Practices

Corporate M&A

 

Symbio law firms currently operate in five distinct markets in the CEE region with a strong focus and emphasis on our leading expertise – mergers and acquisitions – in each one of them. M&A plan represents one of the core legal services provided by our members with the aim to pursue the highest quality and efficiency possible for any project presented by their clients. Symbio’s M&A practice includes a wide variety of traditional and one-of-a-kind M&A transactions in the fields of private equity and venture capital, private mergers, and acquisitions, and public takeovers joint-ventures and corporate restructurings.

All members of NGL Symbio have significant experience in advising their clients on M&A projects not only in their home jurisdictions but also within the European context. All our members also belong to the top tier of the M&A practitioners in their respective markets.
Our lawyers are regularly ranked among the most recommended professionals in their field of expertise. As an independent local law firm alliance, NGL Symbio merges a strong individual approach and local know-how of its members with mutual cross-border support and knowledge sharing.

The combination of local-oriented expertise with significant global skills provides the clients of the NGL Symbio network with a unique take on legal services where the approach and commitment of a local firm are supplemented with a multinational law firm’s means and capabilities.

Services we can offer:

  • Title investigations and due diligence
  • Private equity and venture capital
  • Private and public takeovers and mergers
  • Joint-ventures
  • Foreign investments
  • Corporate restructuring, spin-offs, and divestment
  • Corporate governance
  • Privatisation
  • Distressed and opportunistic M&A

Our services are always tailored to the client’s specific needs to provide the most efficient and high-quality solutions.

 

Key aspects of Shareholders’ Agreements in CEE

There are certain considerations all shareholders should think about when contemplating putting a Shareholders’ Agreement in place. This article examines a few of the key issues to consider and a checklist of questions to keep in mind and is intended to act as a guidance tool to make obtaining legal advice a more cost-effective, more efficient and less intimidating process.

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Team Leaders

Martin Kluch

Partner, Slovakia

Teodora Motatu

Partner, Romania

Team size

If you are interested in our Corporate M&A group, please contact the team leaders.