Čechová & Partners (Bratislava)

Čechová & Partners is an independent Slovak law firm with a 30-year history. Since its establishment in 1990, the firm has been solving its clients’ legal issues in the areas of Slovak and European law. Its skills are reflected in its work and the satisfaction of its clients, as well as by its top ratings in numerous international and Slovak legal rankings every year.

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Marek Holka, Lenka Šubeníková The Slovakian Government enacts a law to screen foreign direct investments to ensure the protection of national and EU security and public order

1 March 2023 89

On 1 March 2023, Act No. 497/2022 Coll. on Screening of Foreign Investments and on Amendments to Certain Acts (the “FDI Act”) came into force. Slovakia has thus joined several other EU countries, which have already implemented foreign investments screening mechanisms in their laws several (...)

Marek Holka, Tomas Maretta The Slovak Parliament adopts the Act on Protection of Competition which implements the provisions of the ECN+ Directive

11 May 2021 792

The implementation of the Directive 2019/1 to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market (ECN+ Directive) is a topic that resonates in competition law circles all over the EU. In Slovakia, (...)

Marek Holka, Tomas Maretta The Slovak Parliament adopts the Act on Protection of Competition which contains rules on merger control

11 May 2021 568

The new Slovak Competition Act will come into force on 1 June 2021. While the primary purpose of adoption of the new legislation is the transposition of Directive 2019/1 to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper (...)

Tomas Maretta, Marek Holka The Slovak Parliament adopts the new competition law Act implementing the ECN+ directive and sets the date from when it would come into force

11 May 2021 98

Marek Holka, Tomas Maretta The Slovak Competition Authority releases the first draft of the new Competition Act for consultation

21 October 2020 315

The Slovak national competition authority (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, the “AMO”) released the first draft of the new Competition Act for consultation. The authorities and the public may submit comments to the draft until 6 November 2020. The proposed date of entry into force (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovak Antimonopoly Office cleared a merger in the sector of ultrasonic diameters and detectors with divestiture remedies (General Electric Company/Agfa)

23 October 2003 1871

The operation By a decision dated 23 10 2003, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic approved the acquisition of the direct control of the undertaking General Electric Company over the undertaking Agfa NDT GmbH and its affiliated undertakings. Company General Electric is active in (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovak Antimonopoly Office approves a merger in the sector of pharmacy with remedies including the divestiture of a business unit designated for a production of specific medicaments (Pfizer / Pharmacia)

23 April 2003 2653

The operation By a decision dated 23 04 2003, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic approved the acquisition of exclusive control of the undertaking Pfizer over the undertaking Pharmacia by a merger between the 100% subsidiary of Pfizer - company Pilsner Acquisition Sub Corp. and (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovakian Competition Authority clears a merger in the insurance sector subject to 21 structural and behavioral remedies (Allianz / Slovenská poistovna)

28 June 2002 2365

The operation By a decision dated 28 06 2002, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic approved the acquisition of direct control of the company Allianz AG over the former state-owned insurance company Slovenská poistovna as a result of the privatization of Slovenská poistovna. Allianz (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovak Competition Authority clears a merger in the agro-chemistry sector with remedies, including divestment and separate management (Bayer / Aventis Cropscience)

27 May 2002 1924

The operation By a decision dated 27 05 2002, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic authorized the acquisition of exclusive control of the undertaking Bayer AG over the agro-chemical company AVENTIS on the markets of plant protection appliances. The market(s) The AMO defined a (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovak Competition Office cleared a merger in the sector of tobacco with a remedy consisting in the limitation on the combined market share of undertakings concerned (Royal Invest Consulting/Coop Centrum/Barczi/KT Print)

4 February 2002 2004

The operation By a decision dated 04 02 2002, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic authorized the merger between the companies Royal Invest Consulting, spol. s.r.o., COOP CENTRUM, a.s., BARCZI, spol. s.r.o. and KT PRINT, s.r.o. consisting in the creation of a joint venture (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovakian Competition Authority clears subject to remedies the acquisition of a refinery by its local competitor aimed at limiting the number of petrol stations (MOL / Slovnaft)

20 September 2000 1835

The operation The AMO approved by the decision dated 20 09 2000 the acquisition of controlling stake of the shares of local major refinery SLOVNAFT, a.s. by the Hungarian company MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Részvénytársaság. By the Share purchase and share issue agreement, concluded (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovak Competition Office approves a merger in the press sector suject to divestments (Versus/Danubiaprint)

25 May 2000 2009

The operation By a decision dated 25 04 2000, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic authorized the acquisition of the exclusive control of the company VERSUS over the part of the undertaking Danubiaprint, consisting in a purchase of the printing devices of Danubiaprint on the vendue (...)

Tomas Maretta The Slovak Competition Office approves a merger in the financial sector, subject to the sale of a controlling stake in another bank (Slovenska sporitelna / Priemyselná banka)

23 May 2000 2044

The operation By a decision dated 23 05 2000, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic authorized the acquisition of exclusive control of the major Slovak bank Slovenská sporitelna over the bank Priemyselná banka both active on the multiple markets of financial services provided to the (...)