RUŽIČKA AND PARTNERS s.r.o.

Managing Partners: Jaroslav Ružička

Number of partners: 9

Number of lawyers: 27

Languages: Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak

Firm Overview:

RUŽIČKA AND PARTNERS is a full-service law firm offering comprehensive business-oriented legal and tax advice across a range of areas including banking and finance, commercial and corporate, employment, energy, insurance, litigation, M&A, private equity, public procurement and PPPs, real estate and construction, regulatory and compliance, EU law, competition and state aid.

Highly ranked by renowned international ranking publications, RUŽIČKA AND PARTNERS has been named Law Firm of the Year for eight times (2013-2018 and 2020) in Slovakia. RUŽIČKA AND PARTNERS consistently delivers the highest calibre advice clearly, and for true value.

RUŽIČKA AND PARTNERS works regularly with the leading law firms of the world through its established referral network to provide its clients with comprehensive advice in Central Europe and beyond.

Law firm RUŽIČKA AND PARTNERS s. r. o., was formed in June 2009 by a merger of two independently functioning law firms: Ružička & Partners, s.r.o. and CVD s.r.o., operating on the Slovak legal services market since 1992. The firm has been present in the Slovak legal market for more than 30 years, making it one of the oldest operating law firms in Slovakia.

Practice Areas:

• Automotive
• Aviation
• Banking and Finance
• Commercial
• Competition/Antitrust
• Compliance
• Corporate and M&A
• Corporate Criminal Law
• Dispute Resolution/Litigation
• Employment
• Environmental
• Entertainment, Media and Sports
• Energy & Utilities
• EU Law
• Fashion
• Health Care and Lifesciences
• Hotels and Leisure
• Insolvency and Restructuring
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• IP and IT
• Projects, Infrastructure and PPPs
• Public Procurement
• Real Estate and Construction
• Regulatory
• Retail and Consumer
• State Aid
• Tax
• Telecommunications
• Transport and Logistics

Top Clients:

• Arriva (Deutsche Bahn member)
• Austrian Airlines
• BAWAG
• Billa
• BZ Group
• Colonnade
• ČEZ (the biggest energy company in Central and South-Eastern Europe)
• Doprastav
• Dopravný podnik Bratislava (Transport Authority of Bratislava)
• ON
• Energie Steiermark
• The Capital City of Bratislava
• Hochtief
• Hornbach
• Implenia
• Johns Manville
• Kaufland
• KBC Bank NV
• Komunálna poisťovňa (Vienna Insurance Group)
• KOOPERATIVA(Vienna Insurance Group)
• Metrostav
• MH Manažment (a state company holding state shares in various state-owned companies)
• Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic
• Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
• MOL
• National Motorway Company
• Nike
• OLO (Daughter company of the capital city of Bratislava tasked with waste management)
• Penta Investments
• Porsche Group
• Raiffeisen
• Siemens
• Slovak Investment Holding (a Slovak public investment fund)
• Slovak Telekom (Deutsche Telekom Group)
• Slovenská sporiteľňa (ERSTE Group)
• Slovak Post
• SPP (the largest energy company in Slovakia)
• Slovnaft (MOL Group)
• Société des Produits Nestlé
• Starr Insurance
• STRABAG
• The Coca Cola Company
• UniCredit Group
• Upfield
• U.S. Steel
• XXXL Lutz
• Západoslovenská distribučná (E.ON Group)
• Západoslovenská energetika (E.ON Group)
• Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko ((the national rail transport operator)

Recent projects of note:

Volvo

Advising the Slovak government in relation to the development of the strategic area of Valaliky in eastern Slovakia for the purpose of a greenfield investment of the Sweden-based automaker Volvo worth more than EUR 1 bn. that will create thousands of job openings.

MOL and KBC Bank NV

Advising MOL, a regional energy leader and majority shareholder of the Slovak refinery Slovnaft in relation to a takeover bid and the exercise of the buyout right to purchase shares. This was the first ever squeeze-out in the history of Slovakia. We represented KBC Bank NV, one of the leading banks in CEE in connection with the mandatory offer and squeeze-out in the acquisition of OTP Bank.

National Highway Company

Advising the Slovak National Highway Company in preparing and holding a public procurement process to implement a new project of electronic toll collection involving two separate processes – procuring the electronic toll collection system and the toll services, totalling EUR 200 mil.

Slovak Railway Company

Advising the Slovak Railway Company in public procurement to acquire new electric units and diesel-multiple units under an EU financing scheme worth EUR 300 mil. and advising on the development of three depots for railcars maintenance and cleaning worth over EUR 100 mil. using EU funding.

Slovak Ministry of Transport and Construction

Advising the Slovak Ministry of Transport and Construction on state aid in the area of tourism and road transport to counteract the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including support in designing the state aid scheme and representing the state agency in proceedings before the Slovak Antimonopoly Office and the European Commission.

MH Manažment

Advising MH Manažment in the merger of all the heating plants in its ownership to transform them into a single holding.

Offices:

Vysoká 2/B

Bratislava

Slovakia

811 06

Tel: +421 2 3233 3444

Fax: +421 2 3233 3443

Email: [email protected]