Martin is an attorney-at-law, Managing Partner of LGP Bratislava and LGP Prague, and an insolvency and restructuring administrator with nearly 20 years of experience advising domestic and international clients. He also serves as a general partner of LGP Recovery. A substantial part of his practice focuses on strategic advisory and crisis management, insolvency and restructuring proceedings, compliance and AML, international sanctions, and transactional advisory.
Alongside his legal practice, Martin is a member of the Council of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, a member of the Board of the Slovak Compliance Circle, and Head of its International Sanctions Working Group. He also serves as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Rule of Law Initiative. Within the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia (AmCham Slovakia), he serves as Vice-Chair of the Construction Law Working Group and Vice-Chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Working Group. Through these professional platforms, he actively contributes to legislative initiatives, professional dialogue, and the representation of the interests of the business community.
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Crisis management advisory in connection with three motorway projects in Poland (FIDIC), including relations with the investor and the resolution of consortium disputes.
Representation of the Austrian owner of banks in the Czech Republic and Hungary, primarily in connection with insolvency and liquidation proceedings, corporate matters, regulatory issues, and international sanctions.
Forensic due diligence and the establishment of a compliance framework for an Austrian financial institution following losses incurred by its subsidiaries in Ukraine and Bulgaria, including the initiation of internal processes and the pursuit of legal accountability of senior executives.
Active participation in drafting amendments to the Slovak Cybersecurity Act, including the preparation of comments and amendment proposals, coordination of affected private-sector stakeholders, and communication with the Government of the Slovak Republic and the responsible members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
Comprehensive representation of the largest creditor in the Slovak hospital debt relief process, including the preparation of the overall strategy and direct negotiation of the applicable terms.
Advising clients in public procurement procedures for the supply of trainsets and trams, including analyses of tender documentation, challenges to discriminatory requirements, securing the cancellation and relaunch of procurement procedures, and negotiations on contractual amendments necessitated, among other factors, by COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.
