Prague, 16 March 2023 – Leading law firm ROWAN LEGAL and its attorneys have again succeeded in the international rankings published by ranking company Chambers and Partners. Chambers Europe Guide 2023 has recognized the high quality of the firm’s services…
Chambers and Partners has ranked ROWAN LEGAL’s Dispute Resolution practice in the 2023 edition of the Chambers Global guide (Band 3). Head of Dispute Resolution at ROWAN LEGAL, Miloš Olík, has received an individual award (Band 2). The Chambers Global…
Partner at ROWAN LEGAL, Michal Nulíček, LL.M. has been appointed a member of the Appeals Committee for The Office for Personal Data Protection, effective as of 25th November 2022. Michal Nulíček is one of the leading experts in data protection…
ROWAN LEGAL was invited to be an exclusive country contributor to the CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: TMT 2022 for the Czech Republic. The CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: TMT 2022 looks at the most important regulations related…
Prague, November 8, 2022 – ROWAN LEGAL has again this year achieved significant success in the domestic ranking of the best law firms in the “Law Firm of the Year” awards, organized by epravo.cz under the auspices of the Ministry…
When: 30th October – 4th November 2022 Where: Miami Beach Convention Center Participation: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M., JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb, Mgr. Jan Frey IBA Annual Conference 2022 by the International Bar Association will be launched in…
Source: CEE Legal Matters Author: Mgr. Jan Frey On September 22, 2022, CEE Legal Matters reported that ROWAN LEGAL had advised Central Europe Industry Partners on their acquisition of a 70% stake in AMiT Holding. CEELM reached out to Rowan…
Romana Szuťányi has joined ROWAN LEGAL. She will oversee the management of the employment law specialization and its further development. At the same time, Michaela Jiříková, who focuses on corporate law, has been promoted to the position of senior associate…
ROWAN LEGAL has made a significant contribution to the closing of an important mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transaction in the Czech Republic. ROWAN LEGAL provided legal and tax advice to the investment fund CEIP, which acquired a 70% stake in…
When: 16 & 17 June 2022 Where: Maastricht University Campus Brussels | Tervurenlaan 153, 1150 Brussels Speakers: Iain Sheridan, MBA and JUDr. Martin Šubrt, Ph.D., LL.M. Queen Mary University of London and Maastricht University offers a two-day programe on FinTech….
In the latest issue of Forbes magazine, a selection of “TOP LAWYERS” and “THE BIGGEST LAW FIRMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC” has been published, and ROWAN LEGAL is ranked among the best in M&A, Telecommunications and Media and Dispute Resolution….
When: 11 – 12 April 2022 Where: Vendôme Hotel, Paris, France Participation: Mgr. Jan Frey The tenth edition of the IBA 2022 conference, organised by the International Bar Association, will be launched in a few weeks in Paris. The conference…
In just a few days, the latest edition of the conference focused on current arbitration issues, the ICC Prague Arbitration Day 2022, will take place, organized by the ICC Czech Republic under the auspices of the ICC International Court of…
Please note that as of Monday (21.3.2022) a new regime for persons fleeing Ukraine is in force as a result of the adoption of the Lex UA. General matters: A special visa can now also be granted by the Czech…
Prague (17 March 2022), Czech law firm ROWAN LEGAL has achieved another significant success on the international scene. Prestigious ranking company Chambers and Partners from London praised ROWAN LEGAL in the areas of compliance, dispute resolution, intellectual property, projects in…
ROWAN LEGAL has defended its place in the prestigious Chambers Global 2022 rankings. It has been ranked in Band 3 in Dispute Resolution, and the Head of Dispute Resolution Miloš Olík received an individual award. Our firm greatly appreciates this…
Source: Lawyers & Business Author’s Comments: JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb 1) What are your firm’s plans for 2022? What do you want to focus on? 2) How do you perceive the future of advocacy and consulting in…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Petr Zábranský and Mgr. Ing. Tomáš Rendl In a recent decision of 14 October 2021, No. 4 As 90/2021-51, the Supreme Administrative Court stated that the Building Act does not provide building authorities with scope…
ROWAN LEGAL, one of the largest Czech law firms, announced a significant staff addition at the beginning of the year. Jan Frey (40), who is one of the leading domestic experts in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), will be joining the…
Source: epravo.cz Author: JUDr. Josef Donát, LL.M. In the first part of my article on the future of Czech copyright law in light of the DSM Directive, I dealt primarily with the background to the adoption of the final form…
Source: Pojistný obzor Authors: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M. and Mgr. Anna Cervanová, LL.M. The Czech Republic has only until the end of 2021 to adopt a law on whistleblower protection under the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive. Yet it is already…
ROWAN LEGAL invited to be the exclusive country contributor to the CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: Competition 2021 for the Czech Republic. The guide presents an overview of CEE’s competition regimes. It includes an outline of the main pieces of competition legislation, any notable…
Source: Hospodářské noviny Author of comment: Mgr. et Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek The rules that will dictate how the Czech Republic builds in the coming years are still unclear. In July, the Chamber of Deputies overrode a Senate veto and…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Petr Zábranský, Mgr. Tomáš Rendl The Supreme Administrative Court (the “SAC”), in its judgment of 22 June 2021, No. Komp 2/2020-44, ruled that the appeal authority for the state-funded Czech Tourism Centre – CzechTourism (“CzechTourism”)…
1.11.2021, Prague. On 1 November, the 14th annual Law Firm of the Year Awards, which are regularly held by epravo.cz under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice and the Czech Bar Association, were announced at Žofín Palace. It was…
ROWAN LEGAL celebrates! We are very pleased to share with you the positive results of the CBA elections. Representatives of our law firm, JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb and JUDr. Lukáš Duffek were elected to the CAK Commission….
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Petr Zábranský and JUDr. Martin Mezenský The Regional Court in Ostrava, Olomouc branch (the “Regional Court”), in its judgment, annulled the amendment to the zoning plan of the city of Zábřeh to the extent of…
Source: nasregion.cz Author of comment: Mgr. Mgr. Jan Měkota The last casino in the North Bohemian town of Decin is due to close in May 2022. At least that is the intention of the 2019 regulatory decree by which the…
Source: lawyersandbusiness.cz Author of comment: JUDr. Martin Janoušek The UNIque Law educational project, which brings together three law firms – Rowan Legal, PRK Partners and tdpA – has launched its third series of webinars. The aim is once again to…
Source: E15.cz Author of comment: Mgr. et Mgr. Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek As of 2018, the obligation to ensure approval for the vast majority of residential houses was deleted from the Building Act. However, the new Building Act reintroduces the…
Source: tydenikhrot.cz Author of comment: Mgr. Mgr. Lucie Kačerová A meeting of creditors of the collapsed Arca Investments group has shone a light on interest groups and shown the strength of its current management. Velič’s team has withstood the pressure…
Source: aktualne.cz Author of comment: Mgr. Mgr. Radim Obert Six million dollars, i.e. over 133 million crowns. That is how much the American actor Clint Eastwood sued a Lithuanian company for which, according to the court, falsely gave customers the…
Authors: JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb; JUDr. Margarita Karešová Kucharčuk Three years ago, in its decision of 6 March 2018, case C-284/16 (Achmea), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that EU law precludes an…
Source: hypoindex.cz Author: Veronika Hejná Author of comment: Mgr. et Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek Do you need a building permit for a terrace or porch extension, or demolition of an old shed? And how will things be from 2023 under…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Petr Zábranský and JUDr. Martin Mezenský By its judgment of 27 August 2021, Case No. 8 As 198/2021, the Supreme Administrative Court (the “SAC”) annulled the order of the Regional Court in Brno (the “Regional…
Source: penize.cz Author of comment: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M. Companies will only be able to call people who have explicitly agreed to it in advance. Under the current rules, it is the other way around. MPs have finally approved an…
JUDr. Kamil Jelínek joins ROWAN LEGAL’s public procurement team as an Of Counsel. In his practice, Kamil focuses on the award of public tenders in IT, as well as vendor lock-in and administrative law. Before joining ROWAN LEGAL, he worked…
Autoři: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M., Mgr. Bohuslav Lichnovský, LL.M., Mgr. Lucie Kačerová Can you rely on force majeure in commercial contracts? And to which extent? We analyzed these questions in the last issue of the Legal500 guide on force majeure….
JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb, JUDr. Margarita Karešová Kucharčuk and Mgr. Bc. Alžběta Böhmová In her recent opinion in the C-109/20 Poland v. PL Holdings Sàrl case, Advocate General Kokott (the “AG”) addressed the possibility of intra-EU investment…
The middle of April is traditionally the time for The Legal 500 ranking (https://www.legal500.com), which publishes the results of its international comparison of law firms. ROWAN LEGAL is proud to be a part of this comparison, this year achieving high…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Petr Zábranský, JUDr. Martin Mezenský In a decision on 15 December 2020, Ref. No. 2 As 8/2018-76, the Extended Chamber of the Supreme Administrative Court (“ECSAC”) dismissed a cassation appeal against the decision of the Prague Metropolitan…
Prague (18.3.2021) – The Czech law firm ROWAN LEGAL is one of Europe’s leaders in providing legal services in the spheres of compliance, dispute resolution, intellectual property, energy projects and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications law). This is evident from…
PRAGUE (February 18, 2021) – The prestigious London ranking agency Chambers and Partners has published its ranking of the world’s best law firms in Chambers Global 2021 for the 22nd time this year. ROWAN LEGAL and, at an individual level,…
Authors: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M., Mgr. et Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek, CIPP/E and Mgr. Ondřej Kašpar Publisher: Pojistný obzor The legal regulation of consumer protection will see a number of significant changes in the near future, particularly due to new…
Authors: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M., Mgr. et Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek, CIPP/E, Mgr. David Sláma The European Commission has presented an ambitious new proposal for two regulations aimed at introducing new rules for the digital market: the Digital Services Act…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Petr Zábranský, JUDr. Martin Mezenský The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) in a decision from December 11, 2020, Ref. No. 5 As 279/2019-27 has dismissed a cassation appeal against the judgment of the District Court in…
16.12.2020 Authors: JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb, Mgr. Martin Dolnák, Mgr. Simona Mlýnek Štursová This week, the Senate returned to the Chamber of Deputies an amended version of a tax package which significantly amends the system of taxation…
Authors: JUDr. Ing. Miloš Olík, Ph.D., LL.M., FCIArb, Mgr. Martin Dolnák, Mgr. Simona Mlýnek Štursová Substantial changes to the tax regime for income from bonds have been proposed as part of the upcoming amendment to the Income Tax Act, which…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Martin Dolnák, Mgr. Simona Mlýnek Štursová On January 1, 2021, an extensive amendment to the labor code is expected to enter into force, which among other things will have a major impact on the legal…
Authors: JUDr. Lukáš Duffek, Mgr. Linda Coufalová The Supreme Administrative Court as disciplinary court has recently judged a case under Ref. No. 12 Ksz 7/2019–196, on possible disciplinary offences committed by a supervising prosecuting attorney and the prosecuting attorney in…
