We are among the pioneers of international bankruptcies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our corporate, labor and banking law experts advise companies, insolvency administrators, managers and banks on cross-border reorganizations, restructurings and insolvency proceedings. Their unique experience with strategic and practical advice enables companies to continue to run or to be effectively transferred, secures investments and helps creditors to enforce their claims.
We are among the pioneers of international bankruptcies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our corporate, labor and banking law experts advise companies, insolvency administrators, managers and banks on cross-border reorganizations, restructurings and insolvency proceedings. Their unique experience with strategic and practical advice enables companies to continue to run or to be effectively transferred, secures investments and helps creditors to enforce their claims.
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