Main areas of practice
Corporate law
- Mergers, transformation and acquisitions of business companies
- Advisory services for companies in all matters related to investment in the Czech Republic
- Establishing companies, administration of corporate matters including changes in the Commercial Register
- Joint venturesVenture capital funds projects (private equity)
- Transactions pertaining to project acquisition financing and company acquisition financing
- Negotiating and drafting of commercial agreementsDue diligence reviews
- Services pertaining to bankruptcy and composition proceedings and related restructuring and reorganisation projects
- Privatisation and investment incentives provided by the Czech state
Banking, finance and capital markets
- Negotiating and drafting of comprehensive loan documentation including security documents
- Refinancing of existing projectsServices in connection with projects financed by public and private funds ("PPP")
- Proceedings before the Czech Securities Commission in matters connected with takeover bids, securities issues, etc
- Advising banks, securities brokers, state owned and multi-national companies in regulatory matters
- Syndicated loans
- Bond and shares issue
Real estate
- Purchase, financing, lease and development services related to real estate
- Negotiating lease agreements for office, retail, storage, industrial and other commercial premises
- Advisory services in the area of lease and sale of investments regarding the construction of technological parks
- Acquisition and reconstruction of hotels
- Construction of hypermarkets and shopping malls
Litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration
- Disputes regarding company law and disputes concerning foreign investment in the Czech Republic
- Proceedings regarding injunctive relief
- Disputes regarding employment law, industrial property rights and protection of privacy
- Legal representation in arbitration proceedings (including proceedings under the arbitration rules of UNCITRAL, ICC, etc.)
- Mediation
Competition law
- Advising in relation to all aspects of competition law
- Representing clients in proceedings and hearings before the Czech Competition Office, including potential subsequent judicial reviews of its decisions
- Anti-trust advisory services, in particular in relation to licence, franchise and distribution agreements
- Legal services in the area of public tenders and state aid