As the largest Czech-Slovak law firm, HAVEL & PARTNERS was honoured at the 13th annual Law Firm of the Year competition in Slovakia, where it claimed the top spot in the International Law Firm category for the fourth consecutive year. It also won first place in the Competition category for the fourth time and triumphed in the Mergers & Acquisitions category. In other 14 categories, the firm was ranked among highly recommended and recommended law firms, further underscoring the high quality and exceptional comprehensiveness of its services. These achievements are complemented by the firm’s success in the Czech Law Firm of the Year competition, where it won the Best Domestic Law Firm and the Best Client Service categories for the fifth consecutive year in 2024. With a total of more than five dozen awards in Czech and Slovak competitions in previous years, HAVEL & PARTNERS stands as the most successful and comprehensive law firm in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

“Winning the main award in the International Law Firm category for the fourth consecutive year confirms our ability to provide comprehensive international support for Czech and Slovak law firms. Our unique know-how of the legal and tax environment, combined with our international reach, makes us a reliable partner anywhere in the world. Last year, we became the first law firm from the CEE region to establish a direct presence in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Moreover, ONE FAMILY OFFICE, a new multi-family office established in cooperation with HAVEL & PARTNERS, adds a new and even more global dimension to our international support,” commented Jaroslav Havel, Managing Partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS.

The Competition team at HAVEL & PARTNERS, comprising nearly thirty top lawyers and economists, is one of the most experienced, largest, and fastest-growing practices not only in Slovakia and the Czech Republic but also in the entire CEE region. This year, the team secured its fourth consecutive victory in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition in the Competition category.

“Over the past three years, we have significantly strengthened our local presence in Slovakia. With a team of five experienced colleagues, we can handle even the largest projects and the most demanding clients. This victory is the result of the efforts of all our colleagues who contributed to providing competition law advice in Slovakia, and the clients who trusted us last year,” said Partner Lenka Štiková Gachová.

Partner Robert Neruda added: “As the only law firm in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, we offer clients a combination of legal and economic advice in competition law matters. We possess unique know-how utilised by more than 190 local and international clients, to whom we are deeply grateful for their trust.”

In addition to the main award for International Law Firm and the victory in the Competition category, HAVEL & PARTNERS also won the Mergers & Acquisitions category at this year’s Law Firm of the Year competition. “We thank our clients for their trust in us to handle strategic issues in mergers, acquisitions, sales, and company reorganizations, which have a significant impact on their future business and expansion abroad,” said Ondřej Majer, Partner responsible for M&A in Slovakia. “Thanks to our unique international network of contacts and our recent direct representation in Frankfurt, we can now execute and manage cross-border transactions practically anywhere in the world,” added Ondřej Majer.

The transaction team, providing comprehensive advice on mergers and acquisitions, comprises more than 80 lawyers, making it the largest and most experienced in Central Europe. The team consistently ranks among the top in the number of transactions completed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Central Europe.

Law Firm of the Year is a prestigious industry competition evaluating the legal services 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 held in Slovakia in cooperation with the weekly TREND. Find out more information here.

The awards ceremony took place on 9 April during a grand gala evening organised by EPRAVO Group, s.r.o. in cooperation with the weekly TREND at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel in Bratislava.