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Capital markets and investment legal and tax structures

We advise clients on the selection and structuring of various domestic and cross-border investment structures, both from a legal and tax perspective, and subsequently account for these structures. As part of our advisory services, we also represent clients in authorisation, registration and sanction proceedings before the National Bank of Slovakia.

Gibraltar: How a small state became a cryptocurrency superpower

In the 21st episode of the Highgate Talks podcast, Peter Varga of Highgate Group and Peter Howitt of Ramparts discuss how Gibraltar has become a ...

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:

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 ...

Crypto-assets (like BTC) in EuVECA or ELTIF portfolios❓

Crypto-assets (like BTC) in EuVECA or ELTIF portfolios❓ When the harmonised alternative investment funds legislation was approved and adopted, crypto-assets were still considered a marginal ...

Alternative investment funds investing in cryptoassets

Collective investment is an area of the financial sector, it can be argued, that has been less affected by the impact of new legislation on ...

Czech Republic has the first DLT infrastructure permit in the EU

The Czech Republic has the first DLT infrastructure licence in the EU. This is a big deal (see also my status for context: https://bit.ly/4h62w3B). The ...
Zakladanie fondov na Slovensku – malé investičné fondy

Setting up funds in Slovakia – small investment funds

Setting up a small investment fund in Slovakia may not be difficult in some cases. It is the subsequent management and distribution that can be ...

“Crypto” tokenization of securities has the potential to cheapen the capital market

“Crypto” tokenization of securities has the potential to make the capital market cheaper. In addition to the standard supporters of cryptos, the EU also thinks ...

The state is motivating small retail investors to choose less investor-safe solutions and destroying our capital market

Peter Varga was a guest on the Trend podcast with Ronald Izip, where he discussed the topic of regulations and taxation of various investment instruments ...
Peer to peer

Peer to peer platforms – legal and tax framework

The next installment in the Highgate Talks series looks at the legal and tax aspects of peer-to-peer platforms. The video podcast features a discussion between ...

AIFMD II and harmonisation of alternative investment funds providing credit

AIFMD II and the harmonisation of alternative investment funds providing credit. In April this year, the so-called AIFMD II entered into force, introducing changes primarily ...
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Gibraltar: How a small state became a cryptocurrency superpower

In the 21st episode of the Highgate Talks podcast, Peter Varga of Highgate Group and Peter Howitt of Ramparts discuss how Gibraltar has become a ...
Peer to peer

Peer to peer platforms – legal and tax framework

The next installment in the Highgate Talks series looks at the legal and tax aspects of peer-to-peer platforms. The video podcast features a discussion between ...

Investing in real estate through real estate funds

The topic of the eleventh episode of the Highgate Talks podcast is investing in real estate through real estate funds. In the podcast, our guest ...
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The state is motivating small retail investors to choose less investor-safe solutions and destroying our capital market

Peter Varga was a guest on the Trend podcast with Ronald Izip, where he discussed the topic of regulations and taxation of various investment instruments ...

Highgate Law & Tax and its double triumph in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition

Highgate Law & Tax has once again scored an outstanding success in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, where it has maintained its ...

Peter Varga on taxation of investment instruments at TA3 conference

Taxation of ETF funds , problems in the taxation of bonds, opportunities for tax optimisation, as well as common mistakes made by investors when taxing ...

Tomáš Demo on regulation of crowdfunding in Investujeme on TA3

Crowdfunding is an alternative form of funding for both charitable and entrepreneurial projects. It is a matching of the demand and supply of funds, where ...

Peter Varga at the NBS conference on the digitalisation of the capital market

In June 2023, the National Bank of Slovakia organised a very successful conference on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Bank of ...

Peter Varga on financial regulation and taxes at TA3 conference on investing

In November 2023, TA3 held its biggest conference to date. Various investment topics were discussed during the different panels. Peter Varga, who represented Highgate Group, ...

Conference on Real Estate – Taxes and Financing

In November, Highgate Group organised the largest ever business conference in Bratislava’s Grand Hotel River Park and Luxury Collection on the legal, tax and regulatory ...

Real Estate – Taxes and Financing Conference (Unique conference on fund and tax structures, crowdfunding, bonds, bank financing, etc.)

We welcomed more than 200 attendees to our largest conference to date, which focused on real estate financing through various regulatory and tax structures. We ...

Highgate Law & Tax named Tax Law Firm of the Year 2023

Highgate Law & Tax participated in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, the only one of its kind in Slovakia, which is attended ...

Tomáš Demo in an interview for SME on the issue of alternative funds, their establishment and management.

Who can set up an alternative fund in Slovakia and what does it entail? There is currently a growing interest in small investment funds. Although ...
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Real Estate – Taxes and Financing

Both small and larger Slovak or foreign investment funds investing in real estate enjoy constant high attention among Slovaks. However, in addition to setting up ...

Conference on the establishment and operation of investment funds

Small Slovak or foreign investment funds are gaining more and more attention among Slovaks. Thus, investment funds for real estate, securities, derivative operations, venture capital ...

Small funds in Slovakia and their distribution – a recording from the session of our big conference on regulatory and tax structures in real estate 2023

Video recording from the Real Estate - Taxes and Financing Conference. Panel: Malé fondy na Slovensku a ich distribúcia Presented by Peter Varga (Highgate Group) ...

Alternative Forms of Raising Capital from Investors and Investing in Foreign Real Estate – A Recording of a Breakout Session from our Big Conference on Regulatory and Tax Structures in Real Estate 2023

Video recording from the Real Estate - Taxes and Financing Conference. Panel: Alternatívne formy získavania kapitálu od investorov a investovanie do zahraničných nehnuteľností Presented by ...

Larger Real Estate Investment Trusts – a recording of a breakout session from our big conference on regulatory and tax structures for real estate 2023

Video recording from the Real Estate - Taxes and Financing Conference. Panel: Väčšie investičné fondy na nehnuteľnosti Presented by Peter Varga (Highgate Group) Panelists Pavol ...

Setting up funds abroad, taxation, regulation and distribution to Slovakia – a recording from the session of our big conference on regulatory and tax structures in real estate 2023

Video recording from the Real Estate - Taxes and Financing Conference. Panel: Zakladanie fondov v zahraničí, zdaňovanie, regulácia a distribúcia na Slovensku Presented by Peter ...

Real Estate Finance – a recording of a breakout session from our big conference on regulatory and tax structures in real estate 2023

Video recording from the Real Estate - Taxes and Financing Conference. Panel: Financovanie nehnuteľností Presented by Tomáš Demo (Highgate Group) Panelists Miroslav Hilčík (Wood & ...

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:

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 ...

Crypto-assets (like BTC) in EuVECA or ELTIF portfolios❓

Crypto-assets (like BTC) in EuVECA or ELTIF portfolios❓ When the harmonised alternative investment funds legislation was approved and adopted, crypto-assets were still considered a marginal ...

Czech Republic has the first DLT infrastructure permit in the EU

The Czech Republic has the first DLT infrastructure licence in the EU. This is a big deal (see also my status for context: https://bit.ly/4h62w3B). The ...

“Crypto” tokenization of securities has the potential to cheapen the capital market

“Crypto” tokenization of securities has the potential to make the capital market cheaper. In addition to the standard supporters of cryptos, the EU also thinks ...

AIFMD II and harmonisation of alternative investment funds providing credit

AIFMD II and the harmonisation of alternative investment funds providing credit. In April this year, the so-called AIFMD II entered into force, introducing changes primarily ...

For Occam Investments we have established the EuVECA Fund

For Occam Investments, we established the EuVECA fund (European Venture Capital Fund) – historically the second such fund in Slovakia. The fund infrastructure in Slovakia ...

The state prefers retail investors to invest through less secure investment structures and instruments

The State’s preference among retail investors is to invest through less secure investment structures and instruments. At least this is what we found out from ...

Last week we won Law Firm of the Year 2024

“Mrs. Wife after 3 kids pretty much killed it” (comment from a friend on the photo). …if she hadn’t “killed it”, we probably wouldn’t be ...

So what about the taxation of ETFs?

So what about the taxation of ETFs? The Financial Administration’s statement in 2021 scared perhaps all Slovak investors in ETF funds. It indicated that it ...

Capital markets law in Slovakia in 2024

Capital markets law in Slovakia in 2024 After the “legislative whirlwind” at the end of the previous parliamentary term, we are starting this year with ...
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  • Representing a client before the National Bank of Slovakia in the procedure for granting a licence for the management of alternative investment funds and foreign alternative investment funds up to obtaining a licence for an asset management company (AIFM);
  • Establishment of the first European Venture Capital Fund (EuVECA) in the V4 countries and its registration with the National Bank of Slovakia;
  • Representation of a management company (AIFM) in proceedings for authorisation to keep a separate register of book-entry units;
  • Representation of the client before the National Bank of Slovakia in the procedure for granting a permit to provide investment services (licensing procedure for a securities dealer);
  • Tax advisory services on the transfer of a Slovak investment fund to a Luxembourg structure for a larger Slovak financial group;
  • Establishment, registration with the National Bank of Slovakia and subsequent continuous legal, tax and accounting advice to several sub-limit alternative investment funds, including the establishment of several SICAV funds;
  • Representing a client in sanction proceedings before the National Bank of Slovakia in relation to unauthorised collective investment, both in the first instance (Financial Market Supervision Unit) and in the second instance (Banking Council);
  • Preparation of a tax-regulatory opinion for the Slovak Association of Asset Management Companies (SASS) in connection with the taxation of mutual funds in Slovakia;
  • Legal advisory services to foreign asset management companies (AIFM, UCITS managers) in setting up their distribution network and distribution of foreign alternative investment funds in Slovakia;
  • Tax advice to several financial institutions (asset management companies, payment institutions) in connection with the financial transaction tax;
  • Tax advisory services on taxation of so-called “redemption proceeds” from a Luxembourg investment fund for a well-known Slovak venture capital fund;
  • Tax advisory services in connection with the reorganisation of the regulated structure (AIFM + MIFID II) of a smaller foreign investment group, which has part of its management and several assets in Slovakia
  • Establishment of the second European Venture Capital Fund (EuVECA) in Slovakia and its registration with the National Bank of Slovakia;
  • Tax advice on taxation of income from Malta in the form of payments for redemption of so-called notes in a securitisation structure for a fund structure which had a number of Slovak investors;
  • Legal advisory services, including drafting complete documentation, on several private and public (with prospectus) bond offerings in Slovakia;
  • Legal advice to a crowdfunding platform on setting up its contractual documentation for arranging secured loans;
  • Tax and legal advisory services consisting in the analysis, design and structuring of several potential IPOs of Slovak companies on the Bratislava Stock Exchange;
  • Establishment of an independent financial agent;
  • Continuous tax and legal advice to the peer-to-peer platform in the conduct of its business and the potential overlaps of its activities into financial regulation;
  • Legal and tax assistance in establishing foreign fund structures for Slovak companies;
  • Drafting of AML documentation and ad hoc AML advice to obliged persons in the area of financial regulation;
  • Comprehensive legal, regulatory and tax advice on the creation of investor structures such as fund, bond, investment and other structures.

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Peter VargaPartner peter.varga@highgate.sk
Roman BaranecAdvocate roman.baranec@highgate.sk

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