Family businesses and private clients

Intergenerational transfer of capital. Wealth 4.0. Family business. Philanthropy and cohesion. Transfer of management between generations. Succession in family businesses. Family business. Success passed down through generations. Generational transition. Sudden succession. - segments defining the life of family businesses and generally most of the private clients we represent.

As up to 46% of Slovak companies are family businesses (source: Family Business Institute), they constitute a significant and substantial part of Slovakia's business ecosystem. Family businesses are unique in that, given the size of the market they cover, it is desirable for them to remain functional even when generations change and for the transfer of family assets and the family business to be simple and properly addressed from a legal and tax perspective.

To cover the needs outlined above, family businesses necessarily need tax and legal partners who are experts in the key segments in which our SKYLEX Law Firm has been active for a long time, namely in M&A advisory, in corporate matters and corporate governance. Together with external tax advisers and foreign affiliated law firms that have been dealing with generational succession, trusts, foundations and family businesses for two decades, we form a coherent team of advisers for an efficient and functional family business.

Properly structuring the operation of a family business within the family and among its members, in a duly established structure with clear rules for operation and succession, helps family businesses survive from one generation to the next.

How can we help you?

We advise family businesses, private clients and entrepreneurs on a wide range of services necessary for the proper operation of their business activities and their family business, ensuring that the rules among family members are clearly defined, the corporate structure and shareholders' agreement are established, and that each family member understands their role and expectations in the family business.

At SKYLEX, we will help you structure the operation of your family business from a tax perspective (through external legal advisers) and implement the legal structure in practice. We will help you establish clear rules for decision-making and meetings of general meetings and statutory bodies, as well as set rules for joint operation and remuneration in the family business / holding company.

As SKYLEX lawyers combine extensive knowledge in M&A advisory, company law (corporate law and corporate governance), we are able to comprehensively cover and tailor advisory services to the needs of every family business and private client.

In advising private clients and family businesses, we focus mainly on:

legal advice on the intergenerational transfer of capital (transfers) during the lifetime and tenure of the generation currently managing the business to the next generation and/or management
advice on succession issues in companies
legal advice on sudden succession
structuring and legal implementation of the corporate setup of family businesses (family holding company)
cross-border structuring with the involvement of partner advisers (trusts, foundation and fiduciary funds)
legal advice to family businesses
mediation of conflicts arising from family members' joint business activities, shareholders' agreements and partners' agreements
exit of partners (family members)
advice on transfers of assets within the community property of spouses, and pre-divorce arrangement of assets of spouses who conduct business together or are both entrepreneurs

What our clients say

I would like to thank the excellent lawyer, top professional and exceptional expert JUDr. Zuzana Skýpalová, for her professional guidance and for obtaining official state accreditation in Malta. Without SKYLEX, the opening of our university would not have taken place!

CEO of companies operating in the field of online medical education and university education

Our partners

Selected reference transactions

legal advice to a family business operating in the field of medical education
legal advice to a company whose partners are first-generation members of two families operating in the construction industry
comprehensive legal advice and pre-divorce structuring of the relationships and assets of a married couple operating in the gastronomy sector
legal advice on structuring the relationships of a family company operating in the field of dentistry
legal advice on structuring the relationships of a family company operating in the production of confectionery products
legal advice on the transfer of assets from generation I to generation II and the handover of the business in a company operating in the healthcare and rehabilitation sector

Online consultation

how to create a tax and legal structure for our company
how to transfer the management of a company between generations
how to establish rules for the operation of our family business when not all family members actively participate in its operation
how to establish the rules of a general meeting - quorum and required voting thresholds
how to deal with a family member who holds a high percentage but is not active in the company
how to establish a shareholders' agreement - an agreement between partners
what is the difference between a fiduciary fund and a foundation fund in the Czech Republic
how to resolve asset transfers between spouses if we have community property
how to deal with family conflicts
how to handle the exit of the oldest generation
what to do if the company is made up of two (or more) families - how to structure relationships and nomination rights within it

News

News and articles from the legal field and interesting information from Skylex

How to Protect Family Assets and Business for Generations: Free Webinar

10. October 2025

We cordially invite you to a unique Czech-Slovak webinar on protecting family assets and businesses, “STRUCTURES THAT PROTECT (FAMILY) ASSETS AND SURVIVE GENERATIONAL TRANSITION.” Every company founder can be the first generation (G1) in a family business and build it within a functional structure

When his father died, he left behind more than just a company – he left behind a battle for succession

10. September 2025

Sudden succession in a family business This was the title of my recent post on the social network LinkedIn on the topic of sudden succession in a family business. Sudden succession in a family business is a situation in which a family business is generally founded, owned and/or managed by a particular member(s) of the family concerned

How to sell a company exceptionally well

15. July 2025

When I talk about how to sell a company, I mean the transfer of an ownership interest in a company from its current owners to a new owner(s). What is being “sold” does not necessarily have to be only a 100% interest in the company in the form of a transfer of a business interest or all shares

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SKYLEX, s. r. o., advokátska kancelária (Law Firm)

Registered office: Ota Holúska 4, 841 06 Bratislava, Slovakia

ID No. (IČO): 56 300 816
VAT Tax No. (IČ DPH): SK2122268148

Registered in: Commercial register of City Court Bratislava III, Section: Sro, File No.: 178886/B

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