Tomáš Melišek is a Partner in the Bratislava office and the head of the local Banking, Finance & Capital Markets practice. He focuses on banking, finance & capital markets, M&A and corporate, as well as on real estate.

Tomáš is a reliable, responsive professional with a problem-solving attitude.

Tomáš is an experienced and skilled legal professional with very good negotiation skills and a practical approach. He is capable of leading and professionally handling complex transactions. I admire his swift responses and sense of humour.

Chambers Global 2024 / Chambers Europe 2023

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

• A LEADING SLOVAK BANK on a EUR 150,000,000 corporate financing to a leading electricity distributor in Slovakia
• SLOVALCO, an aluminium smelter operating company, on various corporate financings and ISDA treasury transactions
• A LEADING SLOVAK BANK on rolling stock acquisition financing to a subsidiary of a leading energy and transportation holding 
• VIA PRIBINA, concessionnaire of the R1 Via Pribina expressway, on a EUR 22,000,000 corporate financing in the form of a standby letter of credit
• A CLUB OF SLOVAK AND FOREIGN BANKS led by a leading Slovak bank on a EUR 100,000,000 investment facility to a subsidiary of a regional investment holding, the owner of a shopping mall in Bratislava
• KOMERČNÍ BANKA on a USD 30,000,000 trade financing to a leading international metals and mining company 

Corporate and M&A

• OTP BANK, a Hungary-based regional financial group, on all aspects of the sale of its 99.44% shares in its Slovak operations to the Belgian KBC Group
• GLP, a leading global investment manager in logistics, real estate, infrastructure, finance and related technologies, on an agreement to acquire Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics portfolio
• E.ON on the sale of a state-of-the art CCGT power plant to the regional power producer and distributor Západoslovenská energetika (ZSE), in which the Slovak state holds a 51% stake

Real Estate, Construction & Planning

• NOVA REAL ESTATE on the sale of Trenčín Industrial Park, one of the largest production and logistics buildings in Slovakia to BHM Group
• ACCOLADE on a contemplated joint venture agreement with a leading international real estate development company in relation to a joint industrial park project in Slovakia
• GARBE on a long term lease of industrial buildings in Piešťany, Slovakia to GPV
• GARBE on a joint venture with Mitiska REIM in relation to construction and development of an industrial building in Slovakia
• UNION INVESTMENTS and GARBE INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE, one of the leading specialists in logistics and industrial properties in Germany and Europe, on their acquisition of the first logistics property for their “UII Garbe Logistik Fonds” investment fund from Karimpol Group

EDUCATION

• 2011: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Faculty of Law, Doctor of Law (JUDr.)
• 2008: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Faculty of Law, Master of Law (Mgr.)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Slovak Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Slovak, English, Hungarian

PUBLICATIONS

• Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers in Slovak Republic, Second Edition, Wolters Kluwer, 2022 (co-author)
• Banking & Finance. Všeobecná prax, C. H. Beck, 2021 (co-author)
• Banking & Finance. Prax jednotlivých druhov financovania, C. H. Beck, 2021 (co-author)
• Inovácie a trendy v M&A. Praktická príručka, C. H. Beck, 2020 (co-author)