The sale of a company or the entry of an investor is often a key milestone in the lives of business owners and founders. Despite years of experience in the operations and day-to-day management of a business, many seasoned business owners do not have the practical experience or information they need to prepare for the process of selling (or investing in) a business, how the transaction process works, what they most often fail at, or what their options are for tax optimization of their proceeds from the sale of the business. The value of the business, the amount and structure of the payment of the purchase price for the interest, as well as the scope of representations and warranties and the related liability of the owners for the condition of the business at the time of sale, are some of the key considerations in the sale of an interest to a buyer or investor.
The aim of the conference is to provide both business owners (sellers) and potential investors (buyers) with answers to the above key tax, legal and practical issues related to the process of selling and raising capital in Slovak companies in a practical way. The conference is primarily intended for owners (founders), CEOs, CFOs of companies and investors. For capacity reasons, the organizer prefers this group of interested participants and reserves the right to refuse registration of participants outside the above group.
Tomáš Demo worked for five years for the Bratislava office of Allen & Overy, a leading global law firm, where he focused on cross-border and local mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate law and litigation. Tomas is a co-founder and partner of Highgate Group, with a primary focus on M&A, private equity and venture capital investments. Tomáš has more than 15 years of transactional legal experience, having acted as legal counsel representing both sellers and buyers (investors) in more than 120 transactions in the Slovak market. He also advises clients on due diligence of target companies and assists in setting up relationships between shareholders through shareholders' agreements. He regularly publishes on the sale of and investments in Slovak companies.
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Tatiana Ondrejková founded ITC Travel at the age of twenty, which she transformed four years later. This is how the travel agency Pelikán was founded, in which she has a half share today. She changed a lot on the market, as at that time it was the first agency that sold tickets online. Today, the company operates in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Germany and Austria in addition to Slovakia. T. Ondrejková is also behind the online fashion channels Topánkovo, Saxana, Botovo and the portal for fitness enthusiasts Instagym. In 2023, she acquired the Dubai.sk portal and through the Aeroventures platform, she and her colleagues are trying to help startups financially. She also recently announced the co-founding of Gluon Syndicate, an angel investor club that will likewise specialize in seed investments in startups and early stage companies.
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Peter Varga worked for five years in the Bratislava office of a major international law firm 大成 Dentons, where he advised clients on cross-border financing and international tax law. Peter is a co-founder and partner of Highgate Group, where he specializes primarily in transactional tax advice and creating efficient tax and legal structures for Slovak and international clients, including in the areas of M&A, private equity and venture capital investments. He also advises clients on setting up Slovak and cross-border investment funds and represents clients in proceedings before the National Bank of Slovakia and the Financial Administration. He regularly lectures, writes articles and also participates as an advisor in several legislative projects.
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Miroslav Talian is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), an international professional organization in the field of accounting, and has completed a course in corporate finance at the Harvard Extension School. During his practice at KPMG (since 2009), he first worked in the Audit Department, where he provided audit services for small and medium-sized enterprises in accordance with the Slovak Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards. Subsequently, he became part of the Deal Advisory team, where as a Director he leads a team of professionals advising on the seller's or buyer's side. He has gained experience related to financial due diligence on projects in various industries including automotive, energy, agriculture, manufacturing and FMCG.
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After graduation, Karol Balco worked at KPMG for 4 years as an analyst in the transaction advisory department, where he specialized in company valuation, financial modelling and M&A projects. Subsequently, he worked directly with shareholders in Matador Group for 2 years, where he assisted in key M&A and strategic projects. He was responsible for the regular valuation of companies in the Group's portfolio for strategic and performance management purposes. After leaving Matador, he worked for 2 years in Austria as a manager in a Big4 company. In February 2020 he returned to KPMG in Slovakia and currently holds the position of Director and leads the Valuation and Financial Modelling Department.
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Boris Kostík is a partner of WOOD & Company for Slovakia. He is responsible for investment decisions and management of the firm's portfolio. His agenda includes strategic advisory in private equity as well as mergers and acquisitions. He also specializes in financial modeling, business valuation, due diligence and strategic decision-making during the corporate life cycle. He also serves as an Investment Director at Eterus Capital, a fund that focuses on private equity financing for growth-stage companies that have completed proof of concept.
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Michal Rybovič studied business management at the Technical University in Zvolen and law at the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. He has more than 10 years of experience in M&A and has been involved in dozens of acquisitions primarily in the IT and telecommunications sectors. He has been a partner of Sandberg Capital since 2016.
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Daniel Gašpar is Managing Partner at Crowdberry, the most famous Slovak investment platform. He also focuses on growth capital investments for SMEs. He brings to Crowdberry more than 15 years of industry, acquisition advisory and investment banking experience from home and abroad. He has worked at NIBC Bank in Germany, Kaufman Bros. investment bank in New York, and also at Daimler AG and BASF AG. In Slovakia, he co-founded the investment advisory company EWAMCo.
inMiesto: Grand Hotel River Park
Speaker: Tomas Demo (Highgate Group)
Speaker: Peter Vagra (Highgate Group), Tomas Demo (Highgate Group)
Speaker: Miroslav Talian (KPMG), Tomas Demo (Highgate Group)
Speaker: Karol Balco (KPMG)
Speaker: Tomas Demo (Highgate Group)
Moderator: Tomas Demo (Highgate Group)
Panelisti: Boris Kostík (WOOD & Company), Michal Rybovič (Sandberg Capital), ,
Moderator: Tomas Demo (Highgate Group)
Speaker: Tatiana Ondrejková (Pelikan.sk), Daniel Gašpar (Crowdberry)
Speaker: Peter Varga (Highgate Group)
Unlimited access to lectures throughout the day
Refreshments
Joint networking lunch
Limited number of tickets
Limited time sale of discounted Early Birds tickets
Unlimited access to lectures throughout the day
Refreshments
Joint networking lunch
Limited number of tickets
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