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JUDr. Martin Janoušek

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Martin Janoušek

Martin Janoušek has long focused on mergers and acquisitions,

dispute resolution and major public sector infrastructure projects. In the area of mergers and acquisitions, he has represented investment groups and funds, investors and founders and owners of family-owned companies in the purchase or sale of companies.

He has been involved in representing states in investment disputes,

in international and national arbitrations and before national courts. He arbitrates disputes as an arbitrator of the arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Arbitration Board of the Football Association of the Czech Republic. He was a member of the Minister’s Collegium for Public Investment, the Expert Group of the Ministry of Regional Development dealing with legislative works on the Public Procurement Act and the Concession Act and a member of the ROWAN LEGAL team, which prepared the opposition to the draft of the new Public Procurement Act for the Ministry of Regional Development in 2015.

In the field of public investment and infrastructure projects,

Martin has participated in a number of projects implemented by public administrations, both, at the level of central authorities and municipalities, especially in the field of informatization of public administration (implementation, operation), transport, and a number of types of services (water supply, waste management etc.).

In the area of PPP, he has been involved in a number of concession or quasi-concession projects in the construction of transport infrastructure.

and the operation of public facilities. In the field of public aid, he has been involved in the appraisal of a number of projects and in the preparation of a state venture capital fund. In the energy sector, he negotiated the contractual framework for the completion of the Dukovany nuclear power plant with ČEZ on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Government of the Czech Republic.



Experiences

2008 - present

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Partner

2008 - present

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Associate

2006 - 2008

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Junior Lawyer

2005 - 2006

Professional experience

Company: Becker and Poliakoff, law firm

Position: Junior Lawyer

Education

Škola: Právnická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze

Obor: Právo a právní věda

Specialization

References

Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate

Provided comprehensive legal services to the client Severočeská vodárenská společnost a.s. related to the implementation of the project “Ensuring the operation of water supply infrastructure after 2020” with a value of tens of billions of CZK excluding VAT. Participated in the process from the preparation of a study of alternatives through the implementation of the purchase of the majority share from Veolia to the subsequent establishment of joint venture structures and shareholder agreements.

Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate

Provided legal support to a major electricity generation and distribution services company in a project for the long-term lease of part of a commercial plant.

Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate

Provided legal support to a major waste management services company on a project for the long-term lease of part of a commercial plant.

Dispute resolution and arbitration

Advised the City of Prague in connection with court proceedings related to information technology projects (dispute resolution regarding the Opencard project).

Dispute resolution and arbitration

Advised the Capital City of Prague in connection with court proceedings concerning the operation of public lighting (settlement of disputes regarding the termination of contracts with Eltodo).

Dispute resolution and arbitration

Represented WPB Capital, a savings cooperative, in a EUR 60 million damages claim.

Public investments and infrastructure projects

Provided comprehensive legal advice to the Czech Republic – Ministry of the Interior on the transformation of Česká pošta, s.p., a spin-off plant of ICT, into an independent state enterprise and its merger with the state enterprise NAKIT. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the assessment of the possible ways of this transformation, as well as the impact of specific ways of transformation on property, contractual, labour and project relations and drafted the necessary legislation.

Public investments and infrastructure projects

He was involved in the conception and creation of a state venture capital fund for the contracting authority Czech Republic – Ministry of Industry and Trade and in the assessment in terms of state aid and approval by the EC and a set of public tenders for administrators and depositories.

Public investments and infrastructure projects

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of the public contract for the contracting authority Prague 8 – “Centrum Palmovka – Construction of a building with office and commercial premises and their subsequent management with provision of related services” with a value exceeding CZK 1 billion excluding VAT, awarded in a competitive dialogue.

Publications

Olík M., Maisner M., Pokorný R., Málek O., Janoušek M.

2015

Law on Arbitration and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

Podešva V., Olík M., Janoušek M., Stránský J.

2011

Public Procurement Act, Commentary. 2nd edition

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