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DLA Piper Prague LLP

MÁNESOVA 5, 12000 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Czech Republic

Banking, finance and capital markets

Within Banking, finance and capital markets, tier 4

DLA Piper Prague LLP recruited new practice head Pavel Marc from Wolf Theiss in co-operation with Czech lawyers. The team advises on high-value, complex acquisition and project financing, refinancing, and debt restructuring. Clients include UniCredit Bank and RBS.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,

DLA Piper Prague LLP is ‘solid, reliable’, and provides ‘a very high level of service’. Clients include Baxter, SPAR and Scatec Solar. The practice was bolstered by the arrival of the ‘widely experienced’ Jakub Adam and his team of four associates from Wolf Theiss in co-operation with Czech lawyers. Pavel Marc, head of finance and projects, also joined from the same firm and led on various insolvencies, restructurings, and mergers.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, tier 4

DLA Piper Prague LLP advises media, insurance, and consumer products clients with a focus on IP and insurance disputes. Peter Valert heads the practice.

Legal market overview

Within Legal market overview,

The Czech legal market saw a large number of lateral moves in 2011, following a period of spin-offs by firms. The most notable move was DLA Piper Prague LLP’s recruitment of corporate practice head Jakub Adam and finance head Pavel Marc, who joined along with a number of associates from Wolf Theiss in co-operation with Czech lawyers. Among notable law firm changes, the Prague office of Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. merged into PRK Partners at the beginning of 2011, and local firm Horák & Chvosta merged with White & Case.

Real estate and construction

Within Real estate and construction, tier 4

Wolf Theiss in co-operation with Czech lawyers is advising on transactions relating to shopping centres, hotels, and infrastructure projects, including advising IMMOEAST on the acquisition and development of malls in South Moravia. New practice head Michal Pravda replaced Jakub Adam, who joined DLA Piper Prague LLP.

TMT

Within TMT, DLA Piper LLP is a second tier firm,

DLA Piper Prague LLP utilises its global network and advises international clients on IT and IP issues, including trade mark and data protection. It is advising Warner Bros Entertainment Europe on various trade mark protection matters, particularly for its Harry Potter franchise in the Czech Republic. Practice head Peter Valert is ably assisted by senior associate Jaroslav Tajbr.

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DLA Piper LLP

  • Sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter

    In February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council (the SGC) issued definitive guidelines to courts on imposing appropriate sentences for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. The SGC states that fines imposed on companies found guilty of corporate manslaughter should not fall below £500,000, while fines in respect of health and safety offences that are a significant cause of death should be at least £100,000. Crucially, the SGC declined to provide for a fixed link between the imposed fine and the turnover or profitability of the offending company.

    - DLA Piper UK LLP

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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.
    - PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s

  • 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.
    - PETERKA & PARTNERS v.o.s
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