JUDr. Josef Donát, LL.M. specializes in legal consulting in the field of law:
is the head of the ICT Law specialization at ROWAN LEGAL, an arbitrator and a registered mediator.
in the field of the legal aspects of digitalization, electronic identification, cloud computing, cyber security and delivery of information systems. Recently, he has been intensively involved in the creation of the BankID electronic identification project, where his team was responsible for the complete legal support – from the preparation and negotiation of legislation through commercial terms and conditions to comprehensive advice to participating banks on connecting to eGovernment services.
especially in relations with programmers in software development, he also collaborates on drafting license terms for computer programs and provides support to clients in negotiating contracts worth hundreds of millions of crowns. He provides expert advice to private and public sector clients in tenders and procurement procedures for supplies and services in the field of ICT and is also significantly involved in legal support for dynamic technology start-ups, where modern technology and innovation place significant demands on the right legal qualifications.
eGovernment and cyber security and regularly lectures at universities and international conferences.
2010–present
Professional experience
Position: Attorney-at-law and Partner, Head of ICT Law
2015–2022
Professional experience
Position: Director and founder
2007–2010
Professional experience
Position: Associate, focusing on ICT law
2011
Education
Field of study: Master of Laws/LLM.
2010
Education
Field of study: Law and Legal Science
2007
Education
Field of study: Law and Legal Science
2000-2006
Professional experience
Position: Key account manager for ICT
Josef Donát led a team of experts from ROWAN LEGAL who, under the CBA, participated in the creation of the unique BankID electronic identification project. As part of it, he negotiated a comprehensive amendment to several legal regulations enabling the extension of the banking license, assisted in setting up the complete contractual parameters of the entire project and supported banks in engaging in eGovernment services.
On behalf of the member banks, his team also negotiated the establishment of the National Development Fund project, in which the largest financial institutions will invest tens of billions of crowns in projects of general interest.
Josef was also a member of the team negotiating the most important project of the coming decades for the Czech Republic, namely the completion of the Dukovany nuclear power plant, with the responsibility of the ROWAN LEGAL team being the most appropriate setting of contractual relations between the state and the investor.
On behalf of the client ČEPRO, the ROWAN LEGAL team with Josef Donát at the helm led the largest insolvency case in the Czech Republic in the insolvency of Sberbank.
Josef is a member of the team involved in the preparation of a large-scale project for the construction of a production plant for a major automotive company in the Czech Republic.
For a major multinational bank, he provided legal support in the preparation and implementation of the first large-scale implementation of Google Apps for Business cloud applications, including negotiations with the supplier, the banking market regulator and the data protection authority. Similarly, for another bank, he assisted in the implementation of Microsoft Office 365 cloud applications or in the selection of the Salesforce cloud CRM tool, including the determination of binding contractual terms, risk analysis and negotiation support.
For T-Mobile Czech Republic, he provided legal support in a large-scale multinational project of outsourcing the telecommunications infrastructure of a major entity operating in the energy sector.
Third edition
2020
Radim Polčák & Michal Petr, Jiří Čermák, Josef Donát, Zbyněk Loebl, Tomáš Gřivna, Ján Matejka. ‘Czech Republic’.
2020
Practical Commentary, Wolters Kluwer
2019
C. H. Beck
2017
C. H. Beck
2016
Wolters Kluwer
2013
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