Services

We deliver our services throughout a broad range of legal areas and industries.

Deals

  • Acquisitions and sales of shares in companies
  • Establishment of joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements
  • Legal due diligence for buyers, sellers, insurers, or financing entities
  • Support for management of acquiring companies, including management buyouts
  • Takeover bids
  • Obtaining approvals from antitrust and other regulatory authorities
  • Transaction financing and debt refinancing for the acquiring company
  • Warranties & indemnities insurance, as well as directors’ and officers’ insurance
  • Preparation of companies before transactions, including setting up an appropriate sales structure and carve out of non-acquired assets
  • Post-transaction advisory, including assessment of possible integration approaches

Tax & Commercial Disputes

  • Preventing tax disputes
  • Tax disputes on transfer pricing
  • VAT disputes
  • Tax inspections
  • Representing in tax disputes
  • Arbitration
  • Litigation and settlement strategy
  • Commercial and corporate dispute
  • Contractual and supply chain disputes
  • Cross-border disputes
  • Enforcement of judgments and awards

Labour Law

  • Employment contracts, agreements outside the employment and specific employment agreements, internal policies incl. working rules and remuneration schemes
  • Employment terminations, including mass dismissal
  • Negotiations with the trade unions, collective bargaining agreements
  • Agency employment, including working conditions assessment
  • Contingent work aspects vs providing of services, gig economy employment
  • Cross-border assignments of workers and accepting foreign employees
  • Whistleblowing - internal setup, directives, designated person, reception and evaluation of whistleblowers´reports, PwC Whistleblowing Managed Services
  • Representing in labour law proceedings in front of the Labour Inspection / court

Corporate and Contract Law

  • Comprehensive services for entry into the Czech market
  • Company establishment and setup
  • Ongoing corporate services (general meetings, compliance with deadlines, communication with authorities), corporate governance
  • Corporate structuring - mergers, spin-offs, liquidations, business sales, joint venture formations
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Contractual supplier -buyer packages
  • Comprehensive contractual documentation, review of complex specific contracts
  • Consumer contracts
  • General terms and conditions
  • Contracts for specific industries

Technology

  • Data and personal data protection
  • Cybersecurity
  • Process digitisation and document automation
  • Implementation and maintenance of information systems, infrastructure, SaaS, IaaS or PaaS (Software / Infrastructure / Platform as a service) solutions
  • Application Terms of Use, Terms and Conditions, EULA
  • IT outsourcing and setting up relationships with developers
  • Identification of intellectual property in the organization, definition of strategy for its protection and commercialization
  • License audit, setting up licensing relationships
  • Registration and transfer of trademarks and domains, protection of know-how

Real Estate Law

  • Real estate transactions (asset deal / share deal ), and their financing, including negotiating with the financing institutions, legal due diligence
  • Lease and usufructuary agreements
  • Property administration and facility management
  • Agreements with contractors or architects, representing in possible disputes
  • Representing in construction-related proceedings (including planning proceedings) and before the concerned public administrative bodies, representing in administrative court proceedings

Private clients

  • Asset structuring - cross-border structuring, funds, trusts, foundations etc.
  • Cross-generation transfer of assets / succession
  • Family business structuring
  • NextGen advisory
  • Immigration services
  • Heritage, family and criminal law

Finance transaction

  • Acquisitions and their financing, including collateral (loans/syndicated loans)
  • Bonds
  • Obtaining regulatory approval (CNB) for restructuring or acquisitions in the banking sector, insurance, or in the investment company sector.
  • Factoring agreements and cash pooling
  • Bank guarantees
  • Structured financing and collateral
  • Financial restructuring and sales of companies in financial distress
  • Due diligence of financial institutions or loan portfolios

Financial Services Regulation

  • Obtaining necessary licenses and registrations to operate in the financial services industry
  • Drafting and development of internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance
  • Implementation and regulation of financial technology (FinTech) and innovative financial products and services
  • Risk management strategies for financial institutions
  • Implementation in complex financial regulations

Energy sector Regulation

  • Obtaining licenses and other permits
  • Ensuring compliance of energy businesses with legal regulations
  • Assistance in supporting renewable energy and green hydrogen initiatives
  • Community energy and energy cooperatives
  • Contractual documents in the energy sector, including Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
  • Acquisitions and sales in the energy sector
  • Support in construction of energy networks and facilities
  • Critical infrastructure protection, cyber security, data handling, and archiving
  • Representation in energy sector disputes

Immigration Law

  • Comprehensive services in the field of employment of employees from abroad
  • Analysis of the prerequisites for work in the Czech Republic from the perspective of both the employer and the employee (legal and tax assessment)
  • Assessment regarding the appropriate type of residence and employment permit (e.g. blue card, employee card)
  • Analysis regarding permanent residence and citizenship
  • Fulfilling the information obligations towards the public administrative bodies
  • Setting up labor law documentation of employees from abroad
  • Representing in administrative proceedings and administrative court proceedings in connection with the employment and residency matters

Pharma and health-care

  • Distribution and logistic agreements, bonuses
  • GDPR
  • Regulation of distribution, import/ export, registrations and notifications to administrative bodies
  • Registration of medicinal products
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Pharmacy, Logo Online, online sale
  • Apps

Contacts

Petr Kincl

Petr Kincl

Managing Partner, PwC Legal

Tel: +420 734 182 727

Olga Kaizar

Olga Kaizar

Associate Partner, PwC Legal

Tel: +420 602 344 681

Petr Syrovátko

Petr Syrovátko

Associate Partner, PwC Legal

Tel: +420 730 130 919

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