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Venture capital and M&A

We are legal, tax and accounting advisors in the field of M&A and private equity. We advise on venture capital investments in high-growth companies (startups). We provide transactional advice on legal, tax and accounting aspects for both sellers and buyers.

Many business owners approach the sale of their life’s work with surprising levity. They think all it takes is a few phone calls during their ...
Selling a business is not just about the numbers on the books. While most owners focus on financial metrics, the true value of a business ...
A successful startup needs more than just a good idea and ambition. It needs trust – and trust is hard to build, but easy to ...
Selling a business is not just a question of price. Many entrepreneurs think that they just need to find a buyer, agree on an amount ...
A legal audit is a necessary step when buying or selling shares in a company. This process will examine in detail the legal status and ...
How to deal with a crisis in a company? In an interview with Jaroslav Chrapko, the founder of Dedoles, and our partner Tomáš Demo, we ...
Selling or buying a business (M&A) is a complex process that can fundamentally affect the future of your company. Professional advice on M&A transactions will ...
A shareholders’ agreement is an essential part of any transaction involving the sale or purchase of a company. This document regulates the rights and obligations ...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are complex transactions that require precise planning, analysis and expert advice. Whether it’s expansion into new markets, raising growth capital or ...
In addition to the valuation, the second key condition of the sale is the amount of the purchase price and its payment. The amount of ...
How to deal with a crisis in a company? In an interview with Jaroslav Chrapko, the founder of Dedoles, and our partner Tomáš Demo, we ...
In addition to the valuation, the second key condition of the sale is the amount of the purchase price and its payment. The amount of ...
Highgate Law & Tax has once again scored an outstanding success in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, where it has maintained its ...
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 participated in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, the only one of its kind in Slovakia, which is attended ...
Our partner Tomas Demo was interviewed by Startitup on the topic of startups, investor requirements, buyers, common mistakes and best tips. Over the past 11 ...
Slovak startups are increasingly attractive to investors. What to prepare for if an investor enters the company? Slovakia is a country where a number of ...
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 ...
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 ...
We advise a large number of Slovak start-ups and existing digital and IT companies in the areas of law, tax and accounting. We have a ...
Video recording from the Real Estate - Taxes and Financing Conference. Panel: Financovanie nehnuteľností Presented by Tomáš Demo (Highgate Group) Panelists Miroslav Hilčík (Wood & ...
EBITDA OUR DAILY, GIVE US TODAY. When a company is sold, the purchase price is in most cases calculated through a transaction multiple of EBITDA ...
WE’VE GOT A BIT OF A PROBLEM HERE. IN THE VALUATION OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY. Recently, another case has come to us, which in ...
A PART OF SALES AND INVESTMENT IN SLOVAK COMPANIES FAILS IN PROCESS. I have been doing my internal statistics. We at Highgate Law & Tax ...
TRANSACTION ADVISORY FOR GENESIS GROWTH EQUITY FUND We provided comprehensive transaction advisory services to Genesis Growth Equity Fund on the acquisition of an 80% stake ...
HOW DO YOU PROTECT THE ASSETS AND BUSINESS BUILT UP OVER YEARS IN AN UNREFORMED COUNTRY ? We recently published our next podcast(https://bitly.cx/GPTln), where my ...
I HAVE A PARTNER IN MY COMPANY WHO ONLY “KNOWS” (dead equity). CAN I FIRE HIM? The situation when after years some partners at best ...
WITHIN SEVEN YEARS WE WANT TO BE THE LEADER IN THE SLOVAK TOOTH CLINICS MARKET 💪 These words were said to me almost a year ...
“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 ...
I WILL NEVER WORK ON A TRANSACTION LIKE THAT AGAIN! ..I said to myself in 2016, when I left Allen & Overy after the agreement ...
As a transactional lawyer, I am used to “burst” periods where we work two shifts in the last weeks and days before the signing/closing of ...
  • Comprehensive tax and legal transaction advisory services to the seller on the sale of a 90% stake in DETOX s.r.o., one of the most important companies operating in the field of industrial waste processing on the Slovak market;
  • Representing Crowdberry, a leading Slovak investment platform, in connection with the acquisition of an additional stake in GymBeam s.r.o., a major Slovak e-commerce company, from co-investor Slovak Investment Holding;
  • Tax and legal advisory services to the investment group Ethernum Capital on the creation of an acquisition JV structure with the private equity fund ETERUS Capital a.s., whose investment intention is consolidation acquisitions of pharmacies in the Slovak Republic;
  • Transactional advisory services to Dedoles and its founder in negotiating a EUR 10 million investment from a group of investors;
  • Complete legal advisory services to the acquirer of a 100% stake in EQUUS a.s., the largest producer of frozen vegetables on the Slovak market;
  • Tax and legal advisory services to the globally operating Atlas Copco group in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the business share in the Slovak company ACJ;
  • Legal advisory services to SEC Technologies, a major Slovak company developing a unique gas detector for the defence industry, on the preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation regulating the provision of venture capital investment by a company from the Crowdberry group;
  • Transactional advisory services to the innovative company FUERGY on EUR 16 million investment from the investment group Pro Partners Holding;
  • Representing Isadore, a leading Slovak cycling apparel brand, on a EUR 2.1 million investment from investment platform Crowdberry;
    advising a group of investors on a EUR 1.1 million investment in REFRESHER Media.

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