before the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic and other formal legal proceedings before other justice and law enforcement bodies.

Peter Panek is a senior associate in Dentons´ Bratislava office and a member of the Real Estate practice group. He focuses his legal practice on real estate law, corporate law and data protection law. He has experience with day-to-day legal assistance to both foreign and local clients, legal due diligence procedures and preparation of contractual documentation related to real estate projects and various acquisition transactions.

Petra Štrbová is a counsel and a member of Banking and Finance practice in Dentons’ Bratislava office. She focuses on advising both lenders and borrowers on, acquisition financing, real estate financing, project financing and general corporate financing transactions. She regularly advises all major Slovak banks on syndicated and bilateral loan transactions. Petra also has considerable experience in real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, development and asset management. In 2021, she was named one of the 100 most important women in the legal business in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Radoslav Pálka is a senior associate in Dentons’ Bratislava office and a member of the Banking and Finance Practice Group. He focuses his legal practice on capital markets and financial regulatory matters and has a parallel fully-fledged track record in M&A and corporate advisory. He has experience with numerous high-profile debt issuances covering sovereigns, investment-grade and high-yield corporate bond issuances and covered bonds. This is further supplemented by in-depth experience in various financial regulatory matters and advisory concerning e.g. alternative investment funds and market abuse rules. The M&A and corporate experiences include various buy- and sell-side transactions, whereas the corporate advisory is focused on the matters internal and regulatory of various public and private corporations.

Richard Marcinčin is a senior associate and a member of the Banking & Finance Group in Denton’s Bratislava office. His practice focuses on corporate law and banking and finance. Richard has been involved in numerous financing transactions representing both borrowers and lenders. Richard’s experience also covers legal due diligence procedures, the drafting of various memorandums and legal analysis, advising clients on commercial lease terminations, as well as representing clients before the civil courts.

Róbert Vícen is a senior associate and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Dentons’ Bratislava office. Robert is a versatile lawyer with experience advising on financial regulatory matters (including banking, MiFID 2, PSD2, insurance, financial intermediation, the enforceability of collateral and netting arrangements, crypto-assets), capital markets (bond issues), consumer finance, litigation (including construction, trademark, and consumer litigation), PPP projects and ICT regulatory matters.

Roman Kettner is a junior associate and a member of the Corporate practice group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. He focuses on corporate law and M&A. He has gained substantial experience working with clients on due diligence projects and as well as advising them on significant cross-border M&A transactions. He also has experience in the drafting of complex memoranda and legal analyses for clients in various sectors, such as compliance, dispute resolution, energy and climate change, and regulatory aspects in banking and finance.

Soňa Kurillová is an associate and a member of the Corporate Practice Group in Dentons’ Bratislava office. She focuses her practice on commercial and corporate law and has experience with providing legal assistance to clients in relation to medical devices regulation, waste regulation, personal data protection law and public procurement law. Her experience also covers legal due diligence procedures regarding acquisition of Slovak real estate or equity interest in Slovak companies.

Stanislav Ďurica is a partner in Dentons’ Bratislava office. His practice focuses on employment, general corporate, litigation and arbitration matters, data protection, as well as intellectual property. Stanislav advises Slovak and foreign multinational companies on all areas of individual employment law, in particular hiring, restructuring, transactions, employee transfers, personnel adjustment measures, terminations of employment and related disputes, with a particular focus on issues related to top management. He also provides clients with commercial advice in litigations and arbitrations, including those with international aspects. He has participated in a number of the largest due diligence processes in Slovakia and has significant experience preparing and reviewing a wide variety of legal documents, analyses and legal opinions. Regarding industrial property law, Stanislav advises foreign multinational companies on all areas, especially trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets, trade names and protection of legal entities. He further assists clients on questions relating to proceedings and disputes before Slovak state authorities or EU authorities and courts, in transactions, registrations, oppositions, cancellations, licenses and other matters with respect to IP law in Slovakia, including disputes and settlements regarding unfair competition and infringement of IP rights.

Tatiana Jevčáková is a senior associate in Dentons’ Bratislava office. Tatiana focuses her practice on corporate, commercial, employment and real estate law. Tatiana has significant experience providing day-to-day legal advice to both foreign and local clients performing their commercial activity in the Slovak Republic, as well as with legal due diligence procedures regarding acquisition of Slovak real estate or equity interest in Slovak companies. Tatiana is also active in the regulatory sector in line with specific clients’ needs including on waste, environmental burdens, food regulation and consumer protection matters.

Tomáš Pavelka is an associate in Dentons’ Prague and Bratislava offices. He specializes in competition and antitrust, regulatory, dispute resolution, and EU law. Tomáš is experienced in advising on all aspects of Czech, Slovak and EU competition and antitrust law, including in the areas of merger control, abuse of dominance, cartel procedures, unfair competition cases, as well as state aid matters. He has particular expertise in the digital tech, platforms and other telecommunications, construction, transportation and energy sectors. Tomáš also represents clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings, especially in cases involving public law or regulatory elements.

Zuzana is Consultant and Co-Head of Europe Life Sciences groupCo. She coordinates activities relating to the organization and development of the group, its cooperation with other sector and practice groups within the firm, knowledge management, and is also involved in designing training programs for life sciences law practitioners and others. She also has experience in mentoring younger colleagues.  She has more than 15 years of experience advising clients in the pharmaceutical sector in CEE and Europe on a variety of regulatory issues, including clinical trials, market access, pricing and reimbursement, compliance, distribution and sales models, promotion and advertising of medicines and medical devices, setting up and coordinating international compliance programs, as well as representing clients before regulators. Zuzana has also extensive experience in life sciences, regulatory aspects of M&A and corporate transactions. Zuzana has also advised on a wide range of competition law issues arising out of commercial agreements, and on cases concerning abuse of a dominant position, cartels and leniency, inspections by competition authorities, and concentrations. Zuzana has experience designing antitrust compliance programs and training programs for a number of major international companies. She is a member of the Slovak Bar Association since 2006 and speaks Slovak, English and French