Product Liability 2009 - Arnold & Porter LLP

Slovakia
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Dedák & Partners Slovakia
8 Updates
8.1 Please provide, in no more than 300 words, a summary of
any new cases, trends and developments in Product
Liability Law in Slovakia.
Product liability litigation is rare. Till now, no finished cases
brought under the national legislation implementing the Product
Liability Directive in the Slovak Republic have been reported. The
cases concerning product liability are usually based on contractual
liability for defective products according to the Civil Code and the
Commercial Code.
Tomáš Kamenec
Dedák & Partners
Mlynské Nivy 45, Apollo Business Center
821 09 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 2 5828 2828
Fax: +421 2 5828 2829
Email: kamenec@dedak.com
URL: www.dedak.com
Tomáš Kamenec joined DEDÁK & Partners in 2002 when he
became a Partner. Tomáš graduated from the Law Faculty of the
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic and the
University of London, United Kingdom. Within DEDÁK & Partners,
Tomáš and his team are responsible for commercial and contract
law, competition and consumer protection, public law and
environmental law legislative, litigation and arbitration. Tomáš has
extensive experience in advising on marketing and advertising
issues, corporate and property acquisitions. This includes advising
clients on identifying potential liabilities, drafting and negotiating
complex indemnities. He also prepared legal audits in respect of
compliance with product safety requirements, product liability and
market harmonisation regulations and assisted in resolving the
related issues. Tomáš has been a leading attorney in some of the
Slovak Republic’s largest transactions. Tomáš is a member of the
Slovak Bar Association. Tomáš has published numerous articles in
legal periodicals. He is fluent in Slovak, German and English.
Miroslava Budinská
DEDÁK & Partners
Mlynské Nivy 45, Apollo Business Center
821 09 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 2 5828 2828
Fax: +421 2 5828 2829
Email: budinska@dedak.com
URL: www.dedak.com
Miroslava Budinská joined DEDÁK & Partners in 2008 and she is a
Junior Associate. Miroslava graduated from the Law Faculty of the
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. At DEDÁK &
Partners, Miroslava primarily deals with corporate law and
intellectual property. She has participated in issues concerning
conformity assessment and consumer protection. Miroslava is a
member of the Slovak Bar Association. She is fluent in Slovak and
English.
DEDÁK & Partners is one of the leading law firms in the Slovak Republic, providing business oriented full service with
the highest level of expertise, service and personal attention. The tradition of DEDÁK & Partners dates back to 1991.
From that time we have managed to build one of the largest and best-known law firms in the Slovak Republic and to
attract, and be favoured by, many clients including foreign investors, corporations, individuals, governmental and nongovernmental
organisations. The legal team consists of 21 lawyers and 13 administrative professionals. Our lawyers
work in specialised teams focused on individual areas of law. Each team is managed by a partner that has extensive
expertise in the given field. Our lawyers speak English, German, French, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Czech and
Slovak.
Practice areas:
Banking, Securities and Finance, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring, Commercial and Contract Law,
Competition, Corporate Law, Environment, Intellectual Property, IT and Media, Labour and Employment, Legislative,
Litigation and Arbitration, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisation, Project Finance, Public Law, Real Estate, Tax Law.
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