Capital Markets

Automotive & Transport

• Agreements with business partners and clients
• Leasing, operating leasing solutions and relating agreements
• Representation in proceedings with respective regulators and relating administrative proceedings
• Dispute resolutions, including representation in arbitration proceedings
• Air, sea, train cargo transport and relating sector regulations
• CMR, IATA, INCOTERMS 2010

Banking & Finance

• Advice & planning of business strategy for financial institutions
• Intra-group financing arrangements
• Financial transactions and financing structuring
• Debt restructuring and refinancing
• All types of credit facilities and commercial lending, including syndicated loans
• Listing and delisting of securities on public markets
• Other relating services

Construction

• Legal due diligence of property
• Share and assets deal agreements relating to real estate
• Agreements relating to construction financing
• Town and country planning, updating of development policies and other planning materials
• Building permits, utilisation of real estate and necessary consents
• Preparation and negotiation over developer investment commercialisation agreements

Energy, Oil & Mining

• Agreements and documentation relating to energy and commodities trading
• Power projects: construction, development, purchase and sale
• Operation & maintenance agreements
• Renewable energy projects and relating regulations
• Power projects’ financing, representation in negotiations and drafting of relating documents
• Transmitting services and agreements
• Representation before sector regulators in administrative proceedings, permitting
• Representation in dispute resolutions, including arbitration proceedings

EU Funds

• Legal aspects and revision of drafted project proposals and submission of applications
• Administration of tendering procedures
• Further legal assistance in project implementation, evaluation and publicity
• Co-financing of projects and relating legal documents
• Analytical studies on methodology and implementation of financial instruments
• Trainings for entities responsible for the distribution of financial instruments

Food & Beverages

• Food safety requirements and consumer protection issues
• Obtaining and using intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyright and trade secrets
• Litigation, including product liability, class actions, misrepresentation, passing off and breach of contract
• Commercial agreements relating to production, supply and distribution, manufacturing, and licensing
• Mergers and acquisitions of food-related businesses, including entire franchise systems
• Import and export, including procedures and inspection requirements
• Transportation issues
• Advertising and Marketing Law
• Customer protection regulation and compliance
• Other relating services

Gaming

• Negotiation of fair deals with both local and global publishers and distributors
• Complete pro-customer service (license agreements, terms of sales, consumer affairs, etc. )
• Legal protection of original ideas (copyright protection)
• Ensuring that all licenses and permissions for the use of protected copyright works and personal rights are in place
• Setting of legal relations with other partners in the company (e.g. proper shareholder agreements)
• Communication with the authorities and provision of necessary administrative support
• Protection and representation in the fight against digital piracy

General Retail

• Local and EU regulation on retail, court practice
• Customer protection regulation and compliance
• Representation in administrative proceedings with sector regulators, permitting
• Drafting of licence and franchise agreements
• Drafting of employment and production agreements
• Drafting of general terms and conditions
• Analysis of import and export regulations
• Representation in proceedings relating to intellectual property infringement in the sphere of goods and services

Insurance

• Introduction of local regulations for foreign insurance companies and insurance brokerage firms
• Regulatory legal assistance for the establishment of insurance companies, insurance brokerage firms, branch offices, local applications for cross-border services,
• Legal advice for insurance funds, pension and health funds
• Preparation of internal documentation, general terms and conditions, harmonisation with the EU and foreign rules
• Legal representation of reinsurance companies
• Legal representation in damage claim adjustment, especially in big damage cases (caused by city transport, public utilities, financial crimes etc.)
• Litigation and dispute resolution in local jurisdiction, especially in regressive processes against local obligees
• Representation of local and international insurance companies and clients in precedent processes, e.g. Holocaust life insurance
• Process management in mergers and winding-ups
• Legal advise on outsourcing agreements and portfolio transfers
• Legal assistance on insurance product development
• Advice on unique or special insurance agreements
• Legal and professional assistance in public procurement process relating to insurance agreements
• General insurance advice

Pharma & Healthcare

• Regulatory support (market entry, licenses and permits, labelling requirements, regulatory audits and investigations, etc.)
• Advice on requirements for clinical trials (permits, agreements, etc.)
• Ethics & Compliance (anti-corruption and anti-bribery regulations, sponsorship, dealing with HCPs)
• Marketing and advertising (marketing and advertising regulation, promotions, lotteries, online activities, etc.)
• Pricing and reimbursement (pricing regulations, entering national healthcare system, etc.)
• Trade and distribution (sales strategies, distribution, supply, contract manufacturing, etc.)
• Competition issues (dealing with suppliers and competitors, parallel import issues, etc.)
• Data protection and privacy, eHealth
• Intellectual property issues (trademark protection, IP and know-how protection, product development and licensing agreements, R&D collaborations, etc.)
• Public procurement and government contracts
• Investments, mergers & acquisitions, partnerships
• Litigation and representation in courts and before local authorities (challenging regulatory bodies, product and professional liability disputes, commercial and consumer disputes, insurance and intellectual property disputes, etc.)

Production & Manufacture

• Comprehensive legal advisory on local and European regulatory aspects in the production and manufacture sector
• Obtaining all necessary licenses and permits
• Assisting in the acquisition or lease transactions of production premises
• Preparation of internal legal documents, policies, organisational structures and proposing optimal solutions
• Comprehensive legal advisory on labour agenda, including international employment
• Cross-border deals
• Representation in all kind of litigations, including international arbitration
• Day-to-day operational issues

Sport

• Sponsorship agreements
• Communication with official authorities and sport associations
• Representation in negotiations between professional players and sport clubs
• TV rights, marketing and advertising of sport clubs
• Competition aspects of sport activities
• Doping regulations and representation in related proceedings
• Representation in sport arbitrations
• Review of decisions of sport authorities by civil courts
• Providing football agent’s services to football players and clubs in transfers or loan agreements according to regulations of UEFA and the Czech Football Association

Start-ups

Company establishment

• Legal advice regarding the legal form concerning the nature of the planned business
• Establishment of the necessary internal processes (shareholder relationships, corporate governance)
• Obtaining necessary licenses and permits
• Setting up effective contractual relationships with business partners and customers
• Shareholders’ agreements – Drafting new agreements between partners, shareholders

Privacy and data protection

• Intellectual property and industrial property rights protection – copyrights, trademarks, patents
• EU regulation of privacy and data protection with the adoption of local rules
• Privacy policy and its security, non-disclosure agreements
• Various regulations and agreements according to GDPR
• Cyber security

Other services

• General labour law – drafting employment agreements, remuneration, internal employment policies, compensations for damages and health and safety at work
• Assistance with corporate income tax statements
• Lease transactions and agreements
• Legal assistance with EU subsidy programs for start-ups

TMT

• Advice on EU and local laws and regulations relating to technology developments, e.g. internet, mobile telephony, broadband networks and services, robotics and unmanned systems (drones), etc.
• Cybersecurity, data protection and privacy, e-commerce issues and fraud prevention
• Digital content distribution and digital rights management
• E-commerce and online retailers
• Film and television production, financing and distribution
• Regulatory support with licencing, permits, investigations
• Commercial transactions: transfer of rights, outsourcing, franchising, etc.
• Due diligence checks on outsourcing partners, preparation and reviewing of draft agreements, protection clauses and the rights and obligations of both parties
• Legal advice on the setup of websites and online payment systems
• Legal advice on advertising campaign in internet, including in e-commerce business
• Legal advice on competition law
• Legal advice on various regulatory matters
• Litigation and representation before local authorities and in courts
• Assistance with sales strategies, advertising and marketing regulations, commercial launches