Selected recipients for distributed medicines
Wholesale distributors are authorized to supply human medicines fully or partially reimbursed from Slovak public health insurance (categorized medicines) solely to pharmacies (public or hospital), and to other wholesale distributors exclusively for the purpose of delivery of the medicines to pharmacies for ambulances, providers of emergency medical services and the armed forces.
Reintroduction of withholding tax for dividends
Dividends paid to individuals from the profit reported for the periods starting as of 1 January 2017, will be subject to a withholding tax of 7%, which can be reduced under a double tax treaty.Payment of dividends to a legal entity established in a country having a double tax treaty with Slovakia will further remain […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS advised YCE Housing I Ky with respect to two new residential developments in Bratislava
The PETERKA & PARTNERS Bratislava office advised YCE HOUSING (a member of Vicus Capital Advisors, a Finnish fund managing real estate investment and development funds) in relation to the development of two residential projects in Bratislava, including the drafting of all the contractual documentation for the acquisition, construction and sale of the units to the […]
Advising KRM Retail (Slovakia) with respect to two new retail leases in Slovakia
The PETERKA & PARTNERS Bratislava office advised KRM Retail (Slovakia) (a member of ECCO Group) in relation to the lease of retail premises in prestigious commercial centres, including review of the future lease agreement, lease agreement and other related documents (the project value was approximately EUR 150k for the first lease and EUR 500k for […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS recognized in Law Firm of the Year 2017 competition in Slovakia
The Bratislava office of PETERKA & PARTNERS has been recognized in the domestic competition “Law Firm of the year 2017 in Slovakia” organized by the weekly publication Trend in partnership with EPRAVO.SK as a recommended law firm in the Development Projects and Real Estate practice area. For more details please click on this link.
Advising Constellium with respect to lease of new production facility in Slovakia
The PETERKA & PARTNERS Bratislava office is advising Constellium, a global producer of aluminium semi-products, in relation to the lease of a new production facility in Slovakia. The scope of services includes review of the future lease agreement, lease agreement and other related documents, as well as the establishment of a new local SPV.
Collective Dismissal in the European Union
On 17 May 2017, the book Collective Dismissal in the European Union. A Comparative Analysis, edited by Roberto Cosio, et al., and published by Kluwer Law International was presented in Rome at the Supreme Court of Cassation. Pavol Kundrik, Leader of the Labour Law at PETERKA & PARTNERS, contributed to the book with a chapter […]
Amendment to the Act on Collective Bargaining in Slovakia
Amendment to the Act on Collective Bargaining in Slovakia – A new amendment to the Slovak Act on Collective Bargaining (effective from 1 September 2017) returns the possibility of extending a “representative” higher collective agreement to other employers (which were not party to such agreement) doing business in the same economic sector/industry. This means that […]
Reintroduction of withholding tax for dividend
Dividends paid to individuals from the profit reported for the periods starting as of 1 January 2017, will be subject to a withholding tax of 7% that can be reduced under double tax treaty.Payment of dividends to a legal entity established in a country having double tax treaty with the Slovak Republic will further remain […]