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PETERKA & PARTNERS

NA PRIKOPE 15, 110 00 PRAGUE 1, CZECH REPUBLIC

Sofia, Prague, Moscow, Kiev, Bucharest, Bratislava

PETERKA & PARTNERS opens an office in Moscow

December 2009. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

Prague, 21 December 2009 - The law firm PETERKA & PARTNERS announces the opening of an office in Moscow.

PETERKA & PARTNERS becomes the first foreign law firm to be registered in Bulgaria

June 2009. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

May 29, 2009. Sofia. PETERKA & PARTNERS is delighted to announce that it is the first foreign law firm registered in Bulgaria as a law firm under Bulgarian Bar Act.

PETERKA & PARTNERS opens its third foreign office in Sofia

June 2008. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

PETERKA & PARTNERS is pleased to announce opening of its third foreign office in Sofia, Bulgaria.

PETERKA & PARTNERS legal advisor to Nordic Partners on the acquisition of Hamé

March 2008. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

Prague, March 2008 - A team of attorneys-at-law from PETERKA & PARTNERS managed by Mgr. Ing. Jan Liška rendered legal consulting services to the Icelandic investment group Nordic Partners in connection with the acquisition of the Hamé food group.

Zdenek Beranek appointed a Local Partner in PETERKA & PARTNERS

February 2008. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

The law firm PETERKA & PARTNERS is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Zdenek Beranek as Local Partner. Zdenek Beranek has been cooperating with PETERKA & PARTNERS since 2000. Having worked in the Bratislava branch for several years during which he represented local and foreign clients including SWISS RE, VEOLIA WATER and SENOBLE, he returned to the Prague branch in January 2008.

World Bank acknowledges Czech lawyers for their long-term co-operation

February 2008. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

Prague, January 2008/ - Partners in PETERKA & PARTNERS law firm Pavla Prikrylova, Gabriela Hajkova and Jiri Cerny, have been acknowledged by the World Bank for their long-term cooperation on the Doing Business project.

Legal services for Delhaize Group

November 2006. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

In recent days, a team of PETERKA & PARTNERS lawyers led by Ond

PETERKA & PARTNERS, PRAGUE LAW FIRM, OPENS KYIV OFFICE

July 2006. Press Releases by PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s (view listing).

PETERKA & PARTNERS, a Prague-based law firm, opened an office in Kyiv on June 15, 2006.

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What will the new Tax Procedure Code bring?

On 1 January 2011 the new Tax Procedure Code took effect which will regulate tax proceedings in the Czech Republic . As tax proceedings concern almost everybody, as almost everybody pays tax, let us look at what the new Tax Procedure Code will bring.

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Bid Rigging Cartels in the Czech Republic

The Office for the Protection of Economic Competition (hereinafter the „Office“) issued the historically first decision concerning domestic cartel among suppliers competing for public contract (bid rigging) case. The case is interesting not only because it is the first such case in the Czech Republic, but could indicate how the Office will proceed in such cases and in the proving of such cartels.

- Pokorný, Wagner & Partner
Reduction of the Number of Tenderers in the Czech Public Procurement Procedures...

Instrument for Discrimination of Suppliers?

- Pokorný, Wagner & Partner
Judicial review of arbitration awards in the Czech Republic in light of recent legal developments

The two basic means of dispute resolution in the Czech Republic are judicial proceedings and alternative dispute resolution. Arbitration proceedings, as a form of ADR, is thriving. According to statistics of the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, one of the three permanent arbitration courts in the Czech Republic and the only one with general jurisdiction, in the year 2000 the mentioned court settled 196 disputes, while in 2009 it settled 1402 disputes (not including disputes settled amicably).

- Pokorný, Wagner & Partner
Czech Republic: Limitation of Damages Explicitly Possible since 1 January 2012

After years of uncertainty, in 2011 the Czech Republic finally passed an amendment to the Commercial Code explicitly allowing for the limitation of damages in agreements under Commercial Code between entrepreneurs and companies.

- Schönherr
Defence against vexatious insolvency petitions

Insolvency proceedings aim mainly to find a complex solution to the financial standing of a debtor who has gone bankrupt according to one of the laws (Act No 182/2006 Sb., on Insolvency and the Methods of its Solution; hereinafter referred to as the “Insolvency Act” ) in the way set forth, especially in order to secure the claims of creditors. In practice, some institutes of the Insolvency Act are used in ways that contrast with its general purpose.

- Alfery & Partner
Czech Republic: Typical Legal Issues Encountered in Real Estate Due Diligence

In almost every due diligence involving real estate in the Czech Republic, several legal is-sues emerge which are crucial for the existence (or non-existence) of ownership or other rights regarding real estate established in favour of certain subjects. The following legal issues are typically encountered in due diligence projects. It is important to understand and assess these issues correctly.

- Schönherr
CHANGES IN THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

legal developments in the energy practice

- Schönherr
What will the new Tax Procedure Code bring?

On 1 January 2011 the new Tax Procedure Code took effect which will regulate tax proceedings in the Czech Republic . As tax proceedings concern almost everybody, as almost everybody pays tax, let us look at what the new Tax Procedure Code will bring.

- PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s
Legal Aspects of the Subsidy Process in Connection with the Operational

The Operational Program Research and Development for Innovations (OPRDI) was implemented for public institutions in the industrial research and development sector. The aim of the program is to develop cooperation between universities and industrial enterprises, to support research and development at universities and research institutions, and to highlight supply and demand in the research and development sector. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (www.msmt.cz) is charged with managing the program. Knowledge of certain basic principles is useful when using subsidies in compliance with the stipulated rules.

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Cross-Border Service Provision in the EU

The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2006/123/EC of 12 December 2006, on services in the internal market ("Directive" or "Directive on services") substantially develops the freedom of establishment and freedom of cross-border provision of services under Articles 43 and 49 of the EC treaty. The Directive applies to all types of services except those which are expressly excluded. In the Czech Republic, the Directive on services was implemented by Act No. 222/2009 Coll., on Free Movement of Services that came into force on December 28, 2009.

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