As an adviser to Slovak and global companies on private and public sector development, investment and financing, in 1991, Squire Patton Boggs was the first US-based practice to establish its Bratislava office. The Bratislava office has since developed one of the strongest all around practices and has been at the forefront of the development of a market economy in the Slovak Republic. The Bratislava office lawyers advise a broad range of international and domestic clients on a variety of corporate, finance, real estate, regulatory, energy matters and litigation/arbitration matters. The firm has a critical understanding of both local and international business practices and offers its clients unique expertise in the application of Slovak and Western methods, legal concepts and technologies.