Šelih & Partnerji is one of Slovenia's oldest firms, established in 1961. The firm has a team of around 30 qualified lawyers, and 9 partners. It is part of the Lex Mundi international network, which includes 160 law firms in over 125 countries, which assists the firm to excel in complex cross border transactions.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm has expertise in all aspects of financial and corporate law. Regarding banking, the firm has a strong grasp of financing and refinancing, as well as expertise in capital markets and bond issuances. In their corporate experience, the firm has advised on M&A for decades, and has experience working regulated industries, such as insurance or pharmaceuticals.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include OTP Bank, Tencent, McKesson, Allegro, Archer-Midland-Daniels, AGIC Capital, Ridango and Mytilineos.
Research period review: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Throughout the research period the firm’s financial and corporate work was related to private acquisitions, project finance, financing, covered bond issue deals for clients connected with the banking, food and beverage, technology and telecommunications and healthcare sectors.
In project development, the team represented projects for clients connected to construction and consumer goods and services.
Deal highlights: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Allegro €881 million private acquisition
Mytilineos Holdings €169 million procurement project
Mercator real property development
OTP Bank private acquisition of all shares in Biser Bidco
Client Feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Banking and finance
"High professional quality; timely delivery of the outcomes; constructive in solution finding; very experienced in the banking and financing field."
"Šelih & Partnerji are very reliable, experienced with sufficient team members to take on any project."
"Šelih & Partnerji's ability to handle extremely urgent queries; their experience in similar transactions made them very thorough in analyzing risks and good at getting the transactions through; also, they were very careful with all of the details and quick in responding to further queries and follow-up questions."
Capital markets: Equity
"Very knowledgeable and efficient."
Investment funds: Real estate funds
"Professionalism, responsiveness, knowledge."
M&A
"Pragmatic, swift and proactive advice. "
"They are very competent and responsive; provide good value for money."
"Very resourceful, quick feedback, quality legal solutions, following the timetable, good negotiators."
Project development: Infrastructure
"They know the market very well and therefore what could go wrong."
"Because they work in team, they are responsive and regularly monitor law case and legal changes."
Helena Butolen
"She is analytical and thoughtful."
Mia Kalaš
"Mia is a great expert in providing legal advice concerning syndicated credit facilities and M&A transactions. Consequently, she is very resourceful and can tackle any legal issue with ease. She also sticks to the timetable and is a hard worker."
"She is very communicative, resourceful, excellent legal knowledge of the industry, hard working and meets deadlines."
"Problem solver."
Jera Majzelj
"Extremely knowledgeable and always available."
Natasa Pipan Nahtigal
"Very competent, knowledgeable and responsive."
Blaž Ogorevc
"Very good communication skills; very experienced and professional in the field of banking and finance; solution oriented."
"Knowledge, responsiveness."
"Blaž is easy to work with, fast and always open to discuss and find the best solution for all parties involved in the transaction. He is reliable, flexible and committed, with strong practical knowledge and a keen understanding of business in general. A top banking and finance lawyer."
Spela Remec
"Spela did a great job keeping the process moving and finding solutions along the way while also taking on the difficult discussions with opposing counsel."
