HAVEL PARTNERS’ transaction team, which is the largest and most experienced in Central Europe with almost 80 lawyers, has been expanded by the inclusion of Róbert Petrán as senior associate. In the advisory group, thanks to which the firm has long been at the forefront in the number of completed transactions in the Czech, Slovak and Central European legal markets, Róbert will specialise primarily in acquisitions, group reorganizations and the arrangement of relations between partners and shareholders.
“Transaction advising has been our flagship since the establishment of our firm in 2001. Since then, we have been offering our clients services at the highest level thanks to the systematic development of professional know-how and a team of top lawyers. I am pleased that it will now be joined by Róbert Petrán, who gained almost ten years of experience in major law firms, including an international firm from the Big4 network,” comments Jaroslav Havel, the firm’s founder and managing partner.
Last year was very important for HAVEL & PARTNERS in terms of mergers and acquisitions. “We completed a record number of transactions, and in addition to our continued success in international rankings, we also became the best law firm in the M&A category in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. I believe that we will build on these successes in the future,” Havel adds.
Róbert Petrán earned his master’s degree in law at the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava and subsequently successfully passed the bar exam in Slovakia. Prior to joining HAVEL & PARTNERS, Róbert worked as a lawyer specialising in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate law, and contract law. He has advised several major national and foreign companies from various industries and been involved in a number of group reorganizations, mergers and demergers, including legal due diligence of companies, as well as the completion of transactions themselves, whether on the part of sellers or buyers.
