Kyiv office of PETERKA & PARTNERS included in Ukrainian Law Firms 2018
The recent edition of Ukrainian Law Firms 2018 – A Handbook for Foreign Clients has noted the significant experience of PETERKA & PARTNERS Ukraine in the following areas of practice: Corporate and M&A, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Labour, Employment, Pharmaceuticals, Medicine & Healthcare, and Real Estate. The Handbook for Foreign Clients is an annual publication which […]
Assistance to Descours & Cabaud Group
Complex legal assistance to Descours & Cabaud, a major distributor of work tools and products for industry and construction, in relation to internal consolidation of the Group and intra-group merger of the companies in Slovakia and Czech Republic.
Advising Global Payments on Slovak Anti-Money Laundering regulations
PETERKA & PARTNERS Slovakia advised Global Payments, a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, by reviewing its internal anti-money laundering compliance programme in light of the recent implementation of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive in Slovakia.
Road tax refund successfully accomplished
PETERKA & PARTNERS represented the Czech subsidiary of the European leader in the commercial vehicle leasing industry. The case concerned the purchase of several trucks which were not delivered to our client. The legal part of the services consisted of deregistering our client as the owner of the non-delivered trucks from the Czech Register of […]
VAT exemption application (cost sharing)
PETERKA & PARTNERS represented an international humanitarian organization, operating in 70 countries, on VAT aspects of a shared services centre. The tax advisory consisted in the application of VAT exemption on cost sharing, which is unique as very little relevant EUCJ case law exists and the exemption was in practice impossible. PETERKA & PARTNERS represented […]
Legal and tax advisory on restructuralization in CEE region
PETERKA & PARTNERS advised one of the world’s leading milk processors in relation to proposed changes to their manufacturing and distribution structures in the CEE region. The firm prepared a summary of the legal and tax implications of a major manufacturing and distribution restructuralization in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania. Advice from […]
Promotions at PETERKA & PARTNERS
It is with great pleasure that we announce the promotions of Georgi Kanev and Svetlana Todorova to the positions of Deputy Directors for Bulgaria, and Zoltan Adras Nemeth as Deputy Director for Hungary. Georgi Kanev has been practicing law for six years, and before he joined PETERKA & PARTNERS Bulgaria as a Senior Associate last […]
Draft amendments to Bulgarian legislation on vocational education and training
The Ministry of Education and Science has recently released a proposal for amendments to the VETA (Vocational Education and Training Act) which aim to further develop the existing legal framework for this type of education and training. The Bulgarian PETERKA & PARTNERS team has prepared an article about the recent changes. For the full article, […]
An update on the Bulgarian data protection legislation
Georgi Kanev, Senior Associate at PETERKA & PARTNERS, has prepared a summary of the long-awaited draft law amending the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act which was submitted to the National Assembly yesterday. This new legislative act shall be adopted on the basis of the well-known General Data Protection Regulation (which applies as of 25 May […]
New Amendments to FIFA RSTP Regulations
FIFA, the international governing body of football, recently amended its Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, which bring about a substantial impact on the contractual relationships between clubs and (professional) football players. Zdenek Beranek, Partner and Leader of the Sport, Media and Gaming Practice has prepared an article about the new amendments, which […]