PETERKA PARTNERS possesses great know-how and extensive experience in the area of distribution networks, especially in the Automotive sector. We provide our clients (light vehicle and cargo vehicle manufacturers, OEMs, OESs, distributors, servicing and financing companies and insurance companies involved in the automotive business) with valuable services related especially to the organization, administration, and operation of primary and secondary distribution networks (especially new and used vehicles, spare parts, and after-sales services).
Financing in the Automotive sector is paramount to the successful operation of a distribution chain, especially vis-à-vis members of those networks, whereas at the same time, securing the interests of the financing companies is crucial for the smooth functioning of the complex relationships within the network. We help our clients (leaders in the automotive industry throughout the world) tailor their distribution to local requirements and adjust it in order to be adaptive to any future changes; at the same time, we assist them and their cooperating servicing companies to optimize, namely, the financing of their activities.
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ABRO INDUSTRIES
Providing a full range of services to ABRO INDUSTRIES, INC., a well-known American company producing top-quality automotive, industrial and consumer products, in the protection of their intellectual property rights and the fight against the distribution of counterfeited goods, including applying various judicial and non-judicial remedies, cancellation of trademark registrations, enforcement of court decisions, etc.
BUK AUTO
Legal advice to the international automobile trader BUK-Auto Ltd., including filing an action to recover the client’s automobiles unlawfully retained by a Slovak company.
CONSTELLIUM
Advisory to Constellium, a global leader in innovative and high value-added aluminium products and solutions dedicated primarily to aerospace, automotive and packaging markets, in connection with the lease of production, office and warehouse premises of the floor area of more than 15,000 sq m for its automotive division in the Zilina/Gbelany industrial park. We assisted the client in negotiating the contractual terms and provided comprehensive advisory services regarding various associated matters.
CONTINENTAL
Legal services to Continental Matador, a leading producer of tires in connection with a legal analysis of the possible risks for the client being a shareholder in a public joint-stock company in connection with its possible transformation to a private joint-stock company. The analysis involved the development of various business strategies to limit the identified risks.
Complex assistance to the client with ensuring compliance of the client´s e-shops with new legislation on personal data protection – the GDPR; mainly preparing a Privacy/Cookies Policy and related advisory.
FORVIA
Complex legal advisory to Faurecia Automotive Slovakia, a member of the international group Faurecia, a global automotive supplier in vehicle interiors and emission control technology, in relation to compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
FRAIKIN
Comprehensive legal advisory services to the French company Fraikin, the leading European company leasing utility vehicles and trucks, in mainly advice on contracts concerning the leasing of vehicles, debt collection and corporate matters.
Legal advisory services to Fraikin Polska sp. z o.o., the leading European company for the leasing of utility vehicles and trucks, related to negotiating the lease agreement for the client’s office premises in Warsaw.
FUJIKURA
Comprehensive legal advice to Fujikura Automotive Europe, S.A.U., a Japanese producer of automotive products, on various issues, including establishment of an LLC and day-to-day support on the client’s corporate issues.
IVECO
Legal advisory services to Iveco Czech Republic, one of the leading producers of line buses in Europe, on preparing contract documents and a legal assessment of a transaction in connection with the planned supply of buses through a dealer and its financing by a leading Czech bank.
RENAULT
Continuous legal assistance, on various matters, regarding Czech and Slovak entities from a French car manufacturing group, including corporate matters, and contractual matters with clients, suppliers and distributors.
SNOP AUTOMOTIVE COLOGNE
Legal assistance to the client, a leading global manufacturer of engineered automotive structural metal components and assemblies primarily serving original equipment manufacturers (‘‘OEMs’’), regarding the review of specific questions on local personal data protection regulations (GDPR) for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
STELLANTIS
Comprehensive legal assistance to Banque PSA Finance, a company from the PSA group, in executing transaction documents concerning the sale of its Czech and Slovak subsidiaries (the companies PSA Finance Česká republika and PSA Finance Slovakia) to the company ESSOX from the Société Générale group. The services included consulting on antitrust issues and assistance related to merger notification.
VT INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
Legal services to VT Industrial Technology Co., Ltd., a major manufacturer and supplier of parts for the automotive industry based in China, in the due diligence of a major European automotive parts manufacturer.
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