Partner
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JUDr. Ján Ondruš
Partner
Year of birth:
1963
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- 1985 – 1987, Probationer (District court of Prievidza)
- 1987 – 1992, Judge at District Court of Prievidza
- 1992 – present, Associate (previously commercial lawyer) at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Other positions:
- 1996 – 2003, Member and Vice-President of the Chamber of Commercial Lawyers of the Slovak Republic
- 2004 – present, Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia
Major projects:
- preparation of legal documentation for major development projects (hotel, apartment complex), providing and developing documentation in the relation the developer – the bank
- legal service provided to Národná dialničná spoločnosť, a.s.
- legal service with regard to the acquisition of spirits producer in Hungary
- comprehensive legal services with regard to the construction of a factory for the production of biodiesel
- complex legal representation (especially in litigation) of the client in a case MARKÍZA – a dispute about the ownership interest of a private television operator)
- representation in cases of privatization and many other cases, especially in the field of contractual relations, unfair competition and administrative justice
- comprehensive legal services to the Slovenská konsolidačná, a.s. in the management and recovery
- comprehensive legal services for merging producers of mineral water and other soft drinks
- comprehensive legal services in the implementation of the governmental project debt relief in the case of Ministry of Health of the Slovak republic
- representation of a group of members of parliament before the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic
Publication activity:
- „Several Notes on the Interim Measures pursuant to the Procedural Civil Code“. Socialistické súdnictvo, 1986, No. 3, p. 20
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
Associates
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JUDr. Mária Kollárová
Associate
Year of birth:
1965
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
- Rigorous examination, the title “Doctor of Law”, Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- 1996 – 2000, Legal Trainee at JUDr. Ján Sabol, commercial lawyer at G. Lehnert, k. s.– commercial law firm AZ CONSULT
- 2000 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- termination of trading with shares of the company running distillery in the stock exchange and the related mandatory takeover bid
- sale of shares in a company, significant shareholder of a private television operator
- increase of registered capital of the company running spa business
- comprehensive legal service with regard to a merger of mineral water and other soft drinks producers
- termination of the non-majority participation in a joint-stock company running waste management business (reduction of its registered capital)
Knowledge of foreign languages:
Russian language
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JUDr. Zuzana Kandlerová
Associate
Year of birth:
1954
Education:
- University law degree as “certified lawyer” (promovaný právnik) at the Faculty of Law of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- “Juris Doctor” (JUDr.) degree at the Faculty of Law of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Practice of law:
- 1980 – 1996, head of legal department in Stredoslovenské konzervárne a liehovary, n. p., Liptovský Mikuláš, later St. Nicolaus, š.p., later ST. NICOLAUS, a.s., Liptovský Mikuláš
- 1996 – 1997, employed in G. Lehnert a spol. – komerčná právnická kancelária AZ Consult, as commercial lawyer
- 1997 – present, Associate, branch manager of G. Lehnert, k.s. in Liptovský Mikuláš.
Other positions:
- 1982 – 1987, member of labour law committee in District union board (Okresná odborová rada) Liptovský Mikuláš
- 1994 – 2004, independent consultant for labour law in Labour union for food industry in the Slovak Republic (Odborový zväz potravinárov Slovenskej republiky)
Major projects:
- Providing of legal services to company ST. NICOLAUS a.s., Liptovský Mikuláš, handling of various legal matters.
Publication activity:
- Review of the paper of PhDr. Ján Čipkár PhD., scientific expert at the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice: „Profesijná etika“ (Professional Ethics), published in journal Justičná revue 1999, No. 8-9, pp. 176 – 178.
Knowledge of foreign languages:
Russian language, German language
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Mgr. Adriana Kadnárová
Associate
Year of birth:
1985
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law of the University of Trnava
Practice of law:
- February 2005 – March 2007, Legal Assistant at VRBA & PARTNERS s.r.o., Law Firm
- May 2007 – September 2007, Legal Assistant at WOLF THEISS, o.z., Law Firm
- June 2008 – September 2008, Legal Trainee at JUDr. Branislav Zuberec, attorney
- October 2008 – August 2009, Professional Officer at VOLKSBANK Slovensko a.s.
- September 2009 – December 2013, Legal Trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- January 2014 – present day, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- representation of the client which is biofuels entrepreneur in international commercial arbitration
- representation of the client running distillery before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
- legal advice provided to the client carrying out business in the field of legal assistance insurance
- comprehensive legal counselling to client doing business in the area of biofuels in connection with negotiations on contracts for biofuel supplies with strategic partner,
- comprehensive legal counselling to client doing business in the area of biofuels in connection with development of new enterprises for production of advanced biofuels,
- comprehensive legal counselling to client doing business in the area of fertilizers in connection with operation of new enterprise for production of fertilizers,
- comprehensive legal counselling to client doing business in the area of railway cargo transport, including negotiations with strategic partners of the client, drafting, and reviewing of contract documents and handling of claims resulting from breach of contracts and arranging for related cooperation with foreign law firms,
- successful representation of client doing business in the area of biofuels in international commercial arbitration in Vienna
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Anna Cyprichová
Associate
Year of birth:
1975
Education:
- second university degree in law (1998); Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
- EC Competition Law summer School (2004), Informa UK Limited, Downing College, Cambridge, UK
- English language course completed with state language degree examination (2008), Štátna jazyková škola (State language school) in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- 1997, Assistant referent at G. Lehnert, k.s
- 1998 – 2000, Legal Trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- 2001 – 2003, Commercial lawyer, G. Lehnert, k.s.
- 2003 – 2017, Senior lawyer at Slovak Telekom, a.s. (originally Eurotel Bratislava, a.s., later T-Mobile Slovensko, a.s.)
- 2018 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- comprehensive legal service concerning to creation of franchise distribution network for sale of electronic communication services
- legal support to technological company selling the part of its enterprise
- protection of individual rights of the client in public procurement of electronic communication services in the case of unequal and discriminatory conditions of procurement
- preparation of complete documentation related to the development of new ICT products and services in relation to end customers (like accounting services, data retention, fleet monitoring, parental supervision services, M2M services)
- preparation and reviewing of contracts and documentation concerning to processing of personal data in connection with the transfer of claims and in connection of outsourcing of services
Publication Activity:
- Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data/GDPR – Commnetary, co-authors: I. Hudecová, A. Cyprichová, I. Makatura and team, Eurokódex, 8/2018
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Branislav Chovančík
Associate
Year of birth:
1986
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law of the University of Trnava
Practice of law:
- June 2010 – April 2011, Legal Assistant at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- June 2011 – December 2014, Legal Trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- January 2015 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- drafting of contract documents for acquisition in legal entities doing business in the area of vegetable and livestock production
- due diligence in legal entities doing business in the area of vegetable and livestock production prior to their acquisition by clients
- successful representation of clients in several disputes concerning former privatizing enterprise and providing of legal consultation in the subsequent rearrangement of affairs in the enterprise
- providing of comprehensive legal counselling to clients as civil associations and professional associations of legal entities
- providing of comprehensive legal counselling to client in the course of development and subsequent sale of appx. 120 detached houses in area in proximity to Bratislava
- providing of comprehensive legal counselling to clients doing business in the area of printing, sorting, packing and delivery of mail
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Imrich Kropuch
Associate
Year of birth:
1978
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Practice of law:
- October 2002 – September 2003 – Lawyer specializing in public procurement and enforcement of claims at Regional Police Department in Prešov
- October 2003 – June 2006, Chief Advisor at Office of the Ombudsman
- July 2006 – February 2008, Lawyer specializing in litigation at DÔVERA zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s.
- January 2009 – June 2011, Legal Trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- June 2011 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Other positions:
- April 2008 – December 2008, Administration manager at LOANWORLD FINANCE LIMITED, UK
Publication activity:
In Textbooks of the International Conferences organized by the Ombudsman:
- Textbook (Bratislava 2004), International Conference on Position of the ombudsman in democratic and legal state. Article published: Position of the Ombudsman in the System of Public Authorities
- Textbook (Bratislava 2004), International Conference on Children’s rights and their protection. Article Published: Parenthood – interaction of rights and obligations arising thereof
- Textbook (Bratislava 2005), International Conference on Protection of fundamental rights and freedoms regarding the application of criminal law. Article published: The right of the defence in criminal proceedings against a juvenile
- Textbook (Bratislava 2005 International Conference on Rights of children for living standard necessary for their physical, mental, moral and social development. Article published: Different approaches of parents to the emigration of a juvenile abroad
Major projects:
- comprehensive legal arrangement of acquisition of more than 20 legal entities doing business in the area of vegetable and livestock production, including acquisition of proprietary assets through sale of part of enterprise covering farmland with total area of several tens of thousands of hectares;
- continual providing of comprehensive legal counselling to client in the area of cooperative law in doing business as cooperative, including transformation of cooperatives and disposition with cooperative share certificates;
- overall management of interest acquisition of client in joint venture representing one of major providers of hybrid mail in Europe;
- drafting of complete transaction documents for client connected with accession of third party (one of the major oil and gas companies in the Central Europe region) into joint venture representing one of the major providers of information systems for fuel stations in Slovakia;
- providing of comprehensive legal support in separating assets of client in agricultural production in the Eastern Slovakia into distinct entities and arranging for subsequent sale of one of the entities to third party;
- providing of comprehensive legal services in merging of client with other production companies (enterprises) resulting in unifying business of the client in the area of production of mineral waters and other non-alcoholic beverages in Slovakia;
- representation of clients in commercial dispute (and in connected fractional court proceedings) concerning protection of legal position of clients as shareholders in company with major development investment and connected protection of proprietary interests of the clients in the company;
- providing of comprehensive legal services in rearranging internal relationships in shareholders structure in separate company prior to acquisition of self-service fuel stations as well as of other assets necessary for their operation;
- legal support in acquisition of shares in major Slovak pharmaceutical company;
- overall arrangement of interest structure of client in its agricultural business in the entire area of Slovakia by means of diversifying of its interest, resulting in establishing of several tens of new entities, making of tens of non-pecuniary investments (as shares in companies, membership shares, shares or enterprises) into registered capital or transfer of shares;
- comprehensive arrangement of internal relations in shareholder structure of client prior to acquisition of exclusive interest in one of the biggest providers of printing, servicing and direct marketing services in the Central Europe in the mail services market;
- providing of comprehensive legal services in the course of sale of share of client in company doing business in the area of woodland management at woodland with area of several hundreds of hectares situated in single cadastral area.
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language, German language (passive)
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Mgr. Jana Hamarová
Associate
Year of birth:
1983
Education:
- 2007, second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- March 2007 – June 2007, paralegal, ROWAN LEGAL s.r.o.
- January 2008 – October 2011, junior associate, MALICH advokátska kancelária, s.r.o.
- November 2011 – January 2014, attorney at law, MALICH advokátska kancelária, s.r.o.
- February 2014 – April 2014, senior state advisor, Ministry of finance of the Slovak republic
- July 2014 – November 2014, attorney at law, Mgr. Zuzana Motúzová law office
- July 2015 – December 2016, attorney at law, Advokátska kancelária RELEVANS s. r. o.
- January 2017 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- providing of comprehensive legal counselling to the Pezinok Municipality in court and administrative proceedings concerning the “Pezinok dumping site” case
- representation of group of clients engaged in printing, sorting, packing and delivery of mail, including drafting of contract documents, negotiations and establishing of contractual relationships with banks, insurance companies and with other major partners concerning personal data protection and processing within the context of the GDPR
- drafting of contract documents and providing of comprehensive legal services to client doing business in the area of biofuels in the project made in cooperation with Italian partner concerning supply and operation of technology for carbon dioxide interception, its cleaning and liquefaction
- drafting of contract documents and providing of comprehensive legal services to client doing business in the area of biofuels in the project made in cooperation with Canadian partner concerning supply and operation of technology for appreciation and transformation of communal waste into methanol and ethanol
- due diligence of Slovak company doing business in exclusive mining measures and establishing, securing, and removing of mining plants and quarries for client, Polish investor, interested in acquisition of that business company
- providing of comprehensive legal counselling to clients in the area of labour relationships
- providing of comprehensive legal counselling to clients doing business in the area of purchase and sale of commodities, seeds, fertilizers, chemical preservers, and fuels
- participation in due diligence of major Slovak companies doing business in the area of electronic communications and telecommunications prior to their acquisition by clients
- drafting of contract documents and providing of comprehensive legal services to client, major Slovak developer, in negotiation and contracting of tenants for new shopping centre situated in Slovak regional centre
- providing of legal counselling to private Slovak television broadcaster and its representation in court proceedings
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Norbert Smaho
Associate
Year of birth:
1973
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- 1998 – 2002, Legal Trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- 2002 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- termination of trading with shares of the company running distillery in the stock exchange and the related mandatory takeover bid
- sale of shares in a company, significant shareholder of a private television operator
- increase of registered capital of the company running spa business
- comprehensive legal service with regard to a merger of mineral water and other soft drinks producers
- termination of the non-majority participation in a joint-stock company running waste management business (reduction of its registered capital)
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Sandra Javorská
Associate
Year of birth:
1985
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law,University of Trnava
Practice of law:
- December 2004 – September 2006, Legal Assistant at Pavlovič, Domčeková, Majling, Law Firm
- October 2006 – May 2008, Legal Assistant at JUDr. Silvia Predná, Law Firm
- June 2008 – May 2009, Legal Trainee at JUDr. Silvia Predná, s.r.o., Law Firm
- June 2009 – April 2010, Legal Trainee at KONEČNÁ & ŠAFÁŘ, s.r.o.
- May 2010 – January 2012, Legal Trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- January 2012 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- legal service provided to leading investment group and international financial group
- legal service provided to foreign client with regard to the real estate project
- legal service with regard to the finalization of the project of construction and opening of major shopping centre
- representation of the client in international arbitration and subsequent trial
- preparation of legal documentation for major development projects
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Tomáš Luščoň
Associate
Year of birth:
1978
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- 2001 – 2002, Parliamentary Assistant
- 2001 – 2003, Lawyer at the Association for Support of Local Democracy
- 2003 – 2005, Legal Trainee (previously commercial and legal candidate) at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- 2006 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- providing comprehensive legal services to the client in the process of realization of a project – constructing about 350 houses in the area near Bratislava
- preparation of a complete transaction documentation for a client with regard to the purchase of a distillery in Hungary
- representation of the client which is oil production entrepreneur in the proceedings on judicial review of tax authorities’ decisions
- representation of the client which is oil production entrepreneur in proceedings on the constitutional complaint before the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic
- representation of a leading brewery in the proceedings on illegitimately levied property taxes before the competent authorities
- comprehensive legal services with regard to the government project – debt relief of health sector
- comprehensive legal services in the implementation of the governmental project debt relief in the case of Ministry of Health of the Slovak republic
- preparation of legal documentation for major development projects (hotel, apartment complex), providing and developing documentation in the relation the developer – the bank
- legal services provided to Národná dialničná spoločnosť, a.s.
- legal analysis with regard to the construction of the landfill
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Tomáš Motýľ
Associate
Year of birth:
1982
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- October 2005 – December 2006, Legal Assistant at JUDr. Jozef Pojdák, attorney
- January 2009 – June 2012, Legal trainee at G. Lehnert, k.s.
- June 2012 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Other positions:
- June 2004 – September 2004, project Manager at GP consulting, s.r.o.
Major projects:
- representation of clients doing business in the area of production and distribution of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in disputes concerning trade marks and unfair competition, including their representation in court proceedings and proceedings before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic (Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva SR), the European Union Industrial Property Office (EUIPO) and before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- providing of legal counselling to operators of major food processing enterprises in Slovakia in the area of product labeling, advertising, and intellectual property law
- providing of comprehensive legal services in project of electronic school forms
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Vladimír Jakubička
Associate
Year of birth:
1980
Education:
- second university degree in law; Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- May 2006 – December 2010, Legal Trainee at TOMÁŠ KUŠNÍR, s.r.o.
- January 2011 – August 2011, Attorney at TOMÁŠ KUŠNÍR, s.r.o.
- September 2011 – present, Associate at G. Lehnert, k.s.
Major projects:
- comprehensive legal counselling in the area of intellectual property law provided to client doing business in the area of food production in connection with dispute with one of the biggest non-alcoholic beverage producers at the Slovak and Czech market
- comprehensive legal counselling to clients doing business in the area of IT systems in connection with providing of IT services to major bank institutions present at the Slovak and the Czech market
- comprehensive legal counselling to client doing business in the area of catering and restaurants in connection with creation of franchise
- successful representation of one of the biggest and most renowned chains of fast-food restaurants before the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic and in court proceeding in the matter of intellectual property rights and trade mark rights
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
Legal trainees
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JUDr. Daša Hlavatá
Legal trainee
Education:
- second university degree in law, Faculty of Law, Pan-European University, academic degree „Mgr.“
- rigorous examination in the main field of study: criminal law, Pan-European University, academic degree „JUDr.“
Practice of law:
- 2011 – 2014, Legal Assistant at Vilím & Zuberec, Law Firm
- 2013 – 2015, Monitoring expert at Regional Directorate – Tatra banka, a. s.
- 2014 – 2015, Legal Assistant – Konečná & Zacha, s. r. o.
- 2015 – 2015, Principal Counselor – District Court Bratislava I
- 2015 – 2017, Principal Counselor – The Regional Court in Bratislava
- 2017 – 2018, State Advisor – Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic
- 2018 – present, Legal Trainee – G. Lehnert, k. s..
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language
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Mgr. Jakub Marťák
Legal trainee
Year of birth:
1996
Education:
- second university law degree, Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava
Practice of law:
- 2015 – 2016, Legal Assistant, Exekútorský úrad JUDr. Martin Hermanovský
- June 2016 – November 2018, Legal Assistant, G. Lehnert, k.s.
- July 2019 – August 2019, legal trainee, BDM Legal s. r. o.
- September 2019 – present, legal trainee, G. Lehnert, k.s.
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English language