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Rankings published in 2026
M&A
Tier 4
36 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
8 practice areas
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Kinstellar
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Dentons
8 practice areas
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HKV Law Firm
5 practice areas
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Hillbridges
6 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
6 practice areas
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Čechová & Partners
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS
6 practice areas
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Glatzová & Co
3 practice areas
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Schoenherr Slovakia
6 practice areas
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Wolf Theiss
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

BBH
6 practice areas
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Barger Prekop Attorneys
6 practice areas
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Bartošík Šváby
5 practice areas
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Beatow Partners
3 practice areas
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Havel & Partners
6 practice areas
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PRK Partners
8 practice areas
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Paul Q Law Firm
7 practice areas
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Peterka & Partners
4 practice areas
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Ružička and Partners
5 practice areas
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Stentors
6 practice areas
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WISE3
2 practice areas
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bpv Braun Partners
3 practice areas
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Tier 5

Advokátska kancelária MCL
3 practice areas
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CERHA HEMPEL
3 practice areas
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DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach
2 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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SCHWARZ advokáti
4 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
4 practice areas
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CLS Čavojský & Partners
3 practice areas
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Cernejová & Hrbek
3 practice areas
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Majerník & Miháliková
2 practice areas
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Ments
2 practice areas
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Poláček & Partners
4 practice areas
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Relevans
7 practice areas
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Škubla & Partneri
4 practice areas
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Project development
Notable
21 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
8 practice areas
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Hillbridges
6 practice areas
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Kinstellar
7 practice areas
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Poláček & Partners
4 practice areas
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Ružička and Partners
5 practice areas
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Tier 2

Barger Prekop Attorneys
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Bartošík Šváby
5 practice areas
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CMS
6 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Paul Q Law Firm
7 practice areas
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Stentors
6 practice areas
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Čechová & Partners
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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HKV Law Firm
5 practice areas
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SCHWARZ advokáti
4 practice areas
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Wolf Theiss
7 practice areas
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Notable

BBH
6 practice areas
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Havel & Partners
6 practice areas
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Legate
5 practice areas
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PRK Partners
8 practice areas
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Relevans
7 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

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

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Centene Corp. - M&A
2022-07-25
Havel & Partners
Slovak Republic
M&A
Centene Corp.
Seller
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