References

Client Representation

Representing the client as a partner in a Slovak business company at general meetings, including per rollam voting on the breach of obligations of the other partner and the exclusion of this partner and the related representation of the client (as a partner) in the liquidation proceedings.

Legal advice for family businesses

One of the areas of law that the law firm has long been dedicated to is the provision of legal services for family companies. Family companies make up the vast majority of all companies in the Slovak Republic, mainly from a number of medium-sized and smaller manufacturing companies and companies providing services. Their family character brings them a number of complications in their day-to-day operations, which they have to deal with, from ways of intergenerational exchange, whether management or employees, employment of family members or separation of family relationships from employment or business relationships. The law firm has work experience with legal advice not only in preparing for the establishment of family companies and consulting in choosing their appropriate legal form with regard to their family character, but especially in preparing documentation for the establishment and formation of such companies, submitting applications for registration to the competent authorities and setting up their overall functioning, including the functioning of their owners and statutory bodies without adversely affecting family relationships. Due to the specific nature of setting up the internal functioning of family companies and also due to the above work experience, the law firm is able to provide professional legal services consisting in preparing the necessary documentation for founding family companies, drafting special agreements of partners or shareholders, setting up internal relations between individual family members within the family company as well as relations with third parties outside the family company.

Transfers of shares in a foreign company established in another Member State

Transfers of business shares in a German company with the participation of a transferor of a Danish company and a Slovak company and other foreign persons in cooperation with partners in Germany.

Transfers of business shares in a limited liability company

between foreign entities.

Sale of securities

in a Slovak trading company.

Sale of the business

strengthening the position of the Slovak trading company on the hunting market.

Capital increase

limited liability company as well as a joint-stock company with a non-monetary contribution.

Client Representation

Representing a client as a partner in Slovak company at general meetings, including per rollam voting on the breach of the obligations of the other partner and the exclusion of this partner and the related representation of the client (as a partner) in the proceedings for the dissolution of the company.

Determination of invalidity of immediate termination of employment

Successful representation of the employer as a plaintiff in a dispute over the determination of the invalidity of the immediate termination of employment by the employee.

Settlement of post-employment claims

representing the employer in negotiations with the employee who caused the client damage.

Dispute on the invalidity of the termination agreement and determination of the invalidity of the termination of employment

successful representation of the employer in the dispute and the award of wage compensation to the employee.

Cross-border merger of joint stock companies into a European company

establishment of a European company by merging a Slovak joint stock company and a Czech joint stock company.

Company mergers

representing the client in the entire merger process, the merged companies have the form of a joint stock company, both with 100% ownership of the state - the Slovak Republic.

Acquisition of three entities

strengthening the position of the Slovak trading company on the market in mining activities within the Slovak market.

Provision of legal advice

Providing legal advice consisting in performing legal due diligence of an information technology company in connection with the entry of new investors. Risk assessment, analysis of contractual transaction documentation and its compliance with investment conditions.

Client representation in the purchase of a business share in a Slovak business company

Acquisition of a 100% business share in a Slovak business company by clients, in order to achieve the most optimal conditions for acquiring a business share.

Legal advice in the field of withholding tax

Representation of clients performing the wholesale distribution of medicines and medical devices in tax proceedings related to the levying of withholding tax and representation of the client in court proceedings to review the legality of decisions of financial authorities. The subject of the proceedings is a legal assessment of the correctness of the collection of withholding tax from the holder of a license for the wholesale distribution of medicinal products in business dealings with a pharmaceutical care provider since 2015.

Comments of the Act on Medicinal Products and submission of a complaint to the European Commission due to the non-compliance of the proposed legislation of the Slovak Act with the primary law of the European Union

breach of the principle of the free movement of goods and services in the European Union's internal market.

Legal advice in the field of expenditure taxation

advice on the taxation of the expenses of training participants - doctors, organized by the client - manufacturer and distributor of medical devices.

Action for failure to act by a public authority

The subject of administrative actions is failure to comply with a reasonable time limit for the defendant - the tax office to carry out tax audits, which are related to the illegal length of the interruption of tax audits.

Representation of the tax subject in the tax audit

income tax control.

Analysis of the statutory provisions of the Income Tax Act

Analysis of the statutory provisions of the Income Tax Act concerning the withholding tax adjustment, after the amendment effective from 1.1.2021 and preparation of an initiative to reconsider their interpretation by the competent authority and an initiative to remove ambiguities and inaccuracies of the amended legislation.

Counseling of a company organizing vocational training for Slovak doctors through a lecturer

Advising a company organizing vocational training for Slovak doctors in a specific case, carried out by a lecturer - a foreign doctor from Jordan, in relation to the correct procedure for taxing all services provided to clients (to the lecturer and to the educated doctors). Including the application of income taxation to the taxpayer of the non-cooperating state.

Representation of a Slovak tax entity in 10 administrative court proceedings against the Financial Directorate of the Slovak Republic

Representation of a Slovak tax entity in proceedings after the end of the VAT tax audit, including appeal proceedings and in administrative court proceedings.

Comprehensive setting of tax structures and procedures in the area of withholding tax application

A comprehensive setting of tax structures and procedures in the application of a special method of withholding tax on services provided by health care providers, including international taxation, consulting and setting up optimal processes was provided by a subsidiary based in the Slovak Republic, belonging to a global group operating in the field of production and distribution of medical devices. Internal guidelines were developed for the client with the setting of all related procedures. It also included the elaboration or reworking of complete contractual documentation for relationships in which the client provides monetary or non-monetary benefits, in connection with the tax issues of these transactions.

Legal advice on vertical agreements between the manufacturer and the distributor

Comprehensive legal advice in the field of competition, for example in the assessment of vertical agreements between producers and distributors of goods, providing a legal position for the client regarding the prevention of cartels between producers and distributors in the Slovak market.

Comments on the amendment to Act no. 362/2011 Coll. on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices and on Amendments to Certain Acts and Complaints to the European Commission for Violation of Primary Law of the European Union

Filing a complaint with the European Commission due to the non-compliance of the proposed legislation of Slovak law with the primary law of the European Union (specifically violation of the principle of free movement of goods and services in the internal market of the European Union).

Compensation for damage caused by an infringement of European Union competition law by a cartel

Claiming damages caused to a client as a result of an infringement of European Union competition law by a cartel in the sale and purchase of lorries.

Legal advice in the field of unfair competition

representing the client against claims arising from unfair competition. Representing the client at the end of the contractual relationship (withdrawal from the contract).

Representation of the client in the call to refrain from unauthorized use of the trademark and refrain from unfair competition

Representing a client against a Slovak company distributing cosmetics from abroad to the Slovak Republic to refrain from unauthorized use of the trademark and to refrain from unfair competition.

Settlement of the rights of co-owners and investors of a development project

Conducting an out-of-court negotiation process leading to the conclusion of a multilateral settlement agreement in the settlement of co-owners and investors within the implementation of the investment plan of the residential complex - construction of family houses and infrastructure, which was successfully completed.

Purchase contract for real estate

Representing the client as a seller in concluding a purchase contract, when the buyer was a multinational company operating retail chains.

Purchase, sale and lease of the plant / hall of a multinational company doing business in the Slovak Republic

Representing the client in negotiating the conditions for the purchase of a production hall with land, renting a plant / hall of a multinational company doing business in the Slovak Republic and representing the client in expanding the hall and building a warehouse.

Development project management

representing the client in negotiating the conditions which resulted in the construction of 104 housing units.

Representation of the landowner as the affected participant against the owner of the neighboring land

Action for damages

Damage caused to the producer of electricity from photovoltaic power plants by the defendant unjustifiably refusing to issue the applicant with a certificate of performance of the equipment, thus depriving the applicant of the opportunity to supply electricity to the defendant's distribution system.

Dispute over international road haulage

Claiming compensation for damage caused to the shipper by misleading and stealing the transported goods through the phantom driver and the related dispute over the payment of insurance benefits. The dispute concerns the international transport of goods and is ongoing between the participants - foreign and Slovak entities.

Compensation for damage caused by a "subcontractor" who has fulfilled his contractual obligation to his contractual partner on the basis of a contract for the carriage of goods. The dispute concerns the international transport of goods.

Determination of invalidity of resolutions

Dispute concerning the determination of the invalidity of resolutions of the assembly of delegates of a body established by law concerning the election of the chairman of that body. If the resolutions are determined to be invalid, there would be significant damage to the entity.

Recovery of receivables for a non-banking company in the Slovak Republic

Action for determination of ineffectiveness of electronic delivery

motion to stay the enforcement proceedings, filing an opposition, action to reopen the proceedings.

Urgent measure - landfill

representing the client in the matter of the regulation to allow access and use of the associated landfill to the operator of the landfill in question.

Action for extradition - cogeneration units to their owner

Issue of a work due to the exercise of a reservation of title, due to non-payment of the price of the work (withdrawal from the contract).

Using unjust enrichment

Protection of public finances managed by the municipality as a subject of public law.

Not compensation for non-pecuniary damage

Representing the defendant in a dispute over non-pecuniary damage caused by the death of a person in a traffic accident.

Constitutional complaint

Filing a Constitutional complaint about delays in proceedings pursuant to special regulations on granting a permit for the provision of consumer loans in an unlimited scope of provision.

Application of the partner's claims against the company

Claims for damages.

Selected cases of client defense in criminal proceedings

Defense of the accused for the offense of unauthorized business according to § 251 par. 1, par. 2 letter b) of the Criminal Code. The proceedings ended with a decision of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Slovak Republic to annul the resolution on the indictment because the law was violated to the detriment of the accused.

Defense of the accused for the continuing crime of tax fraud according to § 277a par. 1, 2 letter c /, par. 3 letter a / of the Criminal Code in a single act with the continuing crime of tax and insurance reduction according to § 276 par. 1, par. 2 letter c /, par. 4 of the Criminal Code, both using the provisions of § 138 letter i / (as an organized group) of the Criminal Code.

Defense of the accused for a particularly serious crime of breach of duty in the administration of foreign property according to § 237 par. 1, par. 4 letter a) of the Criminal Code. The proceedings ended with the approval of an agreement on guilt and punishment.

Selected criminal complaints

Filing a criminal report on a suspected crime of fraud and representing the victim. Criminal proceedings have been instituted.

Representing the whistleblower when filing a report on facts which indicate that a criminal offense of fraud has been committed pursuant to Art. § 221 par. 3 letter a) of Act no. 300/2005 Coll. Of the Criminal Code in a multivariate parallel concurrence with the crime of embezzlement according to Art. § 213 par. 3 letter a) of the Criminal Code, with the criminal offense of damaging another's property according to para. § 245 par. 3 letter a) of the Criminal Code, with the criminal offense of breach of duty in the administration of foreign property according to § 237 par. 3 letter a) and with the criminal offense of favoring the creditor pursuant to para. § 240 par. 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code by unknown perpetrators, In the case was prosecuted.

Trademark and patent registration

Trademark registration of a business company operating in the field of technology in the Slovak Republic.

Trademark registration of a business company operating in the field of travel agency operation in the Slovak Republic.

Trademark registration of a business company doing business in the field of financial services intermediation in the Slovak Republic.

Legal advice on the legal protection of pharmaceuticals.

Providing legal advice

Providing legal advice consisting of performing legal due diligence of an information technology company focusing on a detailed analysis of intellectual property rights to a programming work created by several authors, in particular copyright assessment, licenses to assess existing obligations in this area, as well as to setting the most optimal solutions to ensure the possibility of unlimited handling of the work in the future.

Legal advice - assessment and preparation of a project for the creation of audiovisual productions for children, in particular in terms of copyright with emphasis on audiovisual work, and trademark rights.

Advising the client on copyright and how to obtain a license to use fairy tale characters.

Representation of the client in a dispute over the obligation to refrain from using the graphic sign

Representing the client in a dispute over the obligation to refrain from using the graphic designation, or the designation identical or interchangeable with the contested designation, as well as the obligation to remove the graphic designation in question.

Representation of the client in a trademark dispute

Representing a client in a trademark exhaustion dispute when placing a product on the EEC market.

Legal advice on copyright

Advice and representation of the company in a dispute concerning an alleged copyright infringement by publishing graphic images of products on the company's website.

Special procedures for obtaining a license to provide financial services

Representing clients in submitting an application for a license to provide financial services under the Consumer Credit Act in the Slovak Republic at the National Bank of Slovakia and in the Czech Republic at the Czech National Bank and preparation of complete documentation as a basis for granting the required permit in cooperation with external partners.

Providing legal advice to the client in concluding a loan agreement, security agreements and relevant documentation.

Providing legal advice to the client in concluding a loan agreement with an Irish bank, collateral agreements and related documentation. Representing the client in the negotiation of contractual conditions with the legal representatives of the participants in the contractual relationship. Provision of legal advice within the assessment of the amount of adequate consideration between related parties pursuant to Section 67j of the Commercial Code.

Providing legal advice to a portfolio providing a portfolio management investment service.

Providing legal advice to the client in setting up the activity of providing investment services for portfolio management according to § 6 par. 1 letter d) of Act no. 566/2001 Coll. on securities.

Setting a platform providing cryptoactive exchange services for legal tender in accordance with the requirements of AML regulations.

Providing legal advice to the client in setting up a platform providing cryptoactive exchange services for legal tender in accordance with the requirements of Act no. 297/2008 Coll. on protection against money laundering and on protection against terrorist financing.

Legal advice on retail investment in cryptoassets

Providing legal advice to the client regarding the elimination of risks in the purchase of cryptoactive assets through entities outside the financial market regulations.

Legal advice on setting the conditions for a platform providing cryptoactive services

Assessment of the ability of the cryptoassets company business model to meet the requirements of the proposed Cryptoactive Markets Regulation.

Legal advice in the preparation of the setting up of a platform providing cryptoassets exchange services

Providing legal advice to the client in the preparation of the setting up of a platform providing cryptoactive exchange services for legal tender in accordance with the requirements of the Proposal for a Regulation on Cryptoassets Markets.

Client representation before the Office for Personal Data Protection

Representing the client in inspections by the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic as well as in subsequent administrative proceedings for the imposition of fines for detected violations as well as in proceedings on remedies, within which a significant reduction of the originally imposed fine was achieved.

Legal analysis and opinion in the field of protection and processing of personal data by monitoring by camera system and GPS devices

Elaboration of a legal opinion and analysis on the use of camera systems and GPS monitoring in relation to monitoring employees during working hours as well as other affected persons with reference to obligations under labor law and regulations governing the protection and processing of personal data in the Slovak Republic for the Italian construction company with global operations in the field of implementation of large constructions and large infrastructures, within its activities in the Slovak Republic.

Client's registration as a competitor in public procurement and representation in the public procurement process

Complete legal advice in the field of public procurement and preparation of documents for the tenderer's application for public procurement for the subject of the contract - purchase of welding machines and equipment. and equipment, including innovation of the production process. when announcing the competition and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - purchase, transport, installation, operator training and commissioning of the injection molding machine, which is designed to implement and ensure the fulfillment of project activities, ie the production of precise moldings from technical and is intended for the preparation of test samples, for the needs of the customer as well as accreditation organizations and subsequent serial production of a polymer bearing cage product intended for the railway industry.

Legal advice in the field of public procurement and : reconstruction of the state institution.

Legal advice in the field of public procurement and preparation of documents for the tenderer's application for public procurement for the subject of the contract - construction work extension of the Kindergarten. Legal advice in the field of public procurement and preparation of documents for the tenderer's application for public procurement work reconstruction of the administrative building.

Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in the announcement of public procurement and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - construction work home for the elderly

Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in the announcement of the tender and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - construction work on selected parts of the construction - repair and reconstruction of the administrative building of the contracting authority. conditions, in the announcement of the competition and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - procurement of unused production technologies for the production of welded gabions, including operator training. robotic workplace for the needs of the public contracting authority.

Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in the announcement of the competition and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - procurement of five technological units in order to increase the technological level of production Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in the announcement of the tender and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - production line, including software and hardware equipment.

Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in tender and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - purchase of technological equipment, which was procured by a multinational company, owned by a foreign legal entity from Great Britain. subject of the contract - supply of innovative technology, which consists of 2 logical units, namely Laser cutting machine and hydraulic press brake.

Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in the announcement of the tender and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract active technology, which consists of 3 logical units, namely: 4-axis CNC machining center, CAD / CAM system for planning, design and preparation of production, Vertical CNC machining center.

Comprehensive legal advice in the preparation of tender documents and tender conditions, in the announcement competitions and representation before UVO, in the subject of the contract - vertical 5-axis machining center.

Legal advice to several companies in connection with measures against the spread of COVID-19.

Legal advice to several companies (employers) operating in various fields (manufacturing, services, tourism) in response to the measures taken by public authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Advice on the effective reorganization of work, jobs and the use of employees, for the purpose of obtaining maximum state aid. Representation of employers in the process of applying for state aid. Providing advice in connection with the control of the entry of untested employees for COVID-19 disease, advice in resolving disputes with employees who have refused to comply with the regulations of public authorities.

Employer's representation against unauthorized interference

Representation of the employer against unauthorized activity and related actions of the trade union and related advice. The purpose was to protect the rights and interests of the employer against an entity abusing the rights of a trade union body.

Employer representation

Representation of the employer in a dispute over the determination of the invalidity of the termination of employment by the employer

Client Representation

Representing the client in proceedings for the imposition of a fine in connection with an employee's occupational injury.

Employer representation in extrajudicial proceedings

Representation of the employer in out-of-court negotiations in connection with the alleged invalidity of the termination of employment by agreement with several employees. The dispute was publicized and in this context the protection of the good reputation of the legal entity - the employer - was resolved.

Representation of the client in proceedings for invalidity of immediate termination of employment.

Representing a client in a dispute over the determination of the invalidity of an immediate termination of employment due to a serious breach of work discipline.

Dispute over payment of unpaid wages

Representation of the employer in a dispute over the payment of unpaid wages due to invalid termination of employment.

Dispute on the determination of invalid termination of employment with compensation of unpaid wages

Representing an employee in a dispute over the determination of invalid termination of employment.

Tree of fulfilled wishes / Strom splnených prianí

We strive to increase the availability of legal services for disadvantaged social groups, and therefore one of the areas in which the law firm Hronček & Partners, s. r. o. is also dedicated to the support of the PRO BONO project Strom splnených prianí / Tree of Fulfilled Wishes. Due to our work experience, we are willing to selflessly provide comprehensive legal advice. We are taking the initiative in favor of a good idea of helping people.

OZ Premena v Turci

We support a civic association that is actively involved in supporting the public benefit activities of local people.

Young against fascism / Mladí proti Fašizmu

We are legally covering the Young Against Fascism project.

Confident Slovakia / Sebavedomé Slovensko

Legal advice within the activities of Self-Confident Slovakia.