Slovakia: an emerging business destination on the Danube

Foreward by Andrew Chilvers During the past two decades the key nations of Central and Eastern European (CEE) have grown significantly following moves to liberalise their economies. On average Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, to name a few, increased their per capita GDP by 115% between 2004-2020. Employment was at its lowest […]

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Andrea Vasilova of VASIL & Partners participated in The Art of Deal Making: Using External Expertise Effectively

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often the conventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get […]

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Andrea Vasiľová participates in the IR Global Guide – A Jurisdictional Guide to Opening a Foreign Bank Account

Foreward by Andrew Chilvers For companies and individuals looking to move into new jurisdictions for business opportunities, setting up a bank account is a crucial part of the process. But this is never as straightforward as it seems. In all countries, banks are obliged to crack down on fraud and any potential financial scullduggery. As […]

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Andrea Vasiľová participates in the IR Global Disputes Virtual Series – COVID-19: Unprecedented Times, Desperate Measures

Foreward by Andrew Chilvers The coronavirus pandemic has caused governments across the world to take measures that impact the movement of people rarely if ever, seen in peacetime before. Understandably, this has adversely affected businesses and created a host of employment law issues in every country. When the first case of coronavirus – or COVID-19 […]

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Company Formations: A jurisdictional guide to setting up a business

QUESTION ONE – What are the most common structures used when international clients want to form a company in your jurisdiction? Any examples? The most common structures used when international clients want to form a com­pany in Slovakia are the limited liability company joint stock company and a branch of a foreign entity, which however […]

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Meeting of IR Global Colleagues: Maurizio Ruben Visits VASIL & Partners

Here we see Maurizio Ruben (right) of CDR e Associati visiting Andrea Vasiľová (left) of VASIL & Partners at her Bratislava office, on 23/11/2018. He was welcomed into their office on Friday 23rd November, where they did sightseeing of Bratislava Friday afternoon, and the next day they went to the countryside for a wine tour […]

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Andrea Vasiľová met with Dr. Csongor Buzády

Andrea Vasiľová recently travelled through Budapest and met with Dr. Csongor Buzády of Buzády & Udvari Law Firm, Hungary.  “We has a coffee together, Csongor showed me his office and we discussed his idea to connect with the colleagues from Czech Rep, Poland, Austria and Slovenia in order to prepare a brochure about doing business in […]

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