Coordination of French law firms for a Slovakian client, who is involved in a complex insurance litigation led before French courts. PETERKA & PARTNERS assures the communication between the interested parties, explanation of legal questions discussed before the French courts and discussion of futures steps with cooperating French law firms. In this particular case, PETERKA & PARTNERS serves as an intermediary between the Slovakian client and French lawyers representing him before French courts.

APICAP

Comprehensive legal assistance to the subsidiary of a leading French private equity firm, in relation to acquisition of share in a Slovak company active in IT technologies and telecommunications services. Our legal assistance covered legal due diligence of the company, notably from the point of view of corporate matters, protection of intellectual property, and labour law, and their impact on the planned transaction. The advisory also included implementing changes to the companyʼs shareholder structure and preparation of the contractual basis for the acquisition of the company.

ATLAS COPCO

Representing the Czech machinery company Lutos a.s. before French and Czechcourts in a dispute concerning liability for a delivered machinery unit in France.The value of dispute is approximately €4 million.

ATLAS FOR MEN

Legal advisory services to ATLASFORMEN, French established company and vendor of clothes and other products, regarding new eshop to be launched in Slovakia, most notably the legal advisory in the area of consumer protection, personal data and marketing information.

AYMING

Voluntary VAT registration of the company Ayming Slovensko s.r.o., including preparation of an application for the registration and accompanying documents, explanatory notes to the application, the establishment of electronic communication with the financial administration of Slovakia, and communication with the financial administration and representation of the company in the proceedings.

CEVA SANTÉ ANIMALE

PETERKA & PARTNERS Ukraine provided advice to Ceva Santé Animale, a multinational animal health company based in France, with regard to resolving a payment issue with a Ukrainian debtor. Our assistance included elaborating a practical solution as to resolving the issue with a local debtor's bank, and about the regulatory requirements on which the debtor relied when refusing to pay.

COMITÉ INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU VIN DE CHAMPAGNE

Legal assistance to Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne – the French trade association that represents the interests of independent Champagne producers (vignerons) and Champagne Houses. Its mandate is to promote the wines of Champagne and to protect the trademark Champagne AOC across the world. Our assistance included the preparation of three applications regarding opposition to the "Shampanie" trademark registration, which is similar to the "Champagne" geographical indication, and filing them to the Ukrainian IP office.

COMITÉ INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU VIN DE CHAMPAGNE

Legal assistance to Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (France), the trade association that represents the interests of independent Champagne producers (vignerons) and Champagne Houses, regarding opposing, in Ukraine, the registration of a trademark which includes the “Provence” geographical indication.

CORUM

Legal advisory services to SCPI Corum Convictions, a major French investment fund focusing on real estate investments, regarding the acquisition of an administrative building located in Bratislava, from a Slovak developer. The legal services provided by PETERKA & PARTNERS included legal due diligence, negotiating and preparing the documentation, a comprehensive tax review of the intended transaction, focusing on selected VAT and international tax aspects, and other comprehensive assistance regarding the transaction. PETERKA & PARTNERS also recommended steps to eliminate tax risks and advised on the legal structure of the transaction.

CORUM

Legal advisory services to a major French real estate investment company in relation to acquisition of an administrative building located in Bratislava. The legal services provided by PETERKA & PARTNERS included legal due diligence, negotiating and preparing the documentation, a comprehensive tax review of the intended transaction, focusing on selected VAT and international tax aspects and other comprehensive assistance regarding the transaction. In the course of our work we also recommended steps to eliminate tax risks and advised on the legal structure of the transaction.

CREDIT MUTUEL

Legal assistance to the client, a major French bank, including assessment of existing contractual documentation, its revision and preparation of new ones, related to the provision of credit insurance to consumers in connection with the consumer credits concluded with a partner of the client.

DESCOURS & CABAUD

Complex legal advisory services to Descours & Cabaud, an international group engaged in industrial supplies, on the acquisition of a Czech company as a part of a larger transnational (UK/CZ) acquisition, in cooperation with the British law firms. Subsequent legal advisory to the acquired company in regard to the corporate changes connected with the change of shareholder.

DESCOURS & CABAUD

Comprehensive advisory services to the client, a major distributor of work tools and products for industry and construction, on the acquisition of several Slovak companies and the subsequent formation of the operative structure in Slovakia.

FAURECIA

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).

FM LOGISTIC

Legal advisory to FM Logistic, a leader in international logistics and a renowned expert in the fields of warehousing, transport, packaging and managing the supply chain, in relation with several organizational changes in its Czech and Slovak subsidiaries, including at the top managerial level, assessing the best methods for how to proceed, drafting the contractual documents.

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.

FRAIKIN

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.

GAMELOFT

Legal services to Gameloft, a French company engaged in the development of mobile phone game software, including drafting memorandum on the taxation of foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation.

INAO

PETERKA & PARTNERS successfully represented the Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO), a French governmental agency whose mission covers the protection of French protected designations of origin and geographical indications, as a claimant in opposition proceedings lasting four years related to a Czech trademark application in conflict with a French protected designation of origin. PETERKA & PARTNERS offices in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia or Belarus have represented the INAO in a few dozen similar cases.

INAO

Legal support to a French governmental institution entrusted with the ensuring of the recognition and protection of certain IP rights, in respect of regulation and protection of geographical indication in accordance with Belarusian intellectual property and antimonopoly legislation.

KEY PLASTIC

Legal advisory services to the French liquidator of Key Plastics Slovakia, an important producer of plastic parts for the automotive industry, in secondary bankruptcy proceedings in Slovakia involving aspects of the European Insolvency Regulation. The legal assistance includes various insolvency cross-border issues and focuses on both Slovak and European insolvency law.

L´ORÉAL

Legal advisory services to the well-known producer of cosmetics, L’Oréal Česká republika s.r.o., in day-to-day corporate matters, including modifying corporate documents in compliance with recodified Czech law.

L´ORÉAL

Legal advisory services to a Slovak subsidiary of a well-known French leader in the manufacture of beauty cosmetics, concerning a possible breach of the client’s trade mark by the sale of their products by non-authorized vendors.

L´ORÉAL

Comprehensive legal advisory services to a Czech subsidiary of a well-known French cosmetics company, concerning their obligations in the area of personal data protection, including assessing risks and proposing procedures for handling personal data, and marketing contests, including those using the internet and social media.

NEECO

Legal assistance to NEECO, a leading provider of complex, global ICT services, with respect to drafting of an employment contract as well as bonus agreement templates for all current employment positions, including Country Manager of the French branch of NEECO Global ICT Services.

PAPIER TIGRE

Representing a French company Papier Tigre, a creator and a manufacturer of design products for desk, house and written correspondence, as a defendant, in proceedings before Czech courts on alleged infringement of a three-dimensional EU trade mark, as well as a claimant in proceedings on invalidity of the same trade mark.

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.

RENAULT

Advice to Renault Polska, a Polish subsidiary of the French multinational automobile manufacturer, regarding legal issues in the cross-border management of several companies of the group in Poland, the Czech Republic or Slovakia.

SODEXO

Advising Sodexo, one of the largest food services and facilities management companies, in connection with possible steps against untrue or misleading information published in the media. Legal advisory to the Slovak subsidiary of the Sodexo group, one of the largest food services and facilities management companies in the world, in relation to various issues connected with public procurement law and its impact on the clientʼs possible business activities.

SOUFFLET

Advising Etablissements J. Soufflet, a world-wide major player in agriculture, in connection with a financing project for the construction, acquisition, upgrade, expansion and operation of the grain storage and related grain handling facilities owned or to be owned by the Ukrainian and Polish companies initially held by Soufflet group companies.

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.

TARKETT

Legal assistance to a branch of Tarkett Polska, a global leader in innovative and sustainable solutions for flooring and sports surfaces, in relation to the termination of employment of the Branch Manager and recall of the Branch Manager from the position.

VEOLIA GROUP

Legal advice to, and representation of, Stredoslovenská vodárenská prevádzková spoločnosť, a.s., a member of the VEOLIA group, in proceedings on a constitutional claim filed at the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic against the decision of the Slovak Supreme Court related to compensation of damages resulting from limitation on the use of lands located in water resources protection zones. The proceedings concerned a legal dispute over basic requirements of the action for commencing judicial proceedings and a breach of the right to a fair trial and of the right to equality of the parties before the court.

VEOLIA GROUP

We provide tax advisory services to Veolia Energia Slovensko, a. s., a member of Veolia Group, the world leader in the environmental services sector, regarding the taxation of expatriates and coordinating the expatriate payroll agenda in the CEE region.

VIATRIS

Employment law advisory services to Mylan, one of the world’s leading quality generic and specialty pharmaceutical companies, related to an international assignment of an employee performing regional and international functions in Slovakia and France.

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