Zuzana Hecko
Senior Associate
Bratislava
Zuzana Hecko
Senior Associate
Bratislava
Contact Details
Zuzana leads the Intellectual Property practice in Bratislava. She has experience advising on various IP issues, including domain name recovery, licensing, software, anti-counterfeiting, electronic commerce and IP aspects of commercial transactions. Zuzana also advises on data protection matters, including data transfers, outsourcing, cloud computing and compliance. She worked for three years as a legal advisor in the European Commission in Brussels where she handled issues related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Before joining Allen & Overy, Zuzana worked in the IP/technology department of an international law firm in Hong Kong. She is a member of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of ECTA (European Community Trademark Association).
“Zuzana Hečko is noted for her extensive knowledge and dedication to clients. She assists technology and pharmaceutical companies with litigation concerning trade marks and patents as well as unfair competition matters.” Chambers Europe 2018
Widely appreciated by her clients, Zuzana Hečko is described as “very direct and honest, and she has a strong charisma and brings a lot of clarity and authority when negotiating.”She is praised by another source as “extremely responsive and a pleasant conversational partner.” Chambers Europe 2017
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Office
Bratislava
Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.
Eurovea Central 1, Pribinova 4
Bratislava
81109
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
JUDr., Law, P.J. Šafárik University, 2007
LL.M., Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2004
Mgr., Law, P.J. Šafárik University, 2003
News & insights
Publications: 02 OCTOBER 2020
GIR - data privacy & transfer in investigations
Regulators and enforcement authorities across the globe continue to focus on the activities of banks, corporations and their employees.
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Publications: 19 JUNE 2020
Covid–19 coronavirus: emerging data protection and cybersecurity guidance (Updated 18 June 2020)
The Covid-19 coronavirus is creating a need for organisations to process personal data, for a variety of specific purposes (including managing and protecting their workforce, customers and the…
Read moreBlog Post: 22 NOVEMBER 2019
Slovak parliament rejects draft law which would soften regulation of CBD (cannabidiol)
In August 2019, the Slovak government introduced a draft law which suggested removing CBD (cannabidiol) from the list of psychotropic substances. The draft law therefore attempted to make CBD a…
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Publications: 25 SEPTEMBER 2019
A more detailed version of this article was first published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (Volume 14, Issue 10, pages 754-760)on 20 September 2019 and can be found here.
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Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Office
Bratislava
Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.
Eurovea Central 1, Pribinova 4
Bratislava
81109
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
JUDr., Law, P.J. Šafárik University, 2007
LL.M., Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2004
Mgr., Law, P.J. Šafárik University, 2003
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
