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Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelár
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Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelár > The Legal 500 Rankings

Czech Republic > Employment Tier 2

Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář’s employment practice closely coordinates with the firm’s IT and tax departments to offer holistic advice to its client base, which is largely comprised of local corporations and global insurance groups. The team routinely advises on hiring and termination matters, immigration law assistance, and the transfer of undertakings. As well as advising on employment-related litigation, the firm also offers corporate tax advice, particularly regarding remote working. Jan Procházka heads the team and primarily focuses on flexibility concerns and the cross-border assignment of employees, as well as leading projects relating to the recruitment of foreign employees.

Practice head(s):

Jan Procházka

Key clients

Metso Outotec Czech Republic s.r.o.

MMN, a.s.

Kooperativa pojišťovna, a.s., Vienna Insurance Group

CB&I s.r.o.

Manta Tools, s.r.o.

Deloitte Central Europe Service Centre s.r.o.

Veolia Energie ČR, a.s.

SAP Services s.r.o.

Simoldes Plasticos Czech s.r.o.

Auto-Kabel Krupka, s.r.o.

Work highlights

  • Provided advice regarding the introduction to and implementation of home offices in companies of the Veolia Energie Group.
  • Advising SAP, a market leader in the area of application software for enterprises, on the labour law aspects of posting of employees.
  • Provided employment and labour law advice to a company part of the Similes Group, an international group operating in the automotive industry.

Czech Republic > Tax Tier 2

Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář’s tax department is well-equipped to advise on complex tax advisory projects, the prevention of tax fraud, and tax compliance programmes. Noted for its prowess in tax litigation, the firm has successfully represented clients in cases before the administrative tax courts. Elsewhere, the group handles procedural tax concerns, tax audits, and tax concerns in transactional work. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the team frequently coordinates with its finance, accounting, and corporate departments. The practice is led by Jiřina Procházková, who specialises in state aid regulation and VAT fraud matters. Alena Wagner Dugová and Martin Černý are key practitioners within the firm and often assist clients with tax administration considerations.

Practice head(s):

Jiřina Procházková

Other key lawyers:

Alena Wagner Dugova; Martin Černý

Testimonials

‘They are absolute professionals with good results. Great communication skills.’

‘I am happy that we have been cooperating with Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář for many years. Over the years, lawyers from the team have helped us with a lot of legal issues relating to the area of tax law. Moreover, they are real professionals who provide legal services in number of legal fields, and they are still able to be experts in all of them.’

‘We have cooperated with Jiřina Procházková many times and she is always professional. Jirina is not only appreciated as an expert in the branch of tax law, but also because she is focused on client’s success.’

‘They were proactive in providing updates, promptly responding to our inquiries, and addressing any concerns we had.’

Key clients

LE & CO – Ing. Jiří Lenc, s.r.o.

Jansen-Cilag s.r.o.

Bammer Trade a.s. (PPF Group)

Fosfa a.s.

ROBEX DK, s.r.o.

CarTec Ostrava s.r.o.

Jarošovský pivovar a.s.

Work highlights

  • Successfully represented CarTec Ostrava s.r.o. in two cases regarding the compensation interest on withheld VAT deduction valued at EUR1.6m.
  • Assisting Bammer Trade a.s. in tax and judicial proceedings concerning one of the major grants provided in the transportation sector.
  • Successfully represented Jarošovský pivovar a.s. in a dispute concerning excise duty on beer.

Czech Republic > TMT Tier 2

Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář’s rapidly growing TMT practice covers both the transactional and day-to-day elements of the field, and has a fine track record in handling regulatory concerns within the electronic communications space. The group is active both locally and across the CEE region, and routinely advises on the set-up of software transactions, data privacy and cybersecurity issues, and digital transformation projects. The team utilises a multidisciplinary approach, collaborating with the firm's tax and corporate branches. Martin Bohuslav regularly assists tech companies, manufacturers and foreign developers, and leads the team alongside Hana Gawlasová, who focuses on regulatory work. At the associate level, Petra Věžníková covers the competition law elements of the telecoms space, and David Sýkora handles commercial contracts and projects.

Practice head(s):

Martin Bohuslav; Hana Gawlasová

Other key lawyers:

Petra Věžníková; David Sýkora

Testimonials

‘The team is very responsive to our requests and accommodates around our internal deadlines well. I appreciate the “manager-friendly” communication of the senior staff.’

‘I love working with Hana Gawlasová. She is a good listener, gets to the core of the problem very quickly and finds business viable solutions.’

‘The team is very professional, and it is a pleasure to work with them on both the work and personal side. There is a huge flexibility on their side and the team is able to cover a vast majority of legal issues we deal with internally as well as to cover multiple jurisdictions.’

‘All members really do care and are able to accommodate our needs. They listen and understand how the whole legal support should be structured and communicated.’

Key clients

FTMO Holding a.s. / FTMO s.r.o.

ATACCAMA Group SE / Ataccama Software s.r.o.

Manta Software, Inc. / Manta Tools, s.r.o.

SatoshiLabs Group a.s. / Trezor Company s.r.o.

ELT Management Company Czech Republic s.r.o.

3dsense s.r.o.

RWS Moravia (Moravia IT)

Infor Global Solutions (Infor Česká republika)

EDUin

Work highlights

  • Advised Ataccama on an entry of a strategic shareholder.
  • Advised RWS (formerly Moravia IT) in connection with intellectual property licensing issues spanning jurisdictions on three continents.

Czech Republic > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 4

The banking and finance team at Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář is regularly engaged by domestic banks, financial institutions, and insurance companies to act on a wide range of matters within the field of financial regulation; much of the firm’s workload includes handling regulatory licensing matters, advising on digitalisation matters, and covering the distribution of financial products. Led by Jan Procházka, the group frequently liaises with the firm’s tax experts, and demonstrates skill in advising on insurance law transactions.

Practice head(s):

Jan Procházka

Other key lawyers:

Tereza Davidová; Roman Fabiánek

Testimonials

‘Deloitte Legal are able to handle extensive legal issues in a very constrained time. The team’s capacity is substantial.’

‘All individuals in the team make you feel like you are the most important client.’

Key clients

Advanto Group s.r..o.

Air Bank a.s.

Caterpillar Financial Services ČR, s.r.o.

CTP Invest, spol s.r.o.

LASTR s.r.o.

NN Management Services, s.r.o.

Partners Financial Services, a.s.

Pharmservice s.r.o.

Portal Horse, SE

ZNPay a.s.

Work highlights

  • Advising Partners Financial Services a.s. and Partners Branka a.s. on prudential consolidation, capital requirements, and general banking activities.
  • Advising Caterpillar Financial Services ČR, s.r.o. on financings and AML regulation.

Czech Republic > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 4

The team at Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář advises on corporate reorganisations, commercial business needs, and domestic and international M&A transactions. The practice also handles disposals, joint ventures, and complex carve-out deals, often in coordination with its tax department. Petr Suchý heads up the group.

Practice head(s):

Petr Suchý

Other key lawyers:

David Šimek

Testimonials

‘I have to appreciate the very high level of professionalism of the team led by Petr Suchý, the flexibility and very creative approach to problems.’

‘Petr Suchý adopts a professional approach and has an excellent knowledge of corporate law.’

‘Good composition of the team, competitive pricing, ability to cover not only legal but also financial and tax issues, background of international company with many brands.’

‘David Šimek provides very good client and professional service, demonstrates deep knowledge and experience in M&A transactions. Excellent collaboration with financial and legal teams to completely cover the M&A process.’

Key clients

ATACCAMA Group SE

ROTOM Europe B.V.

SCTBio a.s.

FAST ČR, a.s. / SENCOR EUROPE, spol. s r.o.

KV HOLDING a.s.

Savino Del Bene S.p.A

Meopta – optika, s.r.o.

Work highlights

  • Advised ATACCAMA Group SE on the process of onboarding strategic investor Bain Capital Tech for $150m.
  • Advised KV Holding Group on setting up its holding structure.
  • Conducted a merger clearance analysis for Savino Del Bene S.p.A in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Czech Republic > Dispute resolution Tier 5

The dispute resolution team at Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář handles both domestic and cross-border litigation. Leveraging the strength of the firm's tax and financial services departments, the group primarily focuses on tax litigation and VAT disputes, representing major financial institutions and energy corporations, amongst others. Managing partner Martin Bohuslav leads the team alongside Jiřina Procházková.

Practice head(s):

Martin Bohuslav; Jiřina Procházková

Testimonials

‘Professional and extremely polite behavior.’

Key clients

Olomoucký kraj

CASPER UNION s.r.o.

CarTec Ostrava s.r.o.

SAFINA, a.s.

Bammer Trade a.s.

Fosfa a.s.

SVCS Process Innovation s.r.o.

Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic

Work highlights

  • Represented the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic in numerous cases related to or arising from the restrictive measures put in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Represented SAFINA in a VAT case.
  • Represented CarTec Ostrava s.r.o. in two disputes regarding the compensation interest on a withheld VAT deduction.

Czech Republic > Real estate and construction Tier 5

At Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář, the real estate and construction practice handles a range of work, including infrastructure projects, restructurings, and sales and acquisitions. Elsewhere, the firm covers real estate-related litigation, in addition to assisting clients with public real estate law relating to zoning and building proceedings. The team is active across the retail, logistics, industrial, and residential sectors, and primarily advises retail businesses, real estate developers, and investors. Olga Kaizar heads the group and focuses on transactional work.

Practice head(s):

Olga Kaizar

Other key lawyers:

Martin Bohuslav; Martin Mintora

Testimonials

‘High level of team knowledge and experience.’

‘Personal approach, confidence and reliability, strong industry knowledge.’

‘The Deloitte Legal team provides its services in a friendly and highly professional atmosphere. As clients, we feel that we are served with the highest level of priority and understanding.’

‘The individual we worked with was highly professional and extremely focused on our matter. They actively proposed alternative and less complicated solutions, and firmly and politely negotiated with counterparts.’

Key clients

ISWM Group

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic, s.r.o.

GLP Capital Partners

KONSIT Alfa Zličín a.s.

Olomoucký kraj

Unilin Czechia s.r.o.

CSPP Group a.s.

FTMO s.r.o.

KINSKÝ Žďár, a.s.

Barrandov Lands a.s.

Work highlights

  • Advised ISWM Group on its acquisition of an asset in the Czech Republic.
  • Representing Olomoucký kraj in administrative court proceedings, including the Supreme Administrative Court, regarding the Spatial Development Principles in Olomoucký kraj.
  • Collaborating with Barrandov Lands a.s. to propose an optimal solution for the building of a large-scale Parkhouse.

Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelár > Firm Profile

Firm overview: Deloitte Legal* addresses your challenges with comprehensive thinking, powered by experience and insights drawn from diverse business disciplines, industries, and global perspectives. We bring together legal advice, strategy, and technology to develop innovative solutions, create value for you and your business, and transform the way in which legal services are delivered and consumed.

Operating in 75+ countries, Deloitte Legal practitioners work closely across borders, providing a strategic perspective to help companies meet local responsibilities and thrive in the global marketplace. With access to industry specialists and an unparalleled range of professional services, we also employ technology to pioneer innovative solutions to the most complex business problems.

Deloitte Legal pairs strategy with technology to aggregate, organize, and analyze complex data from multiple sources, providing the insight to enhance clients’ decision-making process. Deloitte has reshaped many functions with its transformative thinking, which Deloitte Legal applies to reshape the legal department. We focus on people, process, and technology to help legal departments free up time for what matters.

Deloitte Legal doesn’t just work for clients, but with clients to develop the right solutions for their business. Understanding the client’s needs and putting a business lens on legal problems enables us to help the General Counsel become a business partner.

* “Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.

Main areas of practice: Deloitte Legal organizes its market offerings around three key areas:

Legal Advisory
Deloitte Legal advisors assist multinational organizations with day-to-day activities as well as corporate life events across many jurisdictions. Deloitte Legal’s professionals leverage leading technologies to deliver efficient and transparent support for the everyday legal activities companies manage.

Deloitte Legal practitioners understand that global organizations are enormously complex organisms, and no one unit is sealed off from the rest. The multi-disciplinary, tech-enabled legal approach allows Deloitte Legal to address legal questions not just in the abstract isolated way but with a holistic understanding of what the client organization is trying to achieve.

With a client-centric approach, Deloitte Legal practitioners expand their knowledge about their clients, the industries they operate in, their regulatory and legislative environments around the world to bring more to the table and provide the best possible legal advice to clients.

Guidance, advice and support are offered in the areas of:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Business Integrity
  • Commercial Law
  • Competition Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Data Privacy
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labour Law & Benefits
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Pharmaceutical Law
  • Public Procurement
  • Public Regulation
  • Private Clients Legal Services
  • Real Estate & Construction law
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Tax Litigation
  • Telecommunication & Media
  • Sports Law

Legal Management Consulting
Deloitte’s Legal Management Consulting (LMC) services were developed in collaboration with experts from across Deloitte practice areas such as mainstream management consultancy, risk advisory, tax management consulting, and, of course, legal. The services are configured to identify opportunities to help the General Counsel and the legal department as a whole achieve their desired state: Deloitte practitioners from numerous disciplines collaborate on a long-term roadmap to realize the client’s vision. They benchmark that roadmap with achievable goals, and work with the client from inception to completion.

Deloitte Legal’s LMC services includes assessing and developing legal operating models, evaluating and reconfiguring internal legal processes, developing frameworks for legal risk management, assisting with sourcing (balancing in-house resources with external third party providers), developing and deploying legal technology architecture, and facilitating tailored labs to develop solutions.

Legal Managed Services
Deloitte’s Legal Managed Services were developed to help legal departments keep up with the demands from their businesses for support on a range of legal issues. The legal professionals employ technology (such as dTrax – Deloitte’s award-winning contract management solution) and proven methodologies to act as an extension of a company’s in-house legal team, driving efficiencies through process improvement, and providing support and guidance to help enable their focus to shift to more strategic issues.

Support is offered for:

  • Legal document reviews
  • Legal contracting drafting, reviews and negotiations
  • Legal operations and spend management
  • Legal contract and commercial management
  • Legal entity management
  • “Legal Counsel as a Service”

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Commercial Ludvík Juřička ljuricka@deloittece.com
Corporate Petr Suchý psuchy@deloittece.com
Corporate Daniel Vitouš dvitous@deloittece.com
M&A Petr Suchý psuchy@deloittece.com
Restructuring Insolvency Michal Buchta mbuchta@deloittece.com
Litigations Jiřina Procházková jprochazkova@deloittece.com
Employment and pensions Jan Procházka jprochazka@deloittece.com
Banking and finance Jan Procházka jprochazka@deloittece.com
Real estate Martin Bohuslav mbohuslav@deloittece.com
Competition Hana Gawlasová hgawlasova@deloittece.com
Competition David Šimek dsimek@deloittece.com
Dispute resolution and arbitration Jiřina Procházková jprochazkova@deloittece.com
Personal data protection Jaroslava Kračúnová jkracunova@deloittece.com
Personal data protection Hana Gawlasová hgawlasova@deloittece.com
Pharma industry Tereza Davidová tdavidova@deloittece.com
Public procurement Ondřej Chmela ochmela@deloittece.com
Energy David Šimek dsimek@deloittece.com
Energy Martin Černý mcerny@deloittece.com
Compliance Jaroslava Kračúnová jkracunova@deloittece.com
Intellectual Property Hana Gawlasová hgawlasova@deloittece.com
TMT Hana Gawlasová hgawlasova@deloittece.com
Business Integrity Jaroslava Kračúnová jkracunova@deloittece.com
Digital Hana Gawlasová hgawlasova@deloittece.com
Public Procurement Ondřej Chmela ochmela@deloittece.com
Sports Petr Graca pgraca@deloittece.com
Civil Litigation Martin Bohuslav mbohuslav@deloittece.com
Legal management consulting (LMC) Jaroslava Kračúnová jkracunova@deloittece.com
Sports Petr Graca pgraca@deloittece.com
Private Ludvík Juřička ljuricka@deloittece.com

Meet The Team(s)

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Martin Bohuslav photo JUDr Martin Bohuslav Martin Bohuslav is a Managing Partner at Deloitte Legal. He provides clients… View Profile
Hana Gawlasová photo Mgr Hana Gawlasová Hana Gawlasová is a partner and head of the digital (formerly TMT)… View Profile
Ludvík Juřička photo Mgr Ludvík Juřička Ludvík Juřička specialises in mergers and acquisitions, real estate and construction law,… View Profile
Jaroslava Kračúnová photo Mgr Jaroslava Kračúnová Jaroslava Kračúnová is a Partner and head of the Business Integrity team… View Profile
Jan Procházka photo Mgr Jan Procházka Jan Procházka is a Partner and head of the Banking & Finance… View Profile
Jiřina Procházková photo Mgr Jiřina Procházková Jiřina Procházková is a Partner and a leader of the Tax Litigation… View Profile
Petr Suchý photo Mgr Petr Suchý Petr Suchý is a Partner at Deloitte Legal in Prague. He is… View Profile

Staff Figures

Number of legal professionals worldwide : 2,500+
In the Czech Republic : 60+
At this office : 60+

Languages

Czech
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish

Memberships

Deloitte Legal worldwide network

Other

Other offices : Brno
Other offices : Hradec Kralove
Other offices : Pilsen
Other offices : Ostrava

Diversity


ALL IN STRATEGY
At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. This can only be achieved by providing a workplace culture characterized by inclusive everyday behaviours and built on a foundation of respect and appreciation for diversity in all its forms.

Deloitte stands against systemic bias, racism and unequal treatment. We take seriously our responsibility to listen, learn and lead the change we wish to see in the world.

Deloitte’s ALL IN diversity and inclusion strategy is focused not only on ensuring that all Deloitte people live the organization’s values and understand the importance of an inclusive culture empowered by inclusive leadership, but also on designing and implementing specific interventions designed to achieve Deloitte’s diversity goals. We are focused on providing everyone with equal opportunities to grow, develop and succeed in an environment where we hold each other accountable at all times.

The three pillars of Deloitte’s inclusive talent culture—underpinned by respect—are achieving gender balance, advancing LGBT+ inclusion and supporting mental health.

XO CLUBS

SheXO Club, a global Deloitte initiative, aims to nurture a community of business women that can network, grow and thrive, through the creation of a platform for experience sharing. The program also focuses on helping and encouraging women in the C-suite to build confidence and advance to the next level and contributes to the development of the next generation of women leaders. Throughout our business meetings, market research and publications, we expand knowledge in the areas of leadership, economics, global trends and business models, and we further address the field of women’s professional development. The program also shares good practices in the field of Diversity & Inclusion.

In the Czech Republic we approach in a similar spirit the younger generation (KidsXO), where we help children discover and develop their unique talents, inspire them, broaden their horizons, and prepare them for the technological future. In the KidsXO we connect world speakers, scientists, pioneers in their field and trendsetters with the youngest generation at regular interactive meetings, each time on a different topic, which we grasp with the hands of (future) researchers, astronauts, biologists, artists, innovators, and mathematicians. Further, we created a club for the seniors, retired professionals (3XO) where they get together, share their expertise, and delve into stories from their experiences, and where we are helping them to open new horizons and acquaint them with new things, technologies or trends.

Interviews

Martin Bohuslav, Managing Partner

Managing Partner, Martin Bohuslav, gives us a brief introduction to the practice in the Czech Republic.

What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte Legal from your competitors?

Well, without doubt a great differentiator is the ability to provide bundled solutions together with our Deloitte colleagues in other service lines. This includes solutions involving colleagues such as IT Consultants, Financial Advisors, Risk Advisers, and Tax Experts, among others. Further differentiation comes through our being focused on the most important and relevant topics at the current time. Presently, two such topics are Digitalization and ESG (Environmental Social and Governance). Both topics require major transformational processes to be taken by our clients, which can prove quite daunting for them. However, we offer added support to these clients, making the transformational processes manageable and trouble-free, through our integrated project management capabilities.

Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that?

Beyond Digitalization and ESG transformational projects, I think that we can expect to see growth across the whole spectrum of traditional legal practice areas. Depending on the economic outlook over the next 12 months, this should include M&A transactions, restructuring, or even insolvencies. One further area of growth is likely to be in Tax Litigation, which is headed by my talented colleague Jirina Prochazkova. Since we have the largest Tax & Legal team on the market, I believe we are unmatched in our ability to cover this area and bring true synergies in our service offerings.

What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients?

We are doing a great job of supporting our clients in the Digital Legal area. Digital team have a refreshingly entrepreneurial and proactive approach to dealing with the tasks, which are often accompanied with tight deadlines. This allows us to deliver a significant volume of work for our Technology-related clients, including those in Software Development. I would add, too, that client benefits are coming from the increasing efficiencies brought forward in our Tax Litigation team. The ongoing closer collaboration between the Tax & Legal colleagues is certainly something that is bringing added value to our clients. Lastly, in ESG, we really aspire to bring holistic projects to our clients where we cover Project Management, with full scope consultancy, and not just Legal Advisory alone.

Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them?

Again, the high level of efficiency from the Digital Law team comes to mind. Through their using the latest advancements in Legal Technologies via Planning, Communication, and Collaborative applications, we can see major time and resource savings being gained. This directly benefits our clients allowing us to cover high volume-work over shorter times, and with better accuracy. A further note that I should mention is that taken by one of our colleagues Jan Prochazka, who heads our Banking & Finance team. He is integrating legal services with all the technologies offered by Deloitte. So, for example, if Deloitte is providing a software-related solution to a bank, an integral part of this will be the option of purchasing legal advisory through that solution at any time in future.

Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business?

An example that I should mention would be one where, thanks to the elaboration of an ESG Strategy for a client, we were directly involved in increasing their value through implementing that strategy. Almost nobody, nowadays, can ignore the increasing requirements for ESG application as this will be demanded more and more from their clients and customers. Thus, we are helping this client from transforming something which, on first impression, could have been taken to be a burden by their company executives, into something which is a benefit, and brings tangible and measurable savings.

Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time?

We are in the perfect position to be a strategic partner for our clients simply due to our wide practical experience across all industries, and with the major international players. With this unique business insight, we can offer proactive solutions, and the best practices taken around the world. Our lawyers, through daily collaboration with other experts, in Tax, Finance, Technology, etc., have a broader business perspective, than those at traditional law firms, which means that they can keep company objectives and goals in mind without only taking a solely narrow legal approach.

In three years’ time, I see the firm as being the undisputed second-largest law firm on the Czech market. Additionally, I hope that we will bring a new normal to clients in providing integrated bundled solutions, which traditional law firms will not be able to do without bringing in 3rd party providers.



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