The law firm Fiľo & Partners s.r.o. provides the legal services for a fee in line with Act No. 586/2003 Coll. (on Advocacy), as amended. In the justified cases the law firm Fiľo & Partners s.r.o. may provide a discount from the fee for the legal services and/or provides the legal services on a pro bono basis, i.e. for the public good, while claiming no fee.

Under the provisions of Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 655/2004 Coll., as amended (on the Fees and Compensations of Attorneys-at-Law for Provision of Legal Services), as a rule the amount of the fee for providing the legal services depends on the agreement of the law firm with a client. This means that the law firm and the client will agree on the method of setting and/or calculating the amount of the fee of the law firm. Therefore we are prepared to openly and in advance agree with each client on the amount of the law firm’s fee for provision of the legal services which will best reflect the circumstances of the case and client’s needs and at the same time respect the needs of the law firm to cover the costs as well as the appropriate profit.

Anyway, under the provisions of Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 655/2004 Coll., as amended (on the Fees and Compensations of Attorneys-at-Law for Provision of Legal Services), we recognise four basic types or methods of determining the contractual fee of a law firm for the legal services, namely:

Hourly fee - Hourly fee may be agreed based on the number of hours necessary for provision of the legal services. When providing simple legal service, the attorney-at-law and the client may agree on dividing hourly fee to quarter-hourly fee rates. Thus the fee will be agreed as an amount for each commenced hour and/or quarter-hour of providing the legal services, and will be calculated as the product of this “rate” and the actual number of hours or quarter-hours necessary for provision of the legal services.

Flat fee – Flat fee may be agreed for provision of the legal services within definite period or indefinite period, or for complete settlement of the case or series of cases. Thus the fee will be determined as a lump sum regardless of the actual number of necessary legal acts or numbers of hours required for provision of the legal services.

Commission - Commission may be agreed in the form of percentage of the value of the matter, which is the subject of the proceedings before a court or other authority. The maximum amount of the agreed Commission may not exceed 20% of the value of the matter. The commission will thus be agreed as a percentage of the value of the matter – dispute, if the client is successful in the matter.

Tariff fee agreed in the form other than the basic tariff fee – this means that the fee will be agreed for each performed act of a legal service to be rendered in line with provisions of Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 655/2004 Coll., as amended (on the Fees and Compensations of Attorneys-at-Law for Provision of Legal Services) concerning the tariff fee (Section 9 to Section 14) differing in that for calculating its amount the basic tariff fee rate will be agreed which will differ from the rate specified in the provisions of Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 655/2004 Coll., as amended (on the Fees and Compensations of Attorneys-at-Law for Provision of Legal Services). The law firm’s fee for the legal services rendered may be agreed using any of the methods specified above or their combination, however, the fee may not be in contradiction with good morals.

If no agreement is reached as to the amount and method of calculating the fee of the law firm, and despite that the law firm provided the legal services to the client, the provisions of Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 655/2004 Coll., as amended (on the Fees and Compensations of Attorneys-at-Law for Provision of Legal Services) concerning the tariff fee (Section 9 to Section 14) will apply.