Jan Palacký

Associate
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jan.palacky@havelpartners.cz
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Jan Palacký specialises in litigation and arbitration.

In his practice, he focuses on legally and factually complex disputes, often involving an international element or technical overlap.

Jan provides legal services primarily in civil and commercial law and in private international law. He has extensive experience representing major Czech and foreign clients before courts of all instances as well as in international arbitration proceedings.

His work concentrates in particular on disputes in construction, engineering, transport and logistics, technology, and international trade. A significant part of his practice also consists of corporate disputes, especially matters concerning the liability of members of elected corporate bodies, the review of the validity of resolutions of general meetings and other corporate bodies, and disputes related to M&A transactions. Jan also has experience in insolvency law, including representing creditors in incidental disputes.

Before joining our law firm in 2022, he worked at the law firm BBH and at the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Membership in professional associations
Czech Bar Association

Education
  • Palacky University, Faculty of Law, Olomouc (2017), Mgr.
  • Advising a manufacturing company in connection with an ICC arbitration arising from a contract for the supply of technological and mechanical equipment
  • Advising a pharmaceutical company in connection with an ICC arbitration concerning the payment of a purchase price for shares
  • Advising a major multinational construction company in a dispute with an investor regarding the construction of a technological facility under FIDIC conditions
  • Advising an investment group in a multijurisdictional dispute concerning a frustrated investment in the pharmaceutical sector
  • Advising a shareholder in a dispute over the exercise of a call option
  • Advising a technology company in a dispute over damages for a frustrated investment in a technology project
  • Advising a transport company in a dispute relating to the supply of motor vehicles
  • Advising a construction company in arbitration governed by the rules of the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, and in subsequent court proceedings concerning disputes related to the construction of transport infrastructure
  • Advising a foreign retail company in disputes relating to the supply of goods
  • Advising an engineering company in a dispute concerning the supply of energy infrastructure
  • Advising a joint‑stock company in a dispute concerning the liability of former members of its statutory body for breach of due managerial care
  • Advising an international company in disputes with former members of its statutory body
  • Advising an investor on steps in insolvency proceedings and in an incidental dispute
Havel & Partners advised JSK Investments s.r.o. and its shareholders Simona and Jaromír Kijonka on the sale of a stake in Packeta s.r.o. Packeta is the parent company of a major domestic technology and logistics company, Zásilkovna, which operates not only on the Czech market but also in other EU countries. This is one of […]

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