SLOVENIA
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JF ULL SERVICE LAWYER OF THE YEAR - ALEŠ ROJS - MANAGING PARTNER, LAW FIRM ROJS, PELJHAN, PRELESNIK & PARTNERJI
The law firm Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & partners was established in 1989. Today the law firm is probably the largest Slovenian law firm in terms of the number of fully qualified attorneys specializing in commercial and corporate law and providing services solely to legal entities (companies, governments, financial institutions). The firm’s headquarters are located in Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. Among firm’s clients are the biggest Slovenian companies from the insurance sector, state owned company for building Slovenian motorways as the biggest investor in Slovenia, construction companies, several domestic and foreign investment and commercial banks, leasing companies, industrial corporations, domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies, trade associations, state and private owned funds. The law firm can render services in Slovenian, English, German, French, Italian, Serb and Croat language. The law firm is continuously ranked as a Tier 1 firm and as a Slovenian market leader by all the leading legal rankings. The core of the firm’s business are following practice areas: M&A, joint ventures, due diligence, litigation and dispute resolution, capital markets transactions, banking, general corporate practice, competition law, labour law, construction, public procurement, real estate transactions, insolvency law. Our M&A team led by Ales Rojs has developed recognized expertise in the full range of merger and acquisition transactions. The firm acts for purchasers, sellers and financial advisors in stock and asset deals, mergers, takeovers, restructuring and joint ventures, both Slovenian and crossborder. Some of the recent transactions are advising Agrokor d.d., the largest private company in Croatia and one of the leading regional companies in its continued pursuit of acquisition of Slovene based retailer Mercator (the leading retailer in Slovenia and one of the leading retailers in South-East Europe) and advising XXXLutz in acquisition of Lesnina, the leading Slovenian furniture retailer. The firm’s banking and finance team provides first class service in finance and banking matters. The firm’s work has previously extended to advising in
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complex transactions, including acquisition and project finance, loan & other debt (re)structuring, collateralization, collection, enforcement, representation in insolvency proceedings, advising with regard to regulatory environment, providing banking, investment and payment services to Slovenia on cross-border basis and under various EU directives, forex trading services and hedge funds. In an absence of a standard ISDA netting opinion for Slovenia, the firm also issue local netting and collateral opinions with respect to the ISDA Master Agreement and relevant opinions on the FOA Master Agreement. Banking, finance and capital markets department is led by partner Grega Peljhan who is assisted by partner Bojan Sporar. The firm is currently acting for the originator, arranger and co-arranger in a EUR 500 million securitization deal (this being the first traditional securitization deal, involving true-sale of receivables, in Slovenia. The firm’s competition team is led by partner Tomaz Ilesic and has advised clients in some of Slovenia’s most complex merger clearance processes and in relation to various abuse of dominance and restrictive agreements’ proceedings. The firm is currently representing a major Slovenian company in antitrust proceedings before European Commission. The firm’s litigation department led by partner Matija Testen regularly represents clients in commercial disputes arising from various business transactions on behalf of domestic and foreign corporate clients. The law firm is representing a great variety of clients, including companies from insurance sector, construction companies, several investment and commercial banks, foreign and domestic leasing companies, industrial corporations, domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies, local communities including the City of Ljubljana, and various other companies, in disputes with value of the dispute commonly over EUR 1 million (and in some cases over EUR 50 million). The firm is representing the largest Slovenian financial leasing company in approximately 60 various ligation and insolvency cases (in some cases with value over EUR 50 million) and is currently representing a major Slovenian company in ICC arbitration proceeding (with value of a dispute about 30 million EUR).
Ales Rojs Managing Partner Law firm Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & partners Tivolska cesta 48, SI-1000 Ljubljana T + 386 1 23 06 750 F + 386 1 43 25 123 E info@rppp.si www.rppp.si