Radovan Pala

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.

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职业发展

Since 2004	Partner, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c
2004	Self-employed attorney
2000 – 2003	Associate, JUDr. J. Ružicka

教育

2011	Doctoral degree, Comenius University
2009	Doctoral degree in law (JUDr.), Pan European University
2004	Admitted to the bar, Slovakia

2003	Doctorate studies, University of Groningen, Netherlands
2001 – 2003	Postgraduate studies in International Business Law (LL.M.), Groningen University, Netherlands
1998	Legal studies, Free University of Berlin, Germany
1996	Legal studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
1994 – 1999	Legal studies, Comenius University

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Publications

‘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

会员资格和附属关系

Slovak Bar Association

Institute for State and Law, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Board of Directors, Open Society Foundation

语言

English

German

Czech

Dutch

专长

执业领域和服务团队公司/并购与资本市场私募股权风险投资就业、养老金和流动性重组和破产环境、社会和公司治理 (ESG)移民与流动性雇佣养老金一般企业股权资本市场并购与合资

行业商业与专业服务酒店与休闲制造业与工业私人财富

Experience

Pharmaceutical portfolio divestments across 24 EU jurisdictions

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.

奖励

Chambers Europe 2021	Recommended lawyer – Employment
Chambers Europe 2021	Recommended lawyer – Corporate/M&A: Interviewees describe him as "a very clever lawyer who has a great knowledge of the law".
Chambers Europe 2020	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."
Chambers Europe 2020	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."
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019	Recommended lawyer - Banking, finance & capital markets (Slovakia), Commercial, corporate & M&A (Slovakia) and Dispute resolution (Slovakia)
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019	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.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2018	Recommended lawyer - Slovakia - "Radovan Pala, who focuses on corporate disputes, is ‘outstanding’".
Chambers Global 2018	Leading indvidual - Slovakia: Advises on corporate matters primarily related to IT and IP issues. He is also active in M&A and employment matters.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2017	Recommended lawyer
Chambers Europe 2017	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."
Chambers Europe 2017	Leading individual - Employment: Clients endorse Radovan Pala for his employment knowledge and describe him as "very smart and very multi-skilled."
Chambers Europe 2016	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.

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Radovan Pala, Ph.D., LL.M.

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