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The prestigious UK rating agency Who’s Who Legal has published a global overview of leading lawyers in the information technology sector, Who’s Who Legal: Data 2018. The list features 762 lawyers from all over the world and includes three representatives of the biggest Czech-Slovak law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS – managing partner Jaroslav Havel, partner Robert Nešpůrek and counsel Richard Otevřel. As a result, HAVEL & PARTNERS (before 31 December 2017 called Havel, Holásek & Partners) now has the highest number of listed specialists in the data field of all legal firms in the Czech Republic.
“The up-to-date list of Who’s Who Legal: Data 2018 is another precious award for the entire team of legal experts. This team specialises not only in information technology, but also in telecommunications, media, e-commerce and personal data protection, now especially in connection with the EU’s GDPR,” says Robert Nešpůrek, head of the team that has been among the biggest in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for a number of years.
The lists of leading lawyers of Who’s Who Legal are based on analyses of clients’ opinions and surveys carried out in 78 jurisdictions. Currently, HAVEL & PARTNERS has its lawyers listed in as many as ten legal areas of the Who’s Who Legal catalogue. The list of all recommended lawyers of HAVEL & PARTNERS is available here.
Who’s Who Legal also publishes the annual results of the best legal firms in the world – the Country and State Awards. In this competition, HAVEL & PARTNERS has received the best legal firm in the Czech Republic award for the sixth time in the past seven years.
HAVEL & PARTNERS (until 31 December 2017 Havel, Holásek & Partners) has provided comprehensive legal advice to SODECIA Automotive Europe GmbH from the SODECIA Group on acquiring shares in MATADOR Automotive in the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation, which are the leading suppliers for the automotive industry in the CEE region.
The seller was the Cypriot company M.I.L. MATINVESTMENTS LIMITED from MATADOR Group. Both parties have decided not to disclose the value of the transaction.
SODECIA took advantage of the long-standing know-how and experience of the M&A team at HAVEL & PARTNERS, in this case represented in particular by partner Pavel Němeček, senior associates Silvie Király and Juraj Steinecker, associate Zuzana Hargašová, and junior associates Ondřej Reiser and Martin Štrbáň.
Havel, Holásek & Partners (from 1 January 2018 HAVEL & PARTNERS) has provided comprehensive legal advice to Tomáš Čupr’s Rohlik.cz investment a.s. It acquired a 14.52% share in VELKÁ PECKA s.r.o., which operates the rohlik.cz online store, and has become its majority owner. Rohlik.cz investment a.s. purchased the share from Enern Chili s.r.o.
Tomáš Čupr’s company took advantage of the long-standing know-how and experience of our office’s M&A team, in this case represented by partner Václav Audes, associate Tomáš Navrátil, and junior associate Kamil Strachoň.
The largest Czech-Slovak law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS (until 31 December 2017: Havel, Holásek & Partners) received the 2018 Corporate INTL award for the best law firm in the Czech Republic providing legal advice in the field of information technology law (IT Law – Law Firm of the Year in the Czech Republic).
“Besides advising on information technology law,our specialised legal team also advises on telecommunications, media, e-commerce and personal data protection (now especially in connection with the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR), and is one of the largest both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our clients include major IT companies and investors who, when expanding their portfolios, focus on investing in technology companies. The international Corporate INTL Award, which we received in 2017, is important feedback to us about the quality of our services,” says Robert Nešpůrek, a firm partner and the head of the IT advisory group.
In the area of information technology law, the team focuses on areas such as contracts for the development, supply and maintenance of software and its protection; IT system integration; outsourcing contracts; electronic contracts; computerisation in financial services (fintech); content usage and liability for content; the protection of competition in the technological environment; and representation in disputes arising from complex IT contracts, as well as in domain name disputes.
Annual Corporate INTL Awards
The annual Corporate INTL Awards map the success of companies on a global basis in one calendar year. The selection of the awarded firms is based on a detailed survey of services in a respective region. The results are then summarized in the publication whose subscribers are world business leaders, investors and advisors.
Related awards in IT, TMT, and Personal Data Protection
The international rating publications European Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Chambers Europe, European Legal Experts, and Global Law Experts recommend HAVEL & PARTNERS as a leading Czech law firm for media, telecommunications and technology (collectively TMT). According to the prestigious U.K. agency Who’s Who Legal, HAVEL & PARTNERS has the most top experts in the fields of information technology, telecommunications and media, and personal data protection in the Czech Republic, and according to the publication Media Law International, it is one of the top legal firms in the Czech Republic providing the best legal services in the field of media.
For the last ten years of the Czech Law Firm of the Year competition, HAVEL & PARTNERS has been awarded the best law firm in the Telecommunications and Media category six times and is regularly ranked among the five best-rated law firms in the Information Technology Law category.
Starting from the New Year, HAVEL & PARTNERS, the largest Czech-Slovak law firm (until 31 December 2017: Havel, Holásek & Partners), has carried out further internal career promotions. Effective from 1 January 2018, the current partner Ludvík Juřička became a firm equity partner. On the same date, Veronika Ryšávková was promoted to the position of a partner, but she still remains the firm’s marketing director. Ondrej Čurilla, Martin Ráž, Kateřina Staňková and Josef Žaloudek were appointed managing associates. Romana Derková, Juraj Dubovský and Šimon Hradílek became senior associates.
“In our law firm, we attempt to create the best conditions for fast career growth at all levels. In senior positions, not only is a top-level knowledge of the law key, but also managerial skills and the ability to achieve turnover goals and other expectations, whose common factor is a high benefit to the development of our firm. I am pleased that a large number of colleagues and still more and more female colleagues can combine these challenging roles together, as evidenced by the current wave of career promotions. To all those who have been promoted, congratulations and looking forward to another successful collaboration,” says Jaroslav Havel, managing partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS.
In our firm there are currently 26 partners, of whom 21 attained this position by internal promotion. The vast majority of existing female lawyers and lawyers holding the positions of counsel, managing associate or senior associate started their career in our firm. “The intensive development of our services in virtually all areas of the legal and business sectors motivates us to also continue this year to hire quality female lawyers and lawyers at all levels of seniority,” states Jaroslav Havel.
As of 1 January 2018, Ludvík Juřička has joined the existing fourteen equity partners. As a partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS since 2012, Ludvík has specialised in mergers and acquisitions, real estate and construction law, corporate law, price control issues, and dispute resolution. During his nearly twenty-year legal career, Ludvík has not only provided attorney services at the highest level, but also gained managerial experience in two major international consulting companies. He is currently successfully managing HAVEL & PARTNERS’s office in Brno, which has undergone significant development in the last five years.
Veronika Ryšávková was appointed a partner as the only non-legal professional; since 2015, Veronika has been the firm’s marketing director, she is co-responsible for the business, and she ensures media support and PR consulting as an additional service to HAVEL & PARTNERS’s clients. Over the past two years, with her marketing team Veronika has considerably contributed to the significant development of marketing and the strengthening of the firm’s brand. At the same time, as a graduate lawyer and economist, Veronika has participated in projects such as the foundation and development of the educational HAVEL & PARTNERS ACADEMY and the promotion of pro bono and CSR activities, which she will manage as a partner. Prior to joining HAVEL & PARTNERS, Veronika worked at the Ministry of Justice as head of the communications department and a spokesperson, then as chief director of the minister’s cabinet.
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