Roman Oleksik

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Partner

Roman Oleksik is a Partner in the Bratislava office. He focuses on corporate, competition, energy and real estate matters, as well as on dispute resolution and compliance, risk and sensitive investigations.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

CORPORATE AND M&A

• A LEADING LUXURY CARS MANUFACTURER on all legal aspects of their business
• NATIONALE-NEDERLANDEN (NN) on the acquisition of Aegon’s life insurance and pension businesses in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic for a total of EUR 155 million
• PROLOGIS on the sale of the largest logistics asset by area and investment volume ever sold in the CEE region, the logistics park in Gáň/Slovakia, to CNIC Corporation owned by the Chinese government

COMPETITION & STATE AID

• CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS on state aid compliance pursuant to an investment agreement signed with the Slovak government
• MOTA-ENGIL on a constitutional challenge of a decision of the Slovak Competition Authority
• NN GROUP on merger control approval of acquisition of Aegon insurance companies in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• A LEADING WORLDWIDE CAR PRODUCER on disputes with automotive dealers
• ACHMEA on a bilateral investment treaty dispute against Slovakia
• MOTA-ENGIL on the proceedings in front of the Constitutional Court on complaint against the decision of the Slovak Antimonopoly Office

REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION & PLANNING

• AIP ASSET MANAGEMENT, a Seoul-based asset manager, and London real estate investment manager THE VALESCO GROUP on the EUR 120 million acquisition of the newly developed landmark Twin City Tower in Bratislava from HB Reavis
• ARCAPITA BANK on EUR 240 million acquisition of real estate portfolio and asset management operations of Pinnacle Central & Eastern Europe
• CZECH PROPERTY INVESTMENTS on the sale of 100% shares in Neronta, the owner of Autopriemyselný park Lozorno

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

• A JOINT VENTURE OF TWO MAJOR CENTRAL EUROPEAN ENERGY HOLDING COMPANIES on the development and construction of two new 800 MW CCGT power plants in Hungary and Slovakia, including the preparation and negotiation of all project agreements and advising on the related domestic and EU regulatory and public procurement issues
• CREDIT SUISSE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS on a joint venture agreement with ContourGlobal on the operation of photovoltaic assets generating more than 10% of electricity from photovoltaic sources in Slovakia
• RUSATOM OVERSEAS on due diligence and several other regulatory aspects related to the potential construction of a new nuclear power plant in Slovakia

COMPLIANCE, RISK AND SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIONS/WHITE-COLLAR CRIME

• A DIGITAL CURRENCIES TRADING PLATFORM on the inspection of the Financial Intelligence Unit related to the compliance with AML laws in Slovakia
• A GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURER on internal investigation of compliance with anti-bribery legislation including advice on application on self-reporting obligations
• A GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICALS COMPANY on an investigation on compliance of certain conduct with the FCPA in Slovakia

EDUCATION

• 2001 – 2002: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, International and European Economic Law, LL.M.
• 1993 – 1998: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Faculty of Law, Master of Law (Mgr., with the highest honour)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Slovak Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Slovak, English, German, Ukrainian, Russian