NEXTGEN EMEA RETREAT

During the last weekend of September, our law firm had the honor of hosting this year's Interlaw 2022 NextGen EMEA Retreat.

The Interlaw NextGen EMEA Retreat is a great event that brings together promising lawyers from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Thanks to this event, we can meet together, make new contacts and gain valuable know-how from top foreign offices.

It was our pleasure to organize this event and host our foreign colleagues here in Slovakia. We were also able to host this year's NextGen thanks to Interlaw, an international network of leading law firms from more than 150 cities around the world, of which we are a proud member.

Our guests attended several lectures on interesting topics with us. On Friday, psychologist Michal Bača trained us at the Carlton Hotel on the topic "Psychological Safety in the Workplace and During Client Interactions". In this interactive lecture, he introduced us to the principle of psychological safety, which reveals how psychological safety affects performance, results, innovation and personal or company growth.

We were also educated by the cultural program that we prepared. Bratislava offers many options, so we chose one of the most beautiful museums, the Danubiana museum, which the participants really enjoyed. Afterwards, our best Slovak wines and Slovak dishes were tasted.

We continued the full-fledged program on Saturday as well. Our day started with a lecture by a professional coach Marián Kolník on the topics "Time Management as an Oxymoron" and "Trust in Relationships". We learned how to distinguish between important matters and focus on the highest priorities, how to set a weekly compass and identify the difference between urgent and important. The second topic of Friday morning was about trust. We learned that teams and organizations that operate with high trust perform far better than teams and organizations with low trust.

As proper tourists in a new city, after the great lectures, we went on a sightseeing tour of Bratislava on the Prešporáčik sightseeing train in the afternoon. We enjoyed a unique experience and discovered all the historical and modern beauties of the capital of Slovakia. We ended the visit of our colleagues with dinner in the panoramic UFO restaurant with a view of the whole of Bratislava.

We thank our Interlaw Nextgen EMEA retreat participants for coming and we hope they enjoyed the conference program as much as we did with them. It was a very pleasant time. We are happy to be a part of such a great organization as Interlaw. We are grateful that we have the opportunity to meet our foreign colleagues and move forward together.

Photos can be viewed here.