Comprehensive advisory services to a construction and development group
Comprehensive advisory services to a construction and development group, part of the global concern Skanska with its headquarters in Sweden, with respect to copyright of architectural work, including drafting contracts for work, licence agreements and other agreements connected with intellectual property in relation to Skanska real estate projects.
Long-term local as well as cross-border advisory services to Atlas Copco (CEE)
Long-term local as well as cross-border advisory services and coordination of legal services in several jurisdictions, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. The comprehensive services cover various corporate, commercial, mergers and acquisitions, employment, competition, dispute resolution, real estate and insolvency issues.
Advising Mylan, a worldwide producer of generic drugs
Advising Mylan, a worldwide producer of generic drugs, on the regulatory aspects of pharmaceutical product distribution and marketing.
Some Legal Aspects of Computer Crime (Cybercrime) in the Czech Republic
The Czech and Slovak branches of PETERKA & PARTNERS published two articles dealing with criminal aspects of cyber fraud under Czech and Slovak law.
Collective Dismissal in the European Union
On 17 May 2017, the book Collective Dismissal in the European Union. A Comparative Analysis, edited by Roberto Cosio, et al., and published by Kluwer Law International was presented in Rome at the Supreme Court of Cassation. Pavol Kundrik, Leader of the Labour Law at PETERKA & PARTNERS, contributed to the book with a chapter […]
Amendment to the Act on Collective Bargaining in Slovakia
Amendment to the Act on Collective Bargaining in Slovakia – A new amendment to the Slovak Act on Collective Bargaining (effective from 1 September 2017) returns the possibility of extending a “representative” higher collective agreement to other employers (which were not party to such agreement) doing business in the same economic sector/industry. This means that […]
Reintroduction of withholding tax for dividend
Dividends paid to individuals from the profit reported for the periods starting as of 1 January 2017, will be subject to a withholding tax of 7% that can be reduced under double tax treaty.Payment of dividends to a legal entity established in a country having double tax treaty with the Slovak Republic will further remain […]
The status of the implementation of the damages directive in the CEE countries
In the past years, the EU competition law enforcement has been subject to major reforms in order to increase the deterrent effect of EU competition rules. These reforms reinforced the participation of private actors in the enforcement of EU competition law, by way of strengthening private enforcement and introducing leniency programmes on the national level. […]