How to sell a business well. A (re)sell conference on selling companies.

  Last Thursday we managed to do something extraordinary. ✨ At our conference, we provided business owners with know-how from owners of “exited” companies, transaction advisors, M&A valuation specialists, tax and legal advisors as well as venture capital and private equity investors. In terms of numbers, we have packed decades of experience in selling and […]

That stablecoins are exempt from transaction tax is not entirely true. 👉

  I often now come across the view of some advisers that by using stablecoins for payments, the taxpayer will be exempt from transaction tax. Beware, this is not true in many cases ! Example: 📌 The SK company uses the services of an escrow provider; 📌 The SK company pays the invoice to the […]

How to avoid the financial transaction tax?

  Within the basic discourse on the FTT, it is possible to come across standard and, in principle, intuitive solutions such as: ✅ Paying larger amounts, ✅ paying with a company card, ✅ using cash, ✅ accounts at one bank, etc. Working with our clients regulated by financial market law, we have identified 3 superstructure […]

💡 WHAT IS THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN M&A AND FINANCIAL REGULATION?

  Although bank financing is the standard for M&A transactions, it is not the only option, with various regulated structures providing an alternative. Examples include loan or investment crowdfunding, bond financing or the creation of an investment fund. However, such structures pose a number of regulatory and legal challenges: 🔍 Is it possible to flexibly […]

📢 Gradual delisting of USDT in the EU by 31 March 2025

ESMA has finally issued a public statement on the provision of certain crypto-asset services in relation to non-MiCA compliant ARTs and EMTs. The activities of issuing, offering to the public, and seeking admission to trading of ARTs and EMTs (including, for now, USDT) have been regulated in the EU since 30 July 2024. In this […]

Financial transaction tax and Slovakia as a state governed by the rule of law

Financial transaction tax and Slovakia as a state governed by the rule of law Whatever you may think, but the Slovak Republic is a state governed by the rule of law (Constitution of the Slovak Republic) 📌! This sentence is not a propositional sentence. We do not evaluate it YES/NO. It is a norm. And […]

Slovak “investment company” vs foreign structures? These are topics that have been addressed much more frequently recently than would be appropriate from the perspective of Slovakia’s future

  Slovak “investment company” vs foreign structures? These are topics that have been addressed much more often recently than would be appropriate from the perspective of Slovakia’s future: ➡️ Moving (part of) the business for legal, practical and tax reasons; ➡️ Formation of foreign holdings; ➡️ Creating foreign investment structures;   The move abroad also […]