BNT Attorneys-at-law

Corporate and M&A

Company mergers and acquisitions are complex tasks. Our in-depth knowledge and many years of experience enable us to devise sustainable solutions for all parties.

From SMEs to international conglomerates, our corporate law experts are every bit as home accompanying extensive projects as they are with day-to-day business affairs.

We provide support with the development of corporate structures and come up with solutions for M&A transactions. Where complex assignments and major investment portfolios are involved we offer results-oriented legal advisory services from a single source, both locally and across borders.

Dispute Resolution

Every conflict requires an individual solution. We devise targeted strategies for the successful resolution of local and cross-border disputes.

Together with our clients our lawyers arrive at a precise understanding of the causes of disputes and the intentions underlying them. We assess the available options and most promising potential ways of resolving the dispute, whether they are legal, arbitrational or out of court. On this basis we then devise an individual strategy aimed at offering security and orientation during the case. bnt clients benefit here from the knowledge of our experts on the spot, who bring to bear their experience of the national legal and court systems as well as of international arbitration law.

Employment

In employment law commercial considerations are not all that matter. We also take into account soft factors when making our recommendations.

A company’s reputation depends strongly on how well it treats its employees. Our employment lawyers provide comprehensive advice in the field of human resources, from sample contract design documents to remuneration systems, termination provisions and wide-ranging collective bargaining.

We support our clients with redundancies as well as before the courts in the event of disputes with employees. We also devise clear recommendations on how to deal with international employment relationships such as secondments of employees abroad or the employment of foreign personnel. This also includes tax and social insurance arrangements when deploying personnel across borders.

During the course of international and domestic M&A transactions we ease the impact of employee transfers, in the process giving due consideration to psychological factors and data protection issues.

Insolvency and Restructuring

Crises call for swift, decisive action. Thanks to our experience from numerous cases we provide clients with rapid, precise legal assistance.

Companies often act irrationally during a crisis. When facing insolvency or restructuring, efficient legal advice from trustworthy lawyers is needed. Through comprehensive, precise analysis of the situation our insolvency lawyers ensure clarity and a rational basis for decision-making. Particularly when cross-border solutions are called for, bnt’s precision and many years of experience pay off for clients, because that is when insolvent or beleaguered companies benefit from our unambiguous, rapid recommendations on how to improve their situation. Alongside commercial and legal factors we also address psychological considerations. We advise the companies concerned, their shareholders and creditors.

IP, Technology and Data

We support businesses with 360-degree legal advice in new technology & IT, intellectual property, and data, including privacy & cybersecurity.

We come as an interdisciplinary, highly specialized team of attorneys-at-law and patent & trademark attorneys with technical know-how and industry experience, proficient at identifying and protecting clients’ business needs and goals. 

Our strong presence in the CEE, combined with an excellent understanding of local requirements resulting from local law and industry practice, allows us to provide tailored advice in almost any technological-related cross-border contract, projects & transactions, nearshoring, and scaling-up business operations across the region.  

We advise international and domestic entities at all business life cycle stages, including large corporates, SMEs, and start-ups. 

Real Estate, Construction

As a rule the development and execution of real estate projects involve a high level of financial outlay and deployment of personnel. From the initial idea to successful completion, we bring our commercial expertise to bear along the entire value chain of a real estate development securely, efficiently and precisely on the basis of the applicable national law.

Our clients include international and local investors, project developers, construction companies, general contractors, subcontractors, manufacturers and suppliers of building materials and products, architects, engineers, planners, landlords and tenants of office and commercial premises and apartments.

We apply our holistic legal advisory approach to support our clients’ real estate projects, whether they involve land acquisition and development or the financing and execution of transactions. Drawing on a wealth of experience, our real estate attorneys devise precise recommendations for solutions to building disputes and out-of-court settlements, leaving our clients to concentrate on their projects. All of this is founded on our experts’ specialist knowledge of prevailing local real estate law.