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ŠELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm

ŠELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm provides full-service legal advice to Slovenian and international clients alike, and is praised as a ‘very accomplished team, covering all the major legal fields’. Corporate and commercial law, M&A, and financial matters are the team’s central areas of strength, alongside litigation and alternative dispute resolution capabilities. Nataša Pipan Nahtigal heads the firm’s M&A and antitrust & competition departments, and is lauded as ’superb, experienced and very hard working‘. Nina Šelih is a specialist in corporate and commercial matters, while the ’highly skilled, very professional and capable‘ banking and finance team is headed by Mia Kalaš, who also works alongside Špela Remec on complex M&A deals. Jera Majzelj is noted for her experience in banking acquisitions.

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Testimonials

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‘Members of the team are very invested in the transaction and care about providing the best experience for their clients.’
‘Mia Kalaš is a fantastic lawyer, presenting a broad understanding of the business surroundings of banking & finance transactions on Slovenian market. She always provides reliable, solution-driven legal advice which is greatly valued by her clients.’
‘For M&A projects I would mention Blaž Ogorevec, who stands out by his passion, professionalism, and most of all also his ability to understand the underlying business mechanics of the deal.’
‘Nina Šelih is a fantastic senior lawyer. Nataša Pipan Nahtigal is superb, experienced, and very hard working. She really wants to get to the bottom of things, and understand clients' needs, not just saying it, but really doing it. Mia Kalaš is a very experienced, yet friendly, and very solutions-oriented lawyer. Barbara Hočevar is nice, approachable, and smart. Špela Remec is hard working and nice.’
‘Their Banking & Finance team, led by Mia Kalaš, is highly skilled, very professional, and capable.’
‘Mia Kalaš is a very capable lawyer, who understands the market and needs of the clients she represents. She is very easy to work with, meets the deadlines, and delivers the work of very high quality. ’
‘The practice covers all aspects of corporate law very well. The company is very adaptive to changes and different situations. I would recommend to potential clients to use the company because they are very professional, fast in their replies, and they are very good in explaining of corporate law to non-professionals.'
‘The office has a very accomplished team, covering all the major legal fields. If the matters overlap, they are able to see and control the whole picture. They tend to offer guidance and support instead of just following the client's instructions.’

Key clients

Shell Adria
OTP Bank
Nippon Express
Mehler Vario
Heineken
Inditex
Johnson & Johnson
Google
McDonald’s Corporation
Garmin
Decathlon
The Walt Disney Company
Adient plc
China Railway Group Limited
Mytilineos S.A.

Work highlights

Assisted OTP Bank on its acquisition of Nova KBM, which is one of the largest transactions in Slovenia in the past years, reportedly worth around EUR one billion.
Acted as the Slovenian legal counsel to Japanese global logistics services company Nippon Express in its acquisition of Cargo Partner.
Assisted Shell in obtaining merger control approval for its acquisition of 39 service stations in Slovenia from MOL and OMV Slovenija.