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JUDr. Lukáš Duffek

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Lukáš Duffek

Lukáš Duffek focuses primarily on criminal law and defense

at all stages of criminal proceedings. He is a specialist in serious property, economic and contract crime. He also focuses on the criminal liability of legal entities.

In addition to his active role as a defense lawyer,

Lukáš Duffek also focuses on the prevention and avoidance of crime, through risk assessment and the preparation of criminal compliance programs.

Lukáš Duffek is also an expert in litigation and dispute resolution.

He provides comprehensive legal advice to participants in all types of proceedings, both before general courts and in arbitration proceedings. He has in-depth experience in providing legal support in the preparation of procedural strategies, legal analyses and negotiations of parties before and after the commencement of court proceedings. Lukáš Duffek has extensive experience in representing clients before courts of all levels, including the formulation of relevant submissions, whether in major construction projects, IT disputes, copyright claims, unfair competition claims, engineering, trade receivables, insolvency proceedings, employment disputes or land ownership.

Commercial mediation is also an important part of his practice,

where he acts either as a mediator or as a representative of parties to the dispute. Part of his practice includes family law, especially divorce and child relationship arrangements, to which he applies his negotiation and mediation skills.

He publishes and lectures in all these areas.

He is a member of the Disciplinary Commission of the CBA, the CBA Section for Private and Criminal Law, and the Union of Czech Lawyers.



Experiences

2020 – present

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Partner

2019 – 2020

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Managing Associate

2012 – 2019

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Senior Associate

2013

Education

School: Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague

Field of study: Law and legal science

2008 – 2012

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Junior Lawyer

2008

Education

School: Faculty of Law, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Field of study: Law and legal science

2003

Education

School: Police Academy of the Czech Republic

Field of study: Security and legal studies

Specialization

References

Defense counsel

Defense counsel for a defendant prosecuted for offences committed in the energy and regulated industries in connection with public procurement. The prosecution was for the offence of bribery and also for procurement fraud.

Defense counsel

Defense counsel for an accused prosecuted for a particularly serious case of fraud committed in connection with the provision and management of the State’s emergency material stocks. The damage caused exceeded CZK 100 million.

Defense counsel

Defense counsel for a defendant prosecuted for the particularly serious crime of tax, duty and other compulsory payment evasion, committed in complicity, while trading in goods subject to a reverse charge tax regime.

Defense of a client

Defense of a client in a media-hyped case in the healthcare sector, accused of an economic crime, specifically the offence of conferring an advantage in the award of a public contract, in a public tender and a public auction.

Legal assistance

Providing legal assistance to persons suspected of committing economic crimes. The offence consisted of the misuse of information and position in commercial dealings and unfair competition in the form of violation of business secrets.

Defense of a client

Defending a client prosecuted for the offence of fraud committed in connection with EU law in the field of providing consultancy services on EU law and the effective use of EU funds.

Criminal prevention

Implementation and management of a comprehensive compliance system focused on criminal prevention for several companies with billions of dollars in turnover.

Legal services

Involved in providing legal services to a major client in the product price comparison market in a dispute with a multinational company on the issue of abuse of dominance and related damages.

Publications

GŘIVNA, Tomáš, ed. and ŠIMÁNOVÁ, Hana, ed.

2019

Criminal law and the rule of law: proceedings of conferences organized by the Union of Advocates of the Czech Republic in 2017-2018

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