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Juraj Gyárfáš

Juraj Gyárfáš

Dentons, Slovakia

Work Department

M&A, COMPETITION, DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Position

Juraj is a partner in Dentons' Bratislava office. He specializes in M&A, dispute resolution and competition law. He has advised sellers and buyers on numerous high-profile M&A deals in Slovakia and the wider CEE region, as well as on post-M&A disputes and related competition matters. Juraj is the author of the first comprehensive book on M&A in Slovakia and lectures on the topic at the Law School of the Comenius University and at seminars of the Slovak Bar Association. He also published the first commentary on the Slovak Arbitration Act and authored many articles on various topics of Slovak and EU Law. Since 2015 he has been a member of the Committee for the Recodification of Private Law and the Civil Code at the Slovak Ministry of Justice.

Career

Partner, Dentons, Bratislava (2019-present) Member of the Committee for the Recodification of Private Law and the Civil Code, Slovak Ministry of Justice (2015-present) National expert on state aid for a study ordered by the European Commission (2018-2019) Lecturer, Slovak Bar Association (2013-present) External Lecturer, Law School of the Comenius University in Bratislava (2011-present) Senior Associate, Allen & Overy, Bratislava (2014–2019) Senior Associate, Allen & Overy Brussels (2018) Associate, Allen & Overy, Bratislava (2010–2014) Associate, Salans, Bratislava (2007-2009)

Languages

Slovak, English, German, Polish, Czech

Memberships

Slovak Bar Association (since 2007) List of Practitioners, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (since 2017)

Education

Law School of P.J.Šafárik University in Košice, 2019 – PhD. Law School of Trnava University in Trnava, 2011, Doctor of Law - JUDr. University of Hamburg and the University of Haifa, 2010, Master of Laws – LL.M. Law School of the Comenius University in Bratislava, 2007, Master of Law - Mgr.

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