“I worked with Jozef very closely for 15 years in his position of General Tax Counsel to Penta. He was responsible for all key tax areas, such as mergers and acquisitions, sales, spin-offs and split-offs of companies within our portfolio. At the same time, Jozef was in charge of designing the holding structure of Penta (more than 600 companies) and tax planning of all transactions within our holding structure.

Jozef has significantly contributed to the development of Penta in the period when Penta grew up from a small Czech-and-Slovak company to one of the most successful companies doing business in six industries within the CEE region.

Besides his truly excellent knowledge and expertise in all key tax areas, I would like to emphasise Jozef’s feeling and sense to get understanding of not only the tax but to significant extent also the business substance of all transactions that he designed and reviewed within Penta.

Without any hesitation Jozef always took full responsibility for all his proposals and advise in his position of General Tax Counsel. He was never alibistic as it is many times the case with other advisors. This is a unique characteristic and I have to say that in my business career I experience approach like his one only rarely. I think this says a lot about Jozef’s loyalty and approach to his clients.

Even after he has decided to set up his own business, I have been cooperating with Jozef very closely in all key tax problem that Penta has to deal with as part of its business activities.”

Jaroslav Haščák, Partner of Penta Investments