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Key contacts
Partner: JUDr. Jozef Bannert
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

200 (10 in Bratislava office)

Languages

English, German, Slovak

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Financial and corporate
M&A
Firm overview

Led by the highly regarded JUDr. Jozef Bannert, an experienced and skilled group of professionals with international and domestic experience advises renowned national and international clients on a wide variety of complex legal issues and transactions.

The team is fully integrated into the CERHA HEMPEL network and has achieved a top tier position in the Slovak market.

Key transactional practices
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Distribution, Antitrust & Competition
  • Employment Law
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Litigation & restructuring
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Public commercial & European law
  • Public procurement law
  • Real estate & Construction
  • Renewable energy
Sector expertise
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Construction & materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Pharm and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Transportation
Other offices

Austria
Parkring 2
A-1010 Vienna
T: +43 1 514 35 0
F: +43 1 514 35 35
E: office@cerhahempel.com

Bulgaria
25, Peter Parchevich str.
BG-1000 Sofia
T: +359 2 401 09 99
F: +359 2 401 09 90
E: sofia@cerhahempel.com

Czech Republic
Týn 639/1
110 00 Praha 1 – Staré Město
Czech Republic
T: +420  221 111 711
F: +420 221 111 725
E: office@cerhahempel.cz

Hungary
Fő utca 14-18
H-1011 Budapest
T: +36 1 457 80 40
F: +36 1 457 8041
E: office@cerhahempel.hu

Romania
Academiei Str. 35-37, Entrance C, 1st District
RO-10013 Bucharest
Tel: +40 371 517 187
E: office@cerhahempel.com

Address:
Zochova 6-8
811 03 Bratislava
Tel:+421 2 2064 8580 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.cerhahempel.com
Rankings published in 2026
M&A
Tier 5
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Tier 3

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Tier 5

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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

CERHA HEMPEL Šiška & Partners is the Slovak presence of the law firm CERHA HEMPEL which was established in 1921. The wider firm is active across Central and Eastern Europe and is headquarters in Vienna and across its network of offices has a team of over 200 lawyers. In the Slovak Republic the firm is led by managing partner Jozef Bannert and is based in Bratislava.

 

Highlights

The firm is particularly focused on M&A work and in particular acquisitional transactions for clients from a range of sectors but most especially the manufacturing sector. Deal highlights include Tennant Company’s acquisition of M&F Management and Financing and discoverIE’s acquisition of a cross-border group of companies.

 

Key clients

DiscoverIE, Procter & Gamble, Rail Cargo, Tennant Company, and TUBEX.

 

Testimonials

(2024/2025)

"A positive attribute of the firm was that they were a reactive legal counsel." (M&A client)

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