Prague, 31 March 2025 – ROWAN LEGAL has made a significant move in the prestigious ranking of The Legal 500 this year. For the first time ever, the firm has achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the PPP Projects category and has confirmed its strong position in the Intellectual Property and TMT practice areas. In addition, it improved in the Tax category and nine of its leading partners and experts scored in the individual awards.
As a whole, ROWAN LEGAL was again ranked in a total of 11 professional categories this year, and in two of them it managed to advance to higher categories. The highest ranking was achieved in the PPP Projects category for the first time ever, and in the opinion of The Legal 500 jury it is among the absolute world leaders. At the same time, it defended this ranking in its traditionally strong Intellectual Property and TMT disciplines. Also new is the firm’s ranking in the high Tier 2 category of Tax. It is also ranked in the same way in the Litigation, Competition and Energy Projects categories.
“When you are advising on PPP projects, it is clear that you must always take into account the interests of clients operating in both the private and public sectors. Both parties need to be approached individually, recognizing that they have different operating styles and are bound by different rules – but as a lawyer you need to provide precise service and advice to both. I see the move to the highest category as a way of resolving this dilemma within our team to the satisfaction of our clients, for which I thank many of my colleagues. At the same time, I would like to thank the expert jury, which has ranked us on par with the world’s largest capacities in the field,” said Vilém Podešva, Partner at ROWAN LEGAL.
Individual Awards
In terms of individual awards, this year The Legal 500 recommends the services of a total of nine ROWAN LEGAL experts. Among the newcomers are two – partner Jan Tomíšek, who won the Next Generation Partner award in the TMT category, and associate Jiří Mňuk, who was selected as a Leading Associate in the Competition Law category. Traditionally, several of the firm’s partners ranked high – among the Leading Partners, the jury included Josef Donát and Michal Nulíček (in the categories of Intellectual Property and TMT, respectively), as well as Vilém Podešva (in the Energy category) and Vladimír Hejduk (in the Tax category). The ranking also includes Samuel Král (Leading Associates – Intellectual Property), Jiří Votrubec (Next Generation Partner – PPP Projects) and Simona Mlýnek Štursová (Leading Associates – Taxes).
“I am once again delighted with the results of The Legal 500, as well as the recent Chambers. Firstly, because we have moved up a notch in two specialisms, which I see as confirmation that the time and energy invested in developing these teams is paying off. Secondly, I am delighted with the success of any of my colleagues in the individual categories, because they are doing a world-class job. And finally, thirdly, because I personally have managed to defend the high ranking that the jury honored me with last year. I think that The Legal 500 has given us a reason to celebrate and motivation to continue providing quality legal services,” says Michal Nulíček, another partner of ROWAN LEGAL.
ROWAN LEGAL confirms an upward trend in mergers, acquisitions, corporate law, employment law, and real estate law
However, the above-mentioned list of rankings is not complete. It is complemented by several other rankings of the firm in professional categories. Thus, ROWAN LEGAL was again ranked in Tier 3 for services rendered in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Law category and in Tier 5 in the Employment Law and Real Estate Law categories. In both cases, these are rankings that the firm achieved for the first time last year. This year, therefore, is a confirmation of a trend that perhaps indicates the direction in which ROWAN LEGAL intends to develop further.
The Legal 500 is regarded globally as one of the most authoritative indicators of the quality of legal services. This is mainly because the expert jury bases its compilation on many qualitative criteria, among which, however, the feedback of the clients of the rated law firms and their customer experience dominates. The final ranking is then determined by parameters such as the friendliness of client service, innovative and effective professional approach to solving problems and satisfaction with specific members of the law firm’s team.
ROWAN LEGAL is a leading domestic law firm specialising in dispute resolution and arbitration, corporate and commercial law, intellectual property, IT, telecommunications and competition, including public procurement. Its clients include major national and international corporations including public institutions. It employs more than 90 experienced lawyers in its offices in Prague and Brno.
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ROWAN LEGAL
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