In the 12th annual Law Firm of the Year 2024 competition in Slovakia, the largest Czech-Slovak law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS received the main award for International Law Firm for the third time in a row, and also won the Competition category. In other 14 categories, the firm was ranked among highly recommended and recommended law firms. The results thus confirm the high level and exceptional comprehensiveness of the services, which is also underlined by winning in the Czech Law Firm of the Year competition, where HAVEL & PARTNERS won the Best Domestic Law Firm and the Best Client Service categories in 2023. With a total of more than five dozen awards in the Czech and Slovak competitions in the past years, HAVEL & PARTNERS is the most successful and most comprehensive law firm in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
“Our firm has confirmed its exceptional position on the Slovak and Czech legal markets, which is also unique in Europe. Winning the main award in the International Law Firm category for the third time in a row confirms that thanks to our profound knowledge of the legal and business environment, comprehensive services and a unique international reach we are able to complete and manage cross-border transactions and projects anywhere in the world. We also want to significantly expand our international support for our clients and as the only law firm from the CEE region we are opening our direct representation office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on 1 May 2024,” commented Jaroslav Havel on the winning.
HAVEL & PARTNERS Competition advisory group with nearly three dozen top lawyers and economists once again confirmed its exceptional position on the Slovak market by winning the award in the Competition category for the third time in a row in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition.
The team, led by partner Robert Neruda, former Deputy Chairman of the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, and partner Lenka Štikova Gachová, is one of the most experienced and respected in the CEE region. With a unique combination of legal and economic know-how and extensive practical experience, HAVEL & PARTNERS offers clients comprehensive solution in the field of protection of competition and regulatory. “Winning this category for the third time in a row is a great recognition of our work and commitment to providing our clients with the highest quality services in the field of competition law,” said Robert Neruda, partner at HAVEL & PARTNERS.“We are proud of our team, which is one of the most experienced and reputable in the CEE region, and we thank our clients for their trust,” added partner Lenka Štiková Gachová.
HAVEL & PARTNERS’ team of competition law experts is characterised by a unique combination of extensive legal and commercial knowledge with a close specialisation in clients' business. Thanks to this approach, when providing its services, the firm is able to meet the individual needs of its clients to the maximum extent possible.
Law Firm of the Year is a prestigious specialist competition evaluating the legal services of law firms active 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 TREND weekly. Find out more information here.
The official announcement of the results took place on 24 April 2024 at a gala dinner organised by the publishing house EPRAVO Group, s. r. o. in cooperation with the TREND weekly at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel in Bratislava.
