According to a preliminary legislative notice issued by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic and published on 15 May 2025, the Ministry is preparing a draft law on pay transparency.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. This time around, we asked: For 2025, what is the one sector or industry in the country that shows the most promise for growth, and why?

Permitting of any projects is a long-standing problem in the Slovak Republic. It seemed that this problem would largely be solved by the new construction legislation that was approved in 2022 and was supposed to enter into force fully on April 1, 2024.

Majernik & Mihalikova has advised Atlas Holdings on the acquisition of Rehau Automotive’s local entities in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Schoenherr reportedly advised Rehau Automotive.

Over the past several years, Slovakia has witnessed numerous legislative initiatives aimed at reforming the frameworks for spatial planning and construction permitting. These initiatives were designed to modernize outdated procedures, enhance legal certainty, and accelerate construction development.

Peter Plachy has joined CMS as Counsel and Head of Dispute Resolution in its office in Bratislava.

Big law firms can coast on boring slogans. They’ve got the clout, the infrastructure, and the impressive list of past clients to do the talking. But if you’re a smaller firm and your website sounds like everyone else’s, you are disappearing into the beige background of legal marketing noise.

The European Accessibility Act (EAA), approved in 2019, takes effect on June 28, 2025. The Act requires a wide range of products and services – such as consumer electronics, vending machines, websites, and mobile apps – to meet accessibility standards for people with disabilities.

Slovakia’s new Building Act, effective as of April 2025, is significantly reshaping the construction and permitting landscape, according to Legate Partner Norbert Havrila. The act introduces major reforms designed to streamline and modernize construction procedures, impacting not only real estate development but also telecommunications infrastructure.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has promoted former Counsel Tomas Bury to Partner in its global M&A practice.

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CMS has advised the Debt and Liquidity Management Agency of the Slovak Republic on the issuance of its first retail government bonds. 

Dentons has advised a club of banks led by Tatra Banka on a syndicated loan of EUR 168 million to JTRE to finance the Downtown Yards residential project in Bratislava. Relevans advised JTRE.

Horizons Alliance has appointed HKV Law Partner Martin Kluch as the new Head of CEE Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group with Erdos Partners Partner Balazs Varszeghi serving as Deputy Head.

Kinstellar has advised DSV on the sale and leaseback of its newly constructed logistics park in Senec, Slovakia, to Reico Long Lease. Wilsons reportedly advised the buyers.

On the evening of April 1, 2025, the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet brought together, under the same roof, over 200 top-tier lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe's leading law firms and General Counsel from across the region in Prague.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. With 2024 behind us, we asked: Looking at transactional volumes for this year, would you say that 2024 was better or worse than what you originally expected it to be, and why?