Legal Services

The company Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm (hereinafter referred to only as the “Ondrejka & Partners Law Firm“) offers his clients a comprehensive legal service primarily in the area of commercial law, civil law, criminal law, industrial law and family law including pleading one’s cause before courts and other public administration authorities, in arbitration proceedings, in business negotiations with contract parties as well as in extrajudicial settlements of disputes.

Commercial Law

The commercial law is a summary of legal regulations governing legal standing of entrepreneurs and relations entered by entrepreneurs during performance of their business activities. It is a significant legal regulation for their rights and obligations. The commercial law is a fundamental area of legal services rendered by the Ondrejka & Partners Law Firm. According to client´s needs we review wide range of commercial and legal relations, prepare contracts within area of commercial law such as purchase contracts, contracts for work, agency contracts, licensing agreements, transportation contracts, loan contracts, etc.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of commercial law primarily as follows:

  • Elaboration of legal analyses, statements and legal opinion and review of contractual relations;
  • Preparation and review of all contract types within commercial law;
  • Liability for damage, damages compensation, unjust enrichment;
  • Unfair competition;
  • Representing in legal disputes and litigations and arbitration proceedings.

Commercial Companies

Corporate law as a part of commercial law contains legal standards regulating legal status of entrepreneurs – legal entities. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services referring to commercial companies starting from their incorporation through business activities up to their dissolution in a form of liquidation or without liquidation. We perform changes in commercial companies such as extension of areas of business, reduction or increase of registered capital and transfer of stakes in business. We prepare documents and data for general assembly or meetings of management and supervisory bodies of commercial companies. We represent clients in proceedings before the Register of Companies, Central Depository, Trade Licence Office and Tax Offices. We dispose of guaranteed electronic signature and thanks to that the judicial fees for company registration and relevant changes are reduced by 50%.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of corporate law primarily as follows:

  • Establishing of commercial companies and relevant changes (limited liability company, public limited company or stock corporation, unlimited liability company, limited partnership company) and their organizational units, cooperatives, increase and reduction of registered capital;
  • Transfer of interest and participation in commercial companies (contracts of transfer of stakes in business, sale/purchase contracts of shares);
  • Merger, fusion and division of commercial companies;
  • Transformation of legal form of commercial companies;
  • Dissolution and liquidation of commercial companies and their organizational units;
  • Representing of companies in their bodies and chairing of general assembly;
  • Representing in registration proceedings before the Register of Companies or Central Depository of Securities of the Slovak Republic;
  • Preparation and review of contracts within the area of corporate law (manager contracts, agreements to hold an office or position);
  • Legal audit of companies.

Enforcement of Receivables

Claim enforcement is a significant part of the Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm activities. We review client´s legal relations and claims applied and consequently we file actions at general or arbitration courts. Our Law Firm renders comprehensive legal services regarding transactions with claims and receivables including all pertaining legal acts (assignment of a debt, security of debts via security interest and right of lien, etc.) As a standard procedure we provide the analysis of enforcement or efficient assessment of a claim as soon as possible and review how demanding is financial procedure and time of enforcement.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of claims enforcement primarily as follows:

  • Analyses and proposals for optimum satisfaction of claims;
  • Representation of creditors and implementation of their rights to pledged assets;
  • Counselling for assignment of debts and elaboration of relevant contract documents;
  • Negation with debtors in person.

Lawsuits

Despite the endeavour of people to avoid a lawsuit and to settle a dispute in extrajudicial procedure, the lawsuits are part of our life. Lawsuits belong to general agenda of the Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm. We offer our rich practical experiences with documentation necessary to file petitions at competent courts and representation of clients in all mentioned areas of law before all judicial institutions in the Slovak Republic.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of lawsuits primarily as follows:

  • Elaboration of legal analyses and opinions and review of contract relations;
  • Preparation for legal petition and filing of actions;
  • Filing of remedies;
  • Judicial settlements, extrajudicial settlement of disputes.

Civil Law

Everyday life brings a legal basis for numerous civil-legal relations. Neighbours disputes, damage and enforcement of damage compensation, termination or settlement of community property of spouses or co-ownership – solution of all these issues are requested by our clients very often. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm prepare a wide range of contract types where we implement reliable legal mechanisms to protect rights and eligible interests of our clients. In the event the client rights are breached we take all necessary legal steps to protect our clients.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of civil law primarily as follows:

  • Elaboration of legal analyses and opinions and review of contract relations;
  • Preparation and assessment of all contract types within civil law;
  • Proprietary right – community property of spouses and co-ownership, its acquisition, duration and termination through extrajudicial proceedings or judicial proceedings;
  • Real rights to a thing of another person – right to pledge, easement, right of lien
  • Neighbours disputes;
  • Liability for damages, damage compensation, unjust enrichment;
  • Protection of an individual and his/her personal rights;
  • Consumer protection;
  • Representation in lawsuits and arbitration proceedings.

Family Law

Legal services pertaining to the relations that are governed by the family law are mostly applied to issues of divorces, support and maintenance obligations, duration and termination of maintenance duty of parents towards children as well as other types of maintenance obligations (spouse maintenance duty, support and maintenance duty between other relatives) The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm offers legal services during the procedure of negotiation to enter into agreement of support and maintenance and in the event of unsuccessful negotiation we provide representation also in court proceedings.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of family law primarily as follows:

  • counselling of marriage, divorce and representation in divorce proceedings;
  • preparation and review of contract documentation regarding settlement of community property of spouses;
  • consulting and representation of clients in seeking the rights for support and maintenance duty (maintenance);
  • consulting of regulation of visitation rights of parents with respect to their children;
  • acknowledgement and execution of foreign resolution or judgment in family matters (marriage, divorce, regulation of rights and obligations with respect to minors);
  • representation in adoption proceedings and in paternity determination or paternity denial proceedings.

Labour Law

The area of labour law is and integral part of any developing business entity and it relates to substantial number of inhabitants in Slovakia. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm provides the clients with a comprehensive legal consulting within the area of labour law; we prepare and review manager contracts, labour-legal contracts and other agreements that regulate position of employers and employees, remuneration methods and legal acts pertaining to employment termination including collective dismissals.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of labour law primarily as follows:

  • assessment of labour-legal relations, employers and employees claims and settlement of claims arising from labour-legal relations;
  • regulation of labour-legal and other relations with members of corporate bodies;
  • preparation and review of employment contracts and other agreements and legal documents;
  • preparation and review of internal organizational regulations of the employer;
  • elaboration of agreements on employment termination, dismissal by employer or by employee, immediate termination of employment and all types of contracts that are governed by the Labour Code (agreements of liability of employee to indemnify employer)
  • damage compensation
  • protection of employees and employers.

Law of Inheritance and Succession

The law of inheritance and succession consists of system of legal regulations that govern transfer of proprietary rights and obligations of a deceased person – legator to his/her legal successors. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services such as drafting of the will and instruments of disinheritance and representation of survivors and creditors during inheritance proceedings and disputes arising from such proceedings.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of law of inheritance primarily as follows:

  • drafting of wills and disinheritance instruments;
  • representation of survivors and creditors in inheritance proceedings and disputes arising from such proceedings.

Real Estates

Purchase and sale of real estates has been increased remarkably at present time. Real estates are one of the best and most stable form of long-term investments. Whether purchase of apartment of acquisition of real property of substantially higher value – it is always necessary to think about detailed verification of legal ad factual situation of relevant real estate and sufficient contractual security of the whole transaction. Each real property has its own history including all previous owners who owned or used or take care of the real property or encumber it with burdens in favour of third parties. To obtain detailed knowledge about legal situation of the real estate – it does not mean only to study the Document of Title, it is sometimes necessary to verify also preceding acquisition titles (contracts, inheritance certificates) and to examine previous owners of the real property. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders comprehensive legal services in the area of real property disposition with respect not only on legal aspects of property acquisition but we also take into account taxation and financial aspects of acquisition. We provide our clients with legal services with respect to various types of real property including residential projects, non-dwelling premises, industrial real estates and poly-functional real property. We also arrange settlement of ownership rights and obligations to real property, preparation of its documentation, preparation of documents for change of land type, merge and division of lots, etc.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of real-estate law primarily as follows:

  • review of relations to real estates;
  • preparation and assessment of contracts of ownership title transfer and lease contracts;
  • preparation of motions for registration in the Land Register;
  • consulting in the area of construction law;
  • building permit procedure and occupancy permit procedure;
  • application and enforcement of restitution claims;
  • representation of clients when seeking their rights to real property;
  • consulting within the land law and land associations.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring

The field of bankruptcy and restructuring is a dynamic area of law within the Slovak Legal Order. Economic and financial crisis has caused many problems. Wrong order or unpaid claim may have significant impact on business and economic situation; however the bankruptcy is not the only solution of such situation. With regards to bankruptcy and restructuring issues the Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services to creditors as well as to insolvent debtors in all phases of bankruptcy and/or restructuring proceedings. These legal services include preparation and filing of bankruptcy applications, representation of a client during preliminary hearings and at creditors meetings, elaboration of opinions to schedule resolution or eventual representation in incidental disputes, chairing of negotiations with client´s creditors and representation within judicial approval of restructuring.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of bankruptcy and restructuring primarily as follows:

  • preparation assessment and filing of motions of bankruptcy or restructuring permit;
  • motion of applied claims within bankruptcy and restructuring;
  • representation in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings (representation of creditors at creditors meeting and in creditors council)
  • consulting to debtors/insolvent debtors in the course of bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings;
  • consulting with regards to discharge from debts of an individual.

Distress and Execution

Distress or execution is based on enforced execution of judicial and other resolutions and it means a significant intervention into proprietary integrity of persons obliged by law. Executor is authorized to execute an enforced execution of judicial and other resolutions and for this purpose he/she is acknowledged as a public authority. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm is ready to render legal services within the area of distress and execution law such as preparation of execution motions, representation of entitled person or obliged person in execution proceedings as well as in applications for termination or suspension of execution.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of distress and execution law primarily as follows:

  • preparation and filing of motions for execution of resolution;
  • representation of entitled party in execution proceedings;
  • representation of person obliged by law in execution proceedings (filing of objections in execution proceedings, filing of motions for termination or suspension of execution)

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is an intangible type of property being a result of human thinking. This includes original ideas, themes, instructions and solutions how to change external and internal world of a man. The intellectual property law includes industrial rights, copyright and pertaining copyright law. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm ensure for its clients copyright protection and preparation of contract relations arising from using author´s work and art performances. We also prepare contracts of trademark transfer, licensing agreements and deeds of pledge, with consequent registration at the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of intellectual property law primarily as follows:

  • elaboration and review of licensing agreements and contract for work;
  • representation of clients when seeking rights arising from creative intellectual activity;
  • representation of clients within trademark registration procedure.

Criminal Law

Criminal law is a field of public law that provides protection of social interests defined in the Criminal Statute against unlawful activities; it defines a crime and limits conditions and pre-conditions of criminal liability, and punishment and protective measures, and it guides the relevant parties to fulfil statutory obligations and to maintain rules of common living. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal counselling within the area of criminal law including the defence and representation in all phases of criminal proceedings, preparation of complaints, applications for release from custody and seeking claims of an aggrieved party within criminal proceedings.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of criminal law primarily as follows:

  • consulting in the area of criminal law;
  • writing of motions and notification of suspicion of committing a crime;
  • defence and representing in all phases of criminal proceedings;
  • preparation of motions (writing of complaints, applications for parole release of convicted persons from prison, requests for release from custody)
  • seeking claims of aggrieved parties within criminal proceedings.

Administrative Law

Administrative law is a comprehensive field of our Legal Order; and without realizing it we meet the administrative law on every day basis in a form of filing applications at administrative authorities, paying fines or sanctions for delicts or pension assessment by the Social Security company. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services to its clients in all areas of administrative law especially wide range of administrative proceedings such as granting licences, permits granted by public authorities and approvals that are necessary for business activities or out-of-business activities including specific areas of environment protection.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of administrative law primarily as follows:

  • preparation of motions filed to administrative authorities;
  • representing in administrative proceedings;
  • administrative courts;
  • administrative delict proceedings;
  • compensation of damage caused by unlawful resolution or procedure of public administration authorities.

Constitutional Law

Constitutional law is the field of legal system regulating government or state power within the state, its functioning and organization on certain principles and it determines basic rules of relations between government or state power and citizens. Individuals and corporate entities enter into constitutional-legal relations especially with respect to election or as holders of human and civil rights that are often breached by public authorities. The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm acquired extensive experience in representing citizens and legal entities in the proceedings before the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic. Prior to preparation of a complaint to the Constitutional Court we prepare legal analysis whether it is possible, reasonable and purposeful to commence constitutional complaint proceedings before the Constitutional Court.
The Ondrejka & Partners, Ltd. Law Firm renders legal services within the area of constitutional law primarily as follows:

  • elaboration of legal analyses, opinions and review;
  • writing of constitutional complaint and representing in the proceedings before the Constitutional Court;
  • writing of complaints at the European Court of Human Rights and representing in the proceedings before this Court.

Deciding on what business activity suits you best is critical. Most frequently a prospective entrepreneur selects between acquiring a trading certificate of self-employed sole trader, or establishing a limited liability company. This depends predominantly on a number of partners; as business based on acquiring a natural person´s trading certificate may not be established with some other partners. The partner assumes only a limited liability equal to the amount of unpaid equity, while the sole trader’s liability is covered by his/her entire private property.

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The divorce of marriage is a major decision not only affecting the life of spouses but, predominantly, the life of their children. Closely connected with divorce, however, is the proceedings on adjusting the relations to the minors following the divorce of marriage. The divorce is only the first step; by contracting the marriage the community property of spouses is established; and thus property partition becomes often a key problem after divorce.

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The sooner the creditor starts to claim the due receivables from the debtor, the more likely it is that the effort is successful. The debtor may, by his/her steps, circumvent the enforcement of debt. The enforcement of debt by referring the case to courts is not always necessary. Unless a voluntary out-of-court settlement is reached, the debt may be set-off against the claim or assigned to a third person or secured by using any of the applicable securing instruments.

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Any transfer of real property is always accompanied with risk. The transfer of proprietary right, however, is not established by paying the purchase price but a resolution of a cadastral office on permission to registration to the Land Registry is required. Of great importance in this case is verifying the seller and his/her proprietary relationship to the real estate and technical condition of the real property and the fact whether the real property is not subject to any burdens.

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The constitutional complaint may be lodged by any person asserting the breach of his/her fundamental rights and freedoms; such complaint to be submitted within maximum two months following a lawful decision or advice note of a measure or notification of any other intervention. The proceedings before the Institutional Court is not subject to paying the judicial fees but the claimant must comply with the obligation of being represented by an attorney at law before the court.

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Ondrejka & Partners, s.r.o.
Law Firm
J. Kozáčeka 5
(INTERAUDIT Building)
960 01 Zvolen
Slovak Republic
Tel./fax: + 421 (0) 45 536 66 03
mobile phone: +421 (0) 918 727 187
e-mail:
www.akvo.sk