Financial regulation, Funds, Securities
How can we help?
We are expert advisors for financial (capital) market regulation, payment and investment services, financial intermediation, and financial market business.
We provide comprehensive legal and tax advice on securities issuance (shares, bonds), including the arrangement of the required corporate and investor documentation (securities prospectus) and communication with the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS).
As one of the very few legal and tax advisors in Slovakia, we have long been involved in the legal, tax, and accounting regulation of collective investments. We provide extensive tax and legal advice in setting up and establishing domestic and cross-border fund structures (EuVECA, SICAV) with a treatment of regulatory, tax, and accounting risks of fund establishment and operation. We represent clients in licensing and registration proceedings and supervisory reviews before the NBS. We´ve come out of the 2022 “Law Firm of the Year” awards as A Recommended Firm for Banking and Financial Advisory Services.
In June 2022, we organized the largest Slovak conference on the establishment and operation of investment funds. We organize webinars on establishing and operating funds, write eBooks and regularly publish in leading Slovak periodicals and media.
In financial regulation, fund advice and securities, we provide assistance primarily in:
- Legal and tax analyses and domestic and cross-border fund structure design;
- Establishment of domestic and cross-border fund structures (Alternative Investment Funds (AIF), Licensed Funds, EuVECA, SICAV);
- Legal and tax advice with regulatory, tax, and accounting risk treatment in the field of collective investment;
- AML advice;
- Advice on financial (capital) market regulation, payment and investment services, financial intermediation, and financial market business;
- Legal and tax advice on securities issuance (shares, bonds);
- Taxation of sale of shares, stock, and other capital income; and
- Representation in licensing and registration proceedings and supervisory reviews before the NBS.
OUR COURSES AND TRAINING
- How can I (efficiently) tax income from securities, derivatives, or cryptocurrencies? Can I avoid taxation altogether?
- Want to get paid through the company, legally and tax-efficiently, as a partner? There are multiple options.
- Is it better to buy an apartment/chalet/securities as a natural or legal person?
- Is a trade license or LLC better for me? What about social insurance contributions? Can I, as a self-employed person, invoice my own company?
- Scaling business abroad, using offshore companies. Can I pay 0% tax abroad?
- How can I prepare a company for a sale or investor entry?
- What are the available and effective options for external Company financing?
- How can I negotiate a good term sheet with an investor?
- What should I watch out for when preparing a shareholders' agreement?
- What are the shareholder dispute resolution options?
- What are the options and advantages of different forms of employee stocks and shares (ESOPs)?
Law & Tax
Tomáš Demo
tomas.demo@highgate.sk
Accounting
Peter Šopinec
peter.sopinec@highgate.sk
Crypto
Peter Varga
peter.varga@highgate.sk
