As a result of coronavirus crisis and related restrictive measures, companies may face difficulties also in relation to previously common activities,...

February 2024 – With the 6 July 2024 deadline for the implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (the "CSRD")...

The Czech Government has prepared several measures that should help companies in the challenging times stemming from the outbreak of COVID-19. Please find below a brief overview of proposed measures...

The European Union's new Anti-Corruption Directive represents the most significant modernization of anti-corruption enforcement in over two decades, substantially expanding corporate exposure through harmonized offences...

As of 1 June 2012 the Prague Stock Exchange has created a special market segment – START.

The past year has seen a flurry of regulatory developments related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), particularly in the alignment of climate, environmental and reporting...

If a joint stock or a limited liability company’s accounting period matches the calendar year, the company is obliged to approve its ordinary financial statements by 30 June 2012.

Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month we look back at the most relevant developments in the area of financial regulation in the CEE region.

February 2021 – The Czech parliament has recently passed a new Act on UBO Register, no. 37/2021 Coll. (the "New UBO Act") effective from 1 June 2021

A number of important amendments have been made to Acts which affect small to medium-sized enterprises and multinationals operating in the Czech Republic.

New rules for joint stock companies have been introduced in changes to the Commercial Code.

Unlike the Commercial Code, the ABC does not provide for any minimum registered capital of the limited liability company.

On 1 January 2014, the re-codification of Czech private law should come into force. One of the institutes that will be changed is acting on behalf of a company.

The joint-stock company is the second most common form of business corporations in the Czech Republic. How to establish such company?

From 1 January 2014, a new civil and commercial code entered into force imposing stringent obligations on statutory bodies of corporations.

Effective 1 January 2014, the new Civil Code and Business Corporations Act introduced a modified model of management and operation of corporate groups.

The Stop-the-Clock Directive (Directive (EU) 2025/794), which postpones the application of certain provisions of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)...

The European Commission recently published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act. Although the document is non-binding and still open for feedback, the draft guidelines provide the clearest indication to date of how the Commission is likely to interpret one of the most debated aspects of the AI Act in practice: what actually qualifies as a “high-risk AI system”?

A new Civil Code and associated laws will come into effect on 1 January 2014, thus bringing major changes to the conduct of business in the Czech Republic.

As the 6 July 2024 deadline for implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (the "CSRD", the "Directive") approaches...