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"Radovan Pala is a highly experienced lawyer and possesses great negotiation skills." (Corporate/M&A)
Radovan leads our Business and Professional Services group in CEE and is the Co-Head of our Bratislava office.
He is recognised as a brilliant employment and corporate lawyer with over 20+ years of experience working with clients in the life sciences, manufacturing & industrial, private wealth, media & communications and technology sectors. Apart from being a profound expert in all areas of Slovak employment law, Radovan has decades of experience across a variety of legal disciplines including, Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, and Restructuring & Insolvency – making him a complete advisor for your company. He is an active member of working groups at the Slovak Ministry of Justice that have prepared a number of important amendments, including in the area of corporate and insolvency law. Recently he has been working with PwC on the EU-DG REFORM sponsored project for the Slovak Ministry of Justice: “Supporting Slovakia to reform the framework for insolvency and restructuring”.
Client's value his reliable industry knowledge and focused commercial advice across a broad range of areas. Radovan is an excellent communicator and speaks five languages: English, German, Czech, Dutch and Slovak.
‘Green Dot’ Trade Marks Revoked for All Product Classes in Slovakia (co-authored with Ján Lazur, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice and GRURInt, 2015
Significant Changes to Slovakian Copyright Law (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice), 2013
Commentary to the Slovak Commercial Code - Chapter "Joint Stock Company" (Co-author), 2011
Monograph "Cross-border Mergers" (Co-author), 2009
Monograph “Harmonization of the Slovak Company Law with European Law” (Co-author), 2005
Various articles in Slovak legal journals concerning Slovak and European company law and ECJ judicature, since 1999
Slovak Bar Association
Institute for State and Law, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Board of Directors, Open Society Foundation
"Radovan Pala is a highly experienced lawyer and possesses great negotiation skills." (Corporate/M&A)
"Working with Radovan is a pleasure, our collaboration is always straightforward and highly client-oriented." "He is prompt, loyal and highly knowledgeable."
Notable practictioner: "He is a great lead partner with a general view and the capacity to delegate." "Radovan Pala is highly competent and reacts swiftly to his clients' demands."
Recommended lawyer – Corporate/M&A: Interviewees describe him as "a very clever lawyer who has a great knowledge of the law".
Recommended lawyer – Employment
Leading individual - Corporate/M&A - Slovakia: Radovan Pala often deals with share transactions and restructuring deals. He also advises on general corporate matters and issues surrounding shareholder rights. According to interviewees, Pala "always tries to understand the client's perspective," while market commentators also regard him as a "very experienced lawyer."
Leading individual - Employment - Slovakia (Band 2): Radovan Pala has considerable experience in restructuring, negotiations with trade unions, terminations and ensuing litigations. Interviewees describe him as "a very good speaker and presenter, a good attorney and known figure in the market."
Recommended lawyer - Banking, finance & capital markets (Slovakia), Commercial, corporate & M&A (Slovakia) and Dispute resolution (Slovakia)
Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV on its divestments of portfolios of generic pharmaceutical products (approximately 260 medicinal products) in 24 EU jurisdictions to multiple purchasers, in addition to advising Teva on the divestment of certain parts of its business. The divestments were a condition enforced by the European Commission to approve Teva's USD40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan plc’s global generics and have been run as a competitive auction process, resulting in five asset sales.
by multiple authors
Slovakia introduces new restructuring procedure
On your marks, get set… Europe!
Helping brand owners navigate the trade mark systems of Europe
by multiple authors
by multiple authors
by Dr Paul England and Alina Krukover
by multiple authors
by Lydia Birch and Rebecca Limer
by multiple authors
by Marc-Oliver Kurth, LL.M. (Sydney) and Dr. Christian Köhler
by Wilma Booij and Arian Rahimi