Ondřej Florián

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ondrej.florian@havelpartners.cz
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Ondřej Florián specialises in corporate law, involving comprehensive domestic and international acquisitions, including the pre-transaction and post-transaction restructuring. In the long term, Ondřej focuses on the effective arrangement of relations among shareholders, arrangement and proper implementation of employee stock ownership plans (ESOP), and also on the transformation of companies and other aspects of corporate law. In addition to transformations, he specialises in setting up holding and foundation structures (in the form of a private endowment fund or trust) to provide greater security of asset holding for private clients.

Among its clients are, in particular, the ultimate owners of successful domestic and foreign business groups belonging to the Czech Top 100 rankings, top managers, or major Czech companies and subsidiaries of the largest international companies.

In recent years, in the field of acquisitions, sales and corporate restructuring, he has been involved in a number of transactions both on the part of sellers and buyers, particularly in the areas of brewing, automotive, financial and banking services, and the furniture industry.

Ondřej joined our law firm in 2010; he is a partner with co-responsibility for corporate law since 2018.

Membership in professional associations
Czech Bar Association

Languages
Czech, English
Education
  • Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Law, Brno (2010), Mgr. (Master of Laws)
  • comprehensive corporate advice on the implementation of a total of three processes of demerger by spin-off of a part of the business assets of one of the largest international company dealing with the furniture industry with formation of a new companies (a cross-border transaction worth EUR 900 million)
  • comprehensive legal advice of one of the largest international company dealing with retail sale on a demerger by the spin-off of a part of the corporate assets of its two subsidies
  • advising and assisting one of the United States’ largest brewing companies on the acquisition of a 100% interest in Central and Eastern European breweries (including the Czech Republic’s second largest brewery), with subsequent post-transaction restructuring
  • advising major private clients on the structuring and complete implementation of their holding structures
  • advising one of the largest manufacturer of food, body care and household care products on post-transactional restructuring
  • corporate advice to the Czech subsidiary of the largest manufacturer of furniture and home accessories
  • advising on the sale of business of the Czech subsidiary of a major U.S. manufacturer of bicycles and related products
  • advising a major corn seed supplier on the post-transactional restructuring entailing a merger and subsequent creation of a holding structure
  • advising the purchaser on the acquisition of business of a supplier of stainless steel and aluminium materials
  • corporate advice to the Czech subsidiary of a U.S. manufacturer of motorcycles and accessories
  • advising and assisting a Czech automobile dealer on the squeeze-out of a minority shareholder
  • advising the seller on the sale of a Czech developer of aviation, marine, outdoor and automotive GPS navigation systems and avionics devices
  • advising on the post-merger restructuring of a company specialised in the development, construction, production and sale of electromechanical components for the automotive and electronics industries
  • advising a major foreign manufacturer of light propeller airplanes on the formation of a branch in the Czech Republic
  • advising a major Czech manufacturer and supplier of concrete on its restructuring and change of legal form
HAVEL & PARTNERS as the Czech legal counsel represented the French group Pernod Ricard, one of the world's leading producers of premium wines and spirits, in the sale of the famous Karlovarská distillery.  The legal advice included conducting pre-transaction due diligence of Jan Becher - Karlovarská Becherovka, restructuring, and drafting transaction documentation. For our law […]
HAVEL & PARTNERS traditionally announces internal promotions at the beginning of the second half of the year. Ondřej Florián, the partner responsible for leading the firm’s corporate and private client services team, becomes an equity partner as of 1 July. Kateřina Slavíková, Jaroslav Baier, Ondrej Čurilla, Petr Opluštil and Miroslav Vozáb have been promoted to […]
For the last few years, our team members have shared on LinkedIn a selection of the most interesting Supreme Court judgments affecting corporate laws manners each month. Recently, the judgment selection has been complemented with another series of LinkedIn posts providing insight into areas that all members of statutory bodies should know and keep in […]
Author: Ondřej Florián, Alexandra Parnaiová The entry into force of the new Act on Registration of Beneficial Owners[1], which transposed the amendment to the AML Directive[2] into Czech law in June 2021, has entailed a number of novelties - the largest of which were the introduction of sanctions for incorrect or incomplete registration (private law […]
Authors: Ondřej Florián, Alexandra Parnaiová New Act No. 37/2021 Sb. on the Register of Beneficial Owners (“ARBO”) will enter into force on 1 June 2021. In contrast to the current legislation, the ARBO introduces significant sanctions for a breach of the obligations it imposes, including fines up to CZK 500,000 or invalidation of voting rights and the […]
Authors: Ondřej Florián, Gerardi Karolína RIGHTS OF A SHAREHOLDER IN A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOT ONLY AT A GENERAL MEETING The big amendment to the Corporations Act introduces a number of changes concerning shareholders in limited liability companies, among other things. In this Part IV of our Guide to the Corporate World after the Amendment, […]
Authors: Ondřej Florián, Eliška Dittrichová A fundamental change brought about with effect from 1 January 2021 by a major amendment to the Commercial Corporations Act was the long-awaited new setting of the monistic system of the joint stock company’s internal structure. We have dedicated part three of our Guide to the Corporate World post-amendment to the […]
Authors: Ondřej Florián, Pavlína Petráčková One-tier governance: Where did the governing director go? Another substantial change introduced by the large amendment to the Companies Act (the “Amendment”) is the long-awaited new arrangement of the one-tier corporate governance system of a joint-stock company. In this third issue of our Guide to the Corporate World after the Amendment, […]

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