Roman Oleksik is a Partner in the Bratislava office and the co-head of the firm-wide White-Collar Crime services. He focuses on corporate, competition, energy and real estate matters, as well as on dispute resolution and compliance, risk and sensitive investigations.

Besides his exceptional professional knowledge in this field, Roman Oleksik is also a very outgoing and helpful person.

We work mainly with Roman Oleksik. He is (in our opinion) the TOP legal advisor and what makes him special is his very deep understanding of our industry.

We have excellent experience working with partner Roman Oleksik. Very critical was [the fact] that Roman has excellent understanding of our business and provides best technical (legal) opinions with great consideration of the commercial effect of those. Such combination could not be found often among professional advisors. Roman has perfect presentation and negotiation skill and this was proved many times during the hard discussion/ negotiations.

Legal 500, 2024 & 2023

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

M&A and Corporate 

• NN GROUP, a group of financial services companies providing insurance, retirement services, pensions, banking and investments in 11 countries, on the acquisition of a majority share in Finportal, the number-three financial intermediation service provider in Slovakia in terms of turnover
• UNION POISŤOVŇA on all legal aspects of the acquisition of the insurance company Poštová poisťovňa from its current owners, Poštová banka and Slovenská pošta
• 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

• NN GROUP, a group of financial services companies providing insurance, retirement services, pensions, banking and investments in 11 countries, on merger control approval of the acquisition of a majority share in Finportal
• 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
• SLOVAK TELEKOM on European Commission investigation concerning alleged abuse of dominant position and advising on proceedings before the Slovak Antimonopoly Office concerning alleged abuse of a dominant position, advising in the proceeding on the same matters before Slovak courts

Dispute Resolution

• VAŠA SLOVENSKO, a Slovak provider of meal vouchers, who was imposed the fine of 10% of their total turnover for the alleged participation in the market sharing cartel
• A MULTINATIONAL COMMODITY TRADING AND MINING COMPANY on a dispute with its supplier from the perspective of Slovak law, including advising on the settlement agreement and post-settlement agreement assistance
• 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
• UNION HEALTH INSURANCE in proceedings in front of the Constitutional Court on the complaint against the decision of the Supreme Court dismissing the claim for recovery of damages caused by cartel agreement of the hospitals

Real Estate, Construction & Planning

• 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
• SEREĎ LOGISTICS AND INDUSTRY on the sale of a logistics park in Western Slovakia to REICO investiční společnost České spořitelny (an investment company of Česká spořitelna, ERSTE Group)
• LIFESTYLE LOGISTIK on all aspects of the development of the logistic centre in north-western Slovakia, including drafting, negotiation and revision of contracts for work, advice on leasing of warehouse premises, property management issues as well as ad-hoc resolution of disputes with tenants, suppliers and other parties
• 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

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
• SLOVENSKÉ ELEKTRÁRNE / ENEL on a wide range of regulatory and contractual issues related to the completion of units 3 & 4 at Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant
• VYCHODOSLOVENSKÁ DISTRIBUČNÁ (RWE GROUP) on various regulatory matters, including representation in the court proceedings against the Slovak Energy Regulatory Authority (URSO) and in the disputes with RES producers

Risk & 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
• A MAJOR TELECOM OPERATOR on an internal investigation on compliance with competition law, including interviews with employees
• A MAJOR SLOVAK IT COMPANY on a dawn raid and investigation conducted by the AMO of the alleged cartel at the market of certain IT services as well as in connection with the proceedings in front of the Supreme Court on declaring dawn raid to be illegal

EDUCATION

• 2002: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, International and European Economic Law, LL.M.
• 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