The decision to establish the PETERKA PARTNERS Italian Desk was driven by the evolving Italian economy, significant recent projects, and increased interest in cooperation between Italian and Central and Eastern European (CEE) companies.
The Italian Desk is supported by professionals from all of the PETERKA PARTNERS offices, with the Zagreb and Bucharest offices serving as the main points of contact due to the cultural, geographical, and historical ties of Croatia and Romania to Italy.
The desk provides comprehensive legal services to Italian businesses operating in the CEE region and CEE companies expanding into Italy. This “two-way-street” approach is reinforced by a “one-stop-shop” service, allowing clients to coordinate legal services across various jurisdictions.
A key strength of the Italian Desk is its strong relationships with top-tier Italian law firms, established over years of cooperation. This network enables the desk to offer high-quality legal support, adding to the growing list of clients who benefit from the desk’s expertise and know-how.
References
BE SHAPING THE FUTURE
Legal assistance to a Czech company from Italian Be Group, a provider of business transformation services to leading financial services organizations across Europe, with day-to-day matters, including a review of services agreements for projects for their customers under Czech law and advice on the related data processing matters.
DE AGOSTINI
Legal advisory services to De Agostini Polska Sp.z o.o., a Polish distributor of non-periodical press and a member of the leading international Italian group De Agostini, in connection with evaluation of personal data protection issues.
Comprehensive legal and tax assistance to the worldwide Italian leader in publishing, media and games services, regarding: registration of a title in Slovakia and the applicable VAT rate, including representation in related proceedings in front of the Slovak authorities in favor of the Polish entity.
FRATELLI COSULICH
Advising Fratelli Cosulich, an Italian group, on a transaction involving the sale of participation interest in a Slovak company holding real estate and a development project in Bratislava to a major Slovak development group. PETERKA & PARTNERS provided comprehensive legal assistance to the client, including negotiations with all parties involved, drafting of transactional documentation, and closing and post-closing steps. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
Advisory services to Fratelli Cosulich, a private investment company based in Italy, in respect of the sale of one of the currently largest residential real estate projects in the capital of Slovakia to a Slovak-based developer. The transaction was structured as an M&A deal through which a major Slovak developer acquired the property, with all of the related rights and permits, from the two shareholders.
MARCEVAGGI
Advising Levorato-Marcevaggi S.r.l., an Italian company providing refuelling for aircraft at airports and other services such as LPG forwarding and air gas forwarding, on the closing part of the acquisition of L.M. Czech Republic s.r.o., a Czech company providing refuelling for the aircraft at Václav Havel Airport Prague.
PHI ASSET MANAGEMENT PARTNERS
Legal advice to a company belonging to the SEVES group, an Italian world leader in the production of electrical insulation, in connection with preparing and conducting a series of training courses for company employees that were focused on anti-corruption rules, including an outline of types of corruption, involvement therein, and the consequences of non-compliance with anti-corruption rules, including criminal ones. Training sessions were further aimed at rules on competition protection in which employees were instructed on the prohibition of agreements restricting competition, on the prohibition of abuse of dominant position, on the consequences of infringement of the rules on competition protection, as well as on the ethical principles applicable in the SEVES group.
TECHNOGYM
Tax advisory services to Technogym Group, an Italian leader in fitness and home workout gym equipment. We advised on the Slovak VAT on various cross-border transactions, in particular various business and distribution models involving distributors and final customers in the EU and non-EU countries, triangulation schemes and other chain transactions.
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