Slaughter and May
A leading international law firm
We are a leading international law firm recognised throughout the business community for our ability to help our clients realise and develop commercial opportunities. We have a diverse and extensive international practice advising on the full range of commercial, M&A, financing, competition, dispute resolution, regulatory and other matters. We have substantial experience of working in Central and Eastern Europe and the wider region, encompassing many different sectors and types of transactions.
A genuinely global, world-class response
We provide a cross-jurisdictional legal service through our own offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong and Beijing and by working in close collaboration with market-leading firms from around the world. We share with these firms a culture of excellence and an absolute commitment to making a difference for our clients.
Together, we believe we can offer the most incisive advice available, no matter how complicated the issue, and at the same time provide value for money.
Act Legal
Europe’s fast-growing legal powerhouse
With a team of over 350 lawyers spread across 11 European offices including Amsterdam, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Frankfurt, Milan, Paris, Prague, Sofia, Vienna, and Warsaw, act legal is acting beyond borders for legal excellence.
Our mission is simple: to provide you with a one-stop solution for efficient and top-quality legal advice. At act legal, we offer a broad service portfolio encompassing all the services you expect, coupled with specialized knowledge at the highest level. What sets us apart is our unique footprint, offering the service profile of a large international law firm combined with the efficient structures of mid-size law firms.
Our team comprises experienced professionals, many of whom have additional qualifications in business administration. This blend of legal and business expertise enables us to offer strategic advice that transcends the standard legal framework. We pride ourselves on being forward thinkers, staying ahead of industry trends, predicting future ones, and adapting our legal advice accordingly.
At act legal, we prioritize delivering clear and actionable conclusions and recommendations, saving you both time and money. No legalese, just straightforward guidance to enable swift business decisions.
Addleshaw Goddard
Welcome to Addleshaw Goddard – an international law firm, almost 250 years in the making. We’re trusted by over 3000 major organisations, including 51 FTSE 100 companies, to solve problems, deliver deals, defend rights, comply with regulations and mitigate risk.
Our work spans more than 50 areas of business law, paving the way to deliver the best possible outcomes for clients across multiple industries. Appointed time and again, we help them do business, operate and grow – effectively and safely – in over 100 countries worldwide. And while the challenges our clients bring us may vary, we approach and solve them with the same, single-minded focus: finding the smartest way to achieve the biggest impact.
From the work we do to the culture we foster and the partnerships we form, every last part of Addleshaw Goddard is driven by three core values: quality, imagination, and impact. We welcome everyone, support people to achieve their full potential, and always seek smart ways to have a positive impact – for our clients, colleagues, and communities around the world.
Musat & Asociatii
We turn our knowledge into value for your business. 30 years of extensive expertise in the challenging Romanian market. Muşat & Asociaţii’s name stands for the highest level of expertise and commitment in assisting clients in business matters. For 30 years, Muşat & Asociaţii has provided legal advice for the most dynamic national and multinational private companies across various industries, as well as for state owned companies and the Romanian authorities.
Our diverse practice allows us to work for many major US and EU corporations investing or doing business in Romania, most of which are listed in the Fortune 500. The firm has been at the forefront of the country’s legal and business development, anticipating the evolving needs of its clients and it has also been involved in the largest transactions on the local market.
We pride ourselves on our impressive portfolio of mandates, always setting legal precedents and breaking new ground. Today, this unmatched experience in all areas of business law is put to the service of our clients. We focus on constantly developing value-added, tailor-made legal services, aimed at enabling our clients’ business progress in a legally sound environment.
Pontes
PONTES, established in 2004, is a legal network rooted in the culture of cooperation and results.
Our team’s distinctive competence lies in its ability to blend legal service with a level of regional insight generally not seen among international competitors.
Knowledge is the key to our excellence: addressing trends within the practice and bringing the best minds together. PONTES firms also benefit from a schedule of cross-border training events, staff secondment and quarterly roundtables.
PONTES the CEE lawyers cover most of the countries in the CEE region. Members´ offices are currently located in Vienna (Austria), Sofia (Bulgaria), Prague (Czech Republic), Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Warsaw (Poland).
We draw on in-depth knowledge acquired by leading international practices; a group of over 150 professionals delivering top-flight legal services clients can rely on, with experience in a range of practices including corporate/M&A, banking and finance, real estate, litigation and dispute resolution, contract, employment, energy and infrastructure, as well as insurance and capital markets.
PRK
PRK Partners is a leading Central European law firm based in Czechia and Slovakia that has helped clients achieve their business objectives for 30 years. Our team of more than 100 lawyers in Prague, Ostrava and Bratislava has unparallel experience and know-how that clients need to succeed in the Czech and Slovak business environment.
We are members of Lex Mundi, the leading global association of independent law firms. Our active collaboration with the best lawyers around the world gives us the capability to serve our clients’ needs wherever they may arise.
A cornerstone of our practice is repeatedly assisting leading international firms in servicing their needs in Czechia and Slovakia.
Most of our partners and senior lawyers have attended leading law schools in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Switzerland and elsewhere. Many have gained invaluable experience working at leading international law firms and institutions. Our legal team is fluent in more than 15 languages, which allows us to intricately understand our region’s business culture.
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