Lea Peček 9/10/25 Lea Peček 9/10/25 Updates to the Slovenian Legal Framework in 2023–2025 and Their Impact on Mergers and Acquisitions In recent years, the Slovenian legal framework in the field of commercial law has undergone changes, which have also strongly influenced mergers and acquisitions. (M&A). The amendments to the Companies Act (hereinafter: ZGD-1) – specifically ZGD-1L and ZGD-1M – together with changes to the Investment Promotion Act (hereinafter: ZSInv), have transposed key EU directives into Slovenian law and established rules that increase transparency, legal certainty, and efficiency, while at the same time requiring a higher degree of diligence in the planning and execution of transactions… Read More Lea Peček 9/6/23 Lea Peček 9/6/23 More on new legislative solutions for flood and landslide recovery Taking into account the fact that the amendment to the Natural Disaster Recovery Act (hereinafter: ZOPPN-F) adopted on 9 August 2023 is insufficient to comprehensively address the problems and remediate the consequences of the floods and landslides that affected the Republic of Slovenia in August 2023, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Act Determining the Intervention Measures to Remedy the Consequences of the Floods and Landslides in August 2023 (hereinafter: ZIUOPZP) on 31 August 2023. This Act as well was adopted under the urgent procedure, which means that it entered into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, i.e., on 2 September 2023. The adopted solutions amend and supplement the existing laws, including ZOPPN-F, and temporarily introduce special measures in a number of areas... Read More Lea Peček 8/12/23 Lea Peček 8/12/23 New legislative solutions for flood recovery On 9 August 2023, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted an amendment to the Natural Disaster Recovery Act[1] (hereinafter: ZOPNN-F), the fundamental objective of which is to ensure the possibility of rapid and effective elimination of the consequences of natural disasters. The amendment was adopted under the urgent procedure in the light of the recent catastrophic floods in the Republic of Slovenia. Accordingly, the adopted legislative solutions entered into force on the day following their publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia. Below is a set of key intervention measures to address the consequences of the August 2023 floods... Read More Lea Peček 8/8/23 Lea Peček 8/8/23 Revised rules for foreign direct investment screening The mechanism for the foreign direct investment screening was first introduced into the Slovenian legal system within the framework of intervention legislation, with the Act Determining the Intervention Measures to Mitigate and Remedy the Consequences of the COVID-19 Epidemic (hereinafter: ZIUOOPE), which was in force from 31 May 2020 until 30 June 2023. After the final expiry of validity of the intervention legislation, the legislator regulated the foreign direct investment screening in Investment Promotion Act (hereinafter: ZSInv), with the amendment ZSInv-C, which entered into force on 1 July 2023, thus representing a permanent regulation of the respective area in the Republic of Slovenia... Read More
Lea Peček 9/10/25 Lea Peček 9/10/25 Updates to the Slovenian Legal Framework in 2023–2025 and Their Impact on Mergers and Acquisitions In recent years, the Slovenian legal framework in the field of commercial law has undergone changes, which have also strongly influenced mergers and acquisitions. (M&A). The amendments to the Companies Act (hereinafter: ZGD-1) – specifically ZGD-1L and ZGD-1M – together with changes to the Investment Promotion Act (hereinafter: ZSInv), have transposed key EU directives into Slovenian law and established rules that increase transparency, legal certainty, and efficiency, while at the same time requiring a higher degree of diligence in the planning and execution of transactions… Read More
Lea Peček 9/6/23 Lea Peček 9/6/23 More on new legislative solutions for flood and landslide recovery Taking into account the fact that the amendment to the Natural Disaster Recovery Act (hereinafter: ZOPPN-F) adopted on 9 August 2023 is insufficient to comprehensively address the problems and remediate the consequences of the floods and landslides that affected the Republic of Slovenia in August 2023, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Act Determining the Intervention Measures to Remedy the Consequences of the Floods and Landslides in August 2023 (hereinafter: ZIUOPZP) on 31 August 2023. This Act as well was adopted under the urgent procedure, which means that it entered into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, i.e., on 2 September 2023. The adopted solutions amend and supplement the existing laws, including ZOPPN-F, and temporarily introduce special measures in a number of areas... Read More
Lea Peček 8/12/23 Lea Peček 8/12/23 New legislative solutions for flood recovery On 9 August 2023, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted an amendment to the Natural Disaster Recovery Act[1] (hereinafter: ZOPNN-F), the fundamental objective of which is to ensure the possibility of rapid and effective elimination of the consequences of natural disasters. The amendment was adopted under the urgent procedure in the light of the recent catastrophic floods in the Republic of Slovenia. Accordingly, the adopted legislative solutions entered into force on the day following their publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia. Below is a set of key intervention measures to address the consequences of the August 2023 floods... Read More
Lea Peček 8/8/23 Lea Peček 8/8/23 Revised rules for foreign direct investment screening The mechanism for the foreign direct investment screening was first introduced into the Slovenian legal system within the framework of intervention legislation, with the Act Determining the Intervention Measures to Mitigate and Remedy the Consequences of the COVID-19 Epidemic (hereinafter: ZIUOOPE), which was in force from 31 May 2020 until 30 June 2023. After the final expiry of validity of the intervention legislation, the legislator regulated the foreign direct investment screening in Investment Promotion Act (hereinafter: ZSInv), with the amendment ZSInv-C, which entered into force on 1 July 2023, thus representing a permanent regulation of the respective area in the Republic of Slovenia... Read More
