Terralex launches cross-border guide to ESG & Sustainable Finance
Our Colleagues from Czech and Slovak office have collaborated to create the newest cross-border guide on the topic of ESG and Sustainable Finance by TerraLex. Thank you Adéla Krbcová, Barbora Urbancová, Johannes Röll and Kristina Nankova for your contributions on this increasingly important topic. You may access it here.
PETERKA & PARTNERS Teambuilding in Sopot, Poland (14-18 June 2023)
After a couple of years, we could finally all meet in person, and spend some quality time together in the beautiful surroundings of Hotel Haffner in Sopot City, Poland. These numbers would best show the enormous scope of the project: 5 days8 offices representing 8 countries122 participants5* Hotel in Sopot3 workshops2 contests3 special awards from […]
A new type of company introduced in Bulgaria
A new type of company has been introduced in Bulgarian company law for the first time in decades. The new company form is the variable capital company and our Bulgarian team has prepared a concise leaflet presenting the main features of the variable capital company in comparison with the two most popular traditional company types. […]
Amendments to anti-money laundering legislation in Bulgaria
A new law amending the Bulgarian Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act was published on 14th of July 2023. It introduces a number of measures, some of them upon the recommendations of certain European institutions. We have selected and presented below those we find most important. I. Notifications to the Registry Agency in regards to incorrect UBO […]
ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2023
PETERKA & PARTNERS is honoured to be shortlisted for ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2023 in the following categories: – CEE Tax Firm of the Year– CEE Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Winners will be announced at a live ceremony in London on the 27th of September 2023. ITR EMEA Tax Awards have taken place […]
Hungarian whistleblower protection act to come into force on 24 July
The Hungarian Whistleblowing Act will come into force on 24th of July 2023 for companies with more than 250 employees and service providers subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act regardless of the number of employees. The new Act also applies to companies with 50-249 employees from 17th of December 2023. Companies may also operate a […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS advised on the sale of a majority share in FC Viktoria Plzeň
The Prague office of PETERKA & PARTNERS provided comprehensive legal advice in connection with the sale of the majority share in FC Viktoria Plzeň, a leading Czech football club, to an Austrian-Swiss business group. Our role included drafting transaction documentation, negotiations and managing the closing agenda. The transaction implies providing the club with financial stability, […]
Deputy director for Ukrainian office joined the ILN podcast / Заступник директора українського офісу в новому епізоді подкасту ILN
“The IT sector is doing quite well in Ukraine and we have this special regime; a tax and legal incentive for IT companies and for big companies. So it’s been developing and it’s been developing quickly. And I’m curious whether it will result in new IT market players coming to Ukraine, even despite the war, […]
PETERKA&PARTNERS Bulgaria advised local subsidiary of a leading chemical distributors in CEE on regulations governing the reserves of oil and related products
PETERKA&PARTNERS Bulgarian team advised the local subsidiary of one of the leading chemical distributors in the region of Central and Eastern Europe on matters arising under the regulations governing the reserves of oil and related products. The advice required a complex legal analysis, including unconventional issues and exploration of court practice in the context of […]
The fragile balance within ESG
Following our previous newsletters introducing the new ESG rules, we will now consider the fragile balance between two critical pillars of ESG, the environmental policies (the “E” pillar), and the social and labour policies (the “S” pillar). The ESG revolution is a challenging topic for all industries and we would like to present some interesting […]