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Energy is one of the firm’s key areas of the expertise. Poláček & Partners has one of the largest energy teams in Slovakia, consisting of 9 professionals.The firm provides comprehensive legal advice on the regulation of business activities in the energy sector, electricity production and pricing, including issues connected with distribution and trade in electricity, gas and heat. It focuses on the issues of renewable energy sources and their subsidy. Poláček & Partners provides comprehensive legal advice regarding the construction, permitting, connection as well as operation of various types of power plants (PV, hydropower, biogas stations, wind power plants, biomass plants, and various types of cogeneration units) and local distribution systems. It also prepares legal due diligence and relevant contractual documentation for its clients. Poláček & Partners represents clients in various negotiations and in proceedings before the Regulatory Office for Network Industries (ÚRSO), the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic as well as in court proceedings. The firm actively cooperates with leading industry associations (the Slovak Association of Photovoltaic Industry and Renewable Energy, the Slovak Hydro-energy Association, the Slovak Electric Vehicle Association, the Slovak Biogas Association, the Association of Energy Suppliers, the Slovak Gas and Oil Association, etc) and participates in the preparation of energy legislation.