HAVEL & PARTNERS, with offices in Prague, Bratislava, Frankfurt, Brno, Pilsen, Olomouc, and Ostrava, has a team of 350 lawyers, tax advisors, and patent attorneys, approximately 200 associates, and 500 employees in total. The firm is the largest independent law firm in Central Europe.

Key clients

Key clients of the firm include Danucem Slovensko (CRH Group), Pro Diagnostic Group (Ribera Salud Grupo), RPC Beteiligungen GmbH, Axxence Group, Loacker Recycling GmbH, SaltPay, ISS Facility Services, CNS Group, BETPRES, Photoneo, MYLAN Group, PANARA, GreenWay Infrastructure, CF Group j.s.a. / Regal Burger, and Compass Europe.

M&A / Corporate
• Legal, tax, and transactional support for M&A, PE, and VC transactions, tax and deal structuring, due diligence, post-deal advice, company transformations, restructurings, joint ventures, corporate governance, and ESOPs.
• Contacts: Jaroslav Havel, Robert Nešpůrek, Jan Koval, Ondřej Majer (Slovakia)

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
• Legal advisory on credit facilities, securities, guarantees, and financial products, with expertise in financial regulation, insurance, licensing, capital markets, derivatives, and structured finance.
• Contacts: Filip Čabart, Michal Smrček

Restructuring & Insolvency
• Comprehensive legal support in insolvency proceedings, distressed M&A transactions, and preventive/out-of-court debt restructuring.
• Contacts: Ivan Houfek, Jan Šturm