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Back in Gear: CMS European M&A Outlook 2025

European M&A activity shows signs of recovery

Innovating through Culture

The University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice has launched a new research project focused on examining Slovak business culture and its parallels to American corporate values, offering invaluable insights into the dynamics shaping the modern business landscape in Slovakia.

Madness Advertising and the biggest e-commerce event Upterdam

Madness Advertising helped companies as Packeta, Blueweb, Creative Sites, RTB House, 24pay to their presentation during the biggest e-commerce event in Slovakia - UPTERDAM.

AmCham Charity Drive 2024: Recommend a Charity Partner

As has been AmCham´s tradition in previous years, we will be conducting the annual AmCham Charity Drive with the goal of sharing with those who need it the most in our communities.

Record growth in transport and logistics jobs: Slovakia at the top!

The most competitive sector in Slovakia is transport, logistics and automotive, with an employment outlook of 49%, 46 percentage points higher than in the previous quarter and 38 percentage points higher than in Q4 2023. Slovakia ranks second globally in terms of expectations in the transport, logistics and automotive sector, beating the sector average by 23 points.

Bird & Bird strengthens its team in Slovakia

International law firm Bird & Bird expands its Slovak team in Bratislava. As of 1 October 2024, Dušan Predný joins the firm as Counsel and Head of Real Estate.Táňa Hegedűsová also joins the team as an associate in Bird & Bird's growing real estate and corporate practices.

AmCham Charity Drive 2024: Recommend a Charity Partner

As has been AmCham´s tradition in previous years, we will be conducting the annual AmCham Charity Drive with the goal of sharing with those who need it the most in our communities.

Farewell to a Friend and Leader: Remembering Martin Magal

We are deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic news of Martin Magal's fatal accident. Martin was a long-term member of AmCham's Board of Directors, serving as AmCham's First Vice President.

The Festival of Future

This year is AmCham Slovakia celebrating 30 years of cooperation with the business community, 30 years of important milestones, meetings, and successful projects on the common path of positive change for the development of Slovakia. These 30 years were important, but so are the years to come, and the challenges, megatrends, that await us together.

Excited to share highlights from our recent cybersecurity conference in Brussels!

The event brought together experts from across Europe to discuss pressing cybersecurity challenges and strategies for improvement.

10th Annual Richard Dewitt Arbitration Conference 2024

The 10th Annual Richard Dewitt Arbitration Conference 2024 was held yesterday in the amphitheater of the Law Faculty at Comenius University in Bratislava. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the Law Faculty of Comenius University for collaborating with us to organize this event.

Meeting with State Secretary Milan Hodas and Director-General Michal Kotlarik on Key Legal Issues

Today we had the opportunity to meet with Milan Hodas, State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, and Michal Kotlarik, Director-General of the International Law Department of the Ministry of Justice. AmCham Slovakia was represented by its President Martin Maštalír, First Vice-President Martin Magal, and Policy Officer Zuzana Serinová.