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BBH advokátska kancelária, s.r.o. (BBH) is a prominent law firm with an international presence whose experienced team of lawyers specialize in various areas of law including Banking, Finance and Insurance Law, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Corporate Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Real Estate Law, IT and Intellectual Property, and Competition Law.
Established in 2000, BBH acquired the business of a leading international law firm that had been operating in the Czech Republic since 1990. Today, BBH operates in both Prague, Czech Republic, and Bratislava, Slovakia.
There is only one Law, but many paths that lead to it. Down to the slightest detail, we focus on common legal issues, but also specialize in many specific areas of law.
These are just a few areas in which we proudly demonstrate our exceptional skills:
The unique experience and reputation of BBH in Banking, Finance and Insurance Law practices consist not only of standard banking and finance work, such as all types of loan financing, but also of unrivalled expertise in the areas of derivatives and regulatory issues. BBH holds a very strong position in representing major Czech, Slovak and international groups in negotiations of complex loan documentation with Czech, Slovak and foreign banks. At the same time, BBH provides legal advice to a number of banks on significant transactions that require complex structuring of lender-debtor relations, often with multiple parties in various jurisdictions. BBH is also a highly sought-after law firm for bond issuance and IPO programs on the Czech, Slovak and foreign exchange and stock markets.
BBH also has an extremely strong and experienced financial regulations team led by Miroslav Fašung in Slovakia and by Tomáš Sedláček in the Czech Republic. Within the scope of BBH’s unique and extraordinary expertise, BBH has provided legal advice in relation to licensing, approval and sanction proceedings before the Czech National Bank and the Slovak National Bank, compliance, internal regulation issues, changes of regulatory capital, structured issuances of subordinated and senior debt, solutions to risk-weighted assets, etc. As part of its financial regulation practice, BBH is also the market leader in fintech advisory, uniquely combining its expertise in financial regulation, IT/IP, TMT and compliance/corporate governance.
In the M&A field, BBH has established a strong presence in Slovakia through the expertise of the team led by Miroslav Fašung and Matej Blahút. Our M&A practice covers a wide range of services including due diligence, transaction structuring, negotiation, and post-merger integration. We have successfully advised various domestic and international clients on complex cross-border transactions, ensuring seamless execution and compliance with regulatory requirements.
The Slovak Dispute Resolution practice of BBH, led by Roman Vydra and Olga Beláňová, is renowned for its effectiveness and strategic approach. BBH represents clients in high-stakes litigation, arbitration and other proceedings, with a strong track record of favourable outcomes. Our litigation team also acts for institutional creditors in some of the largest insolvency proceedings in Slovakia.
BBH is annually listed in a leading position in the following prestigious publications:
European Legal 500, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, European Legal Experts, IFLR 1000, Expert Guides