Recommended lawyer – Corporate/M&A: Interviewees describe him as "a very clever lawyer who has a great knowledge of the law".
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
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)
Leading individual - Employment (Slovakia): Taylor Wessing Slovakia is representing reporters of a Slovak national broadcasting company in an unfair dismissal case. GA Drilling and LP SR are also clients. Team head Radovan Pala [is] noted.
Recommended lawyer - Slovakia - "Radovan Pala, who focuses on corporate disputes, is ‘outstanding’".
Leading indvidual - Slovakia: Advises on corporate matters primarily related to IT and IP issues. He is also active in M&A and employment matters.
Recommended lawyer
Leading individual - Employment: Clients endorse Radovan Pala for his employment knowledge and describe him as "very smart and very multi-skilled."
Leading individual - Corporate/M&A: Sources say Radovan is "easy to work with, focused, highly knowledgeable, experienced and attentive to detail." He is praised as "a brilliant lawyer and a nice person."
Notable practitioner: "Radovan Pala of Taylor Wessing ENWC Attorneys at Law is a well-known figure in the Slovak dispute resolution market." He is a well-regarded Slovak lawyer with broad employment law knowledge, particularly on cases involving top-tier management and internal company reorganisations. Sources endorsed Radovan Pala for his strong communication skills.
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.
作者
作者 Sean Nesbitt 以及 Marc André Gimmy
作者 Dr. Amir-Said Ghassabeh 以及 Dr. David Klein, LL.M. (Univ. of Washington), CIPP/E