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Zuzana Hecko

Counsel

Email

zuzana.hecko@aoshearman.com

Phone

+421 2 5920 2438

Offices

Bratislava

V-CARD
Zuzana has experience advising on various IP/TMT issues, including representing clients in litigation before the courts, advising on licensing schemes, and providing advice on software and copyrights, anti-counterfeiting, electronic commerce and IP aspects of M&A transactions.

Zuzana also advises on data protection matters, including international data transfers, outsourcing, privacy compliance and regulatory matters (including pharmaceutical law). She worked for three years as a legal advisor at the European Commission in Brussels where she handled issues related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Before joining A&O Shearman, Zuzana was a trainee in the IP/technology department of an international law firm in Hong Kong.

Published Work

  • "Data retention by internet service providers for IP rights protection: Bonnier Audio (C-461/10)", Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2012
  • "EU Law and policies on intellectual property rights enforcement", Enforcement of intellectual property rights through border measures, Oxford, 2012
Recognition
“Zuzana is rated very highly by us and is well known in the region for this type of work”
Chambers and Partners Europe, 2023
“Zuzana demonstrates leadership skills to engage and drive the different subject matter experts and our senior client contacts
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Chambers and Partners Europe, 2023

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as advokat, Slovakia, 2013

Academic

JUDr., Law, P.J. Šafárik University, 2007

LL.M., Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2004

Mgr., Law, P.J. Šafárik University, 2003

Languages

Slovak, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.