Staying afloat is tough, succeeding even tougher. If you think your business risks going under or, alternatively, you are an aggrieved creditor, rely on Dentons for an immediate, focused response.

Our team in Central and Eastern Europe offers the full range of legal services in the fields of corporate rescue, restructuring and workout matters, distressed investing and debt trading, debt recovery and representation including in insolvency disputes as well as bankruptcy proceedings. You can approach insolvency and restructuring proceedings with confidence because we’re by your side every step of the way—listening, advising and advocating.

Planning ahead, you may want to ‘bankruptcy proofʼ asset acquisitions or secure corporate and financial transactions to manage insolvency-related risk. We'll show you how.

Our clients include the whole spectrum of leading international and local financial institutions and corporations ranging from major commercial and investment banks, leasing companies, insurance companies, international and local corporate borrowers, asset management companies, hedge funds, professional securities traders and other financial institutions.

Dentons’ long-term commitment to Central and Eastern Europe means we are uniquely placed among international law firms in the region, operating for over three decades in some countries. Many of our lawyers divide their time between their local offices and major international financial centers, so they can provide you with in-depth local knowledge and a global perspective. Turn to Dentons for comprehensive solutions that will keep you positioned to succeed in the future.

Recognition

Dentons ranks among top law firms in Slovakia

November 26, 2024

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest law firm by revenue, the third largest international law firm by headcount, and the sixth largest law firm in the Slovak market overall.

Dentons ranks among the top law firms in Slovakia

November 29, 2023

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, has ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest international law firm in terms of both lawyer headcount and revenue, and the fifth largest law firm overall in the Slovak market.

Dentons wins the Law Firm Ranking of the Rzeczpospolita daily

June 23, 2023

Dentons’ Warsaw is not only the largest law firm in Poland, but it has also come top in this year’s Rzeczpospolita daily’s Ranking of Law Firms. Our lawyers came first in 11 categories, and we received team and individual recognition as "Leaders on the legal market".

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Insights

Dentons Prague Newsletter - Preventive restructuring is coming. Will it rewrite the rules of the game between a debtor and creditors? (Czech)

September 5, 2023

Czech Republic: The long-awaited bill on preventive restructuring will come into force in the coming days. It will offer businesses new tools to address their financial difficulties at an early stage and to avoid insolvency.

Indexation of public contracts in Poland

August 2, 2023

Poland: In a dynamically changing world, parties to public contracts face new challenges and difficulties. Market disruptions, inflationary phenomena, increases in energy, materials and services prices are just some of those obstacles. Their impact on the obsolescence of assumptions and estimates adopted when submitting tender bids requires multidimensional analyses. A significant increase in the cost of implementing public contracts means that dialogue involving indexed pay and other contractual adaptations is increasingly necessary.

Dentons Prague Newsletter - The Czech Republic’s New Act on Foreign Direct Investment

February 11, 2021

Czech Republic: The President of the Czech Republic signed the Act on Foreign Direct Investment, which will take effect as of May 1, 2021. The Act follows the EU legislative framework on the examination of selected foreign investments for security reasons given by the Regulation No. (EU) 2019/452. The FDI Act introduces the obligation for foreign investors from countries outside the EU, investing in strategic sectors of the Czech economy, to obtain prior clearance from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons ranks among top law firms in Slovakia

November 26, 2024

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest law firm by revenue, the third largest international law firm by headcount, and the sixth largest law firm in the Slovak market overall.

Dentons strengthens its Corporate, Dispute Resolution and Restructuring practices in Poland with two new hires

May 13, 2024

Global law firm Dentons has expanded its Corporate and M&A practice in Warsaw with the arrival of partner Maciej Skoczyński. The Firm has also strengthened its Litigation and Arbitration and Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practices, with the recruitment of managing counsel Marek Neumann.

Dentons ranks among the top law firms in Slovakia

November 29, 2023

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, has ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest international law firm in terms of both lawyer headcount and revenue, and the fifth largest law firm overall in the Slovak market.

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