Our law firm provides comprehensive legal services in the area of legal support for startups:

  • Initial consultations to support startups in the implementation of their business idea;
  • recommending and registering the appropriate legal form of business for start-ups, including suitable trade licenses, as well as intellectual property audits, advice on brand (copyright) or patent or industrial design protection;
  • selecting sources of funding, grants and subsidies for start-ups, including assistance with completing the necessary applications;
  • preparation of contractual documentation for the protection of intellectual property and ideas of start-ups, such as know-how, logos, trademarks, patents, designs (see also Industrial and copyright section for more information);
  • formation and registration of limited liability companies (s.r.o.), as well as simple companies for shares (j.s.a) and communication with the trade and commercial register (more in the section Company law);
  • preparation of the necessary contractual documentation for the so-called core business of start-up entrepreneurs, such as the preparation of general terms and conditions, documentation for the protection of personal data (GDPR), as well as the preparation of legal texts and information placed on websites, sample orders, sales contracts, contracts for the provision of services (more in the Contract Law section);
  • preparation of the necessary internal directives required by the laws of the Slovak Republic, also for start-up entrepreneurs;
  • provision of services for the temporary establishment of a registered office address for start-up entrepreneurs;
  • preparation of licence agreements and copyright agreements;
  • preparation and review of supplier contracts with business partners;
  • preparation and review of leases for office space or production and warehouse space
  • preparation of contractual documentation for the purpose of financing startups by external investors, be it crowdfunding, angel investors, or venture capital investors and funds, such as loan agreement, loan agreement
  • Preparing Startups for investor entry and possibly a generational change or founder exit in the form of a sale of a limited liability company (see more in the Acquisitions and Business Conversions section);
  • In cooperation with partner law firms associated with LEInternational, legal representation for expansion into third countries (establishment of subsidiaries in other jurisdictions, acquisition of competitors, franchising, etc.);