We advise clients across a wide spectrum of practice areas and industries, from mergers and acquisitions, to joint ventures, asset disposals, capital markets, management, restructuring, and due diligence to general advice regarding corporate and commercial matters and contractual documentation. An inherent part of our expertise entails the complex structuring of a transaction, including tax, financial and regulatory matters.

Our lawyers handle and coordinate M&A transactions not only on the Slovak market, but also in the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, United Kingdom and USA across key industry sectors such as aviation, energy, financial institutions, industry and manufacturing, private equity, venture capital, retail, technology, media, telecommunications and transport.

Real estate is one of our principal strengths.

Our team has advised on all aspects of most complex real estate projects and transactions, including development and projects, acquisition and sales, financing, litigation and a wide variety of contractual relations in related service businesses throughout the industry. We have represented owners, investors, developers, real estate funds, landlords and tenants and various related service providers.

Our experts provide innovative tax consulting to corporates and high-net-worth individuals in all areas of tax law including planning, investigations and litigation services, tax structuring, tax and transfer pricing and representation in tax audits and disputes.

Our banking and finance team is comprised of highly-experienced lawyers with extensive practice and know-how acquired in the course of some of most notable transactions on the Slovak and cross-border markets. We advise debtors and financial institutions across the full spectrum of banking and finance matters, such as real estate finance, refinancing, project and acquisition financing, financial regulation, capital markets, bonds issuance and bankruptcy and restructuring.

Our areas of work include the preparation of a finance documentation, legal opinions and transaction structuring.

Our disputes team is comprised of experts with extensive and practical experience acquired in advocacy and courts. Our practice covers various forms of dispute resolution, from mediation, out-of-court settlements as well as in court settlements before general and arbitration courts. We incorporate strategic planning of the individual steps with a view to resolving disputes in the most straight-forward and cost-effective fashion possible, preferably without having recourse to litigation.

MCL provides services to clients regarding labour-law issues, collective bargaining, as well as social security and health insurance law. Our services, which include the full range of labour-law advice, are primarily focused on employers, but also include services appropriate for employees who ask for assistance in individual labour law disputes.

Our team has broad experience with the preparation of management and employment agreements, including advising on related tax implications, termination of employment relationship (including mass layoffs), and review of liability issues in connection with employment relationships. We also represent clients in boardroom disputes, disciplinary issues before Slovak labour courts, public authorities and the social insurance office.

As one of the few firms in Slovakia to combine both top-ranked private client and corporate practices, we are the natural choice for those looking for coordinated advice on both their business and personal affairs. We advise high-net-worth individuals and their family businesses on a full range of matters including designing and administering their estates, tax planning and succession planning, charity and philanthropy, family offices, immigration, private banks and private client disputes.