Michal Blahovec

Associate

Email:
michal.blahovec@havelpartners.cz

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Michal Blahovec specialises primarily in pharmaceutical and regulatory law, but he also provides legal services in the areas of commercial and employment law. 

In the area of pharmaceutical law, Michal´ experience includes advising on the various advertising issues of medicinal products and medical devices not only from the perspective of Slovak and European legislation, but also from the perspective of ethical standards such as the EFPIA and AIFP regulation or other relevant soft law standards. He also assisted our clients with setting up the distribution models in the pharmaceutical industry, the price regulation of medicinal products, and the pharmaceutical industry’s relations with HCOs and HCPs.

Michal also has broad experience with the regulatory issues concerning the energy sector. His experience includes providing comprehensive legal services related to the specifics of the energy business as well as engaging with the Regulatory Office for Network Industries or other relevant regulators. His energy sector expertise contains advising our clients on the issues of supply of electricity to the company’s manufacturing plant, the issues of transportation requirements in relation to transport of liquefied gas in bottles and containers, the issues of gas-based fuels business model from the perspective of contractual and regulatory feasibility under Slovak law, or the negotiation of an electricity supply contract in relation to an increase in electricity price.

Membership in professional associations

Slovak Bar Association

Languages
Slovak, English, Czech

Education

Amsterdam Law School, Amsterdam (2017), LL.M.
Trnava University, Faculty of Law, Trnava (2011) Mgr. (Master of Laws)

  • providing comprehensive advice to a Slovak company belonging to a prestigious international network of pharmaceutical companies on regulatory issues related to the advertising of medicinal products, price regulation of medicinal products, the pharmaceutical industry’s relations with HCOs and HCPs, including assessing competition law issues involving relations with distribution companies
  • providing comprehensive advice to marketing authorisation holders in relation to changes in the set-up of distribution models, as well as in relation to the long-term lease of part of the pharmaceutical portfolio
  • advising leading international companies on the Slovak market in the area of cosmetics and medical devices
  • advising established companies in various sectors on labour disputes and contractual matters related to customer-supplier relations