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Under what circumstances can a self-employed person work as a sales clerk at a store in Eurovea? Today we organized another Highgate Group event in collaboration with SLOVCA—the Slovak Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. In addition to an excellent discussion with Juraj Hajš, director of the Trenčín Labor Inspectorate (watch our Highgate Talks on […]
Let’s not throw Slovakia in the trash. At our most recent Business Brunch on family businesses, Katarína Malová (Owner and CEO of WELLNESS & SPA HOTEL KASKADY) said during our discussion with Erika Madari Matwij (Founder of the Family Business Institute), she made an important point (I’m paraphrasing): “Running our business is getting more and […]
For 10 IT workers with a 5,000-euro invoice, there’s no problem—even a 1,000,000-euro penalty for the “Schwarz system.” I think everyone would intuitively agree that this isn’t fair. However, the law must primarily emphasize fairness in the process of its creation. After all, once Slovak law stipulates that the “tax” on capital gains is 45.4%, […]
Slovakia needs energy. There is no energy in Belarus. In the world of the Highgate Group, it’s about the energy that fills the gaps left by insufficient government action. Sometimes in the area of business automation. Other times, as in this case, in the area of filling interpretive gaps in the law. Together with Vladimíra […]
The government has approved a draft of the new Civil Code. However, it will not significantly help protect entrepreneurs’ property. The new code, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 7. The year 2027 brings several important changes—such as new provisions regarding inheritance and prenuptial agreements. However, one essential tool is missing: a private foundation […]
Selling a business isn’t just about the price. At least not primarily. In practice, I see the same thing over and over again—owners focus primarily on valuation but underestimate the process itself. And that’s often what makes the difference. In reality, the sale of a company has three critical phases: 1️⃣ Preparing a company for […]
Yesterday, we received the “Law Firm of the Year” award in the capital markets category for the third time. Over the past year and a half, this area in our country has been dominated primarily by licensing proceedings for the provision of cryptoasset services. Paradoxically, at a time when we are seeing clients move abroad, […]
In one “department” at the Highgate Group, we had a long-standing problem with employee turnover. In addition to problems on our end, the reasons for these departures included contemporary phenomena such as: 🔹 burnout; or 🔹 discomfort caused by the emphasis on performance (there are certainly more comfortable jobs these days) However, employee turnover represents […]
at least according to the financial report. 13.4. I will be giving a lecture on this topic as part of an event organized by the Slovak Chamber of Tax Advisors. I would like to offer a constitutional perspective on this issue, one that will take us in a direction (completely) different from that of the […]
