Dentons

Banking and finance, Capital markets

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.

Partner, Dentons, Bratislava (2021- Present) Counsel, Dentons, Bratislava (2017 – 2021 ) In-house legal counsel, Komerční banka, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky, Bratislava (2012-2017) Partner, Krivak & Co, s.r.o., Bratislava (2009-2012) Partner and co-founder, SP & R, s.r.o., Bratislava (2008-2009) Senior associate, Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o. (2003-2007) Trainee, Allen & Overy, organizačná zložka, Bratislava (2001-2002) Junior in-house legal counsel, BANK AUSTRIA (SR) A.S. (1998-2001)

Slovak, English

Member of the Slovak Bar Association since 2002

Law School, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2001, Doctor of Law - Law School, Comenius University in Bratislava, 1998, Master of Law – Mgr.