Corporate and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are one of UGB’s most important practice areas.

Throughout our long-standing practice in this area, our lawyers are regarded among the best experts with extensive experience in providing legal advice on acquisitions of businesses and companies, formations of joint ventures, as well as mergers, amalgamations, demergers and other transformations of companies in various economic sectors.

We deliver to our clients comprehensive legal services, including detailed due diligence, transaction structuring, preparation and negotiation of transactional documentation, arranging documentation for transaction financing, obtaining necessary permits and licenses, legal advice on exchange of sensitive information, including transaction (concentration) notification to the Slovak Antimonopoly Office or the European Commission, as well as post-transaction counselling.

In the area of corporate law, we provide comprehensive legal services relating in particular to the establishment, changes, dissolution and liquidation of companies, cooperatives, foundations, civic associations, associations, unions, changes in legal form, the preparation, negotiation and approval of corporate documents, the organization of general meetings and executive or control body meetings, registered capital increases or reductions, obtaining trade licenses and other authorizations and licenses necessary for the performance of regulated activities.

In corporate governance we focus on setting relations and rules among the management, executive and supervisory bodies (corporate governance), the division of management powers, and the preparation of internal regulations.