The largest Czech-Slovak law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS again won the award for the best client services in the 9th year of the Law Firm of the Year of the Slovak Republic for 2021 and also won the first place in the Mergers and Acquisitions category. In the other 10 categories in which it competed, it placed among the best-rated law firms. It has thus confirmed its exceptional position on the Slovak and Czech legal market, which is also unique in Europe, and continues to be the most successful and comprehensive law firm in both countries.

“The biggest reward for a lawyer is a satisfied client. The victory in the Best Client Services category, which was decided by the level of satisfaction of our clients, is the most important award for us and a message that clients are extremely satisfied with our legal and tax services, as well as client care. It is also an appreciation of the top expertise of our lawyers, high work commitment and willingness to help in all circumstances. Thanks to their extensive experience and unique know-how, our law firm’s lawyers and tax advisors are able to effectively and successfully implement all individual client requirements,” said the firm’s founder and managing partner Jaroslav Havel.

HAVEL & PARTNERS also regularly receives awards in the category of client satisfaction in the Law Firm of the Year competition in the Czech Republic, and this year it has again achieved further success on the international scene. The prestigious British rating agency Chambers and Partners once again awarded it the best law firm operating in the Czech Republic in its international ranking of law firms Chambers Europe Awards. “I would like to thank our clients, because it is on the basis of their references that we have become the most popular law firm among clients both in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Our thanks to them is also for entrusting us with both their business and purely private matters with confidence and motivating us to move forward constantly. It is also a beautiful gift for us for our 20th anniversary, which we are celebrating this year,” added Havel.

For more than 10 years, HAVEL & PARTNERS has been the market leader in the provision of legal services in the field of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and throughout Central Europe. The victory in the Mergers and Acquisitions category is the result of the firm’s systematically developing know-how in the field of transaction advising in which it has been specialising since its establishment in 2001.

Thanks to a unique network of contacts, the largest M&A team in Central Europe, consisting of 80 lawyers and 17 partners, and cross-border transactions, the firm has completed more than 750 transactions worth more than CZK 750 billion (EUR 29 billion) in the past fifteen years. “The year 2020 was very important for the firm in the area of mergers and acquisitions. We completed a record number of transactions, and in addition to our continued success in international rankings, we defended our position as the best law firm in the M&A category for the second time in a row in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition in the Czech Republic and now we managed to achieve the same in Slovakia. I also consider the triumph in the field of M&A in both countries to be a unique success and a confirmation of the growing position of our firm on the Slovak market,” added Jaroslav Havel. “We thank our clients for their trust they put in us to address strategic issues in the area of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations of companies that have a significant impact on their future business.” added Ondřej Majer, a firm’s partner co-responsible for M&A.

Based on the results of all previous years of the competition, HAVEL & PARTNERS is still the most successful and comprehensive law firm in Slovakia and the Czech Republic in terms of the total number of all nominations and titles. “These excellent results prove our versatility and the top quality of all our specialised teams, which I perceive as our great competitive advantage,” commented Jaroslav Havel on the overall results of the competition.

Law Firm of the Year is a prestigious professional competition evaluating the legal service of law firms operating in the Czech and Slovak Republics, organized by the publishing house EPRAVO Group, s.r.o. It was first announced in the Czech Republic in 2008, and since 2013 it has also been organised in Slovakia in cooperation with TREND weekly. For more information, click here.