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Radka
Konečná
konecna@konecna-zacha.com
Radka Konečná graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, and the Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. She is a partner of Konečná & Zacha, Attorneys at Law, registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association, Slovak Bar Association and is a member of ARTN (The Association for Real Estate Market Development). She speaks Czech, English, German, Slovak and Russian.
With her real estate team she represents a number of multinational corporations and foreign investment funds in their investments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, particularly in the field of real estate and growth capital. Recently, she has dealt especially with development and subsequent sales or acquisitions of shopping centers with the value of approx. CZK billions (including forward sale thereof), preparation of investment structures in real estate, negotiating joint-venture agreements between significant players on the real estate market, development of logistic and residential complexes, including securing title insurance, project financing, construction projects also according to the FIDIC regulations and all aspects of leases and other steps associated with completion of the projects by sale. Her expertise includes, among others, also the issue of investments in various industrial sectors, including car-manufacturing and chemical industry.
expertise
- real estate
- project financing
- mergers and acquisitions
Tomáš
Zacha
zacha@konecna-zacha.com
Tomáš is a partner at Konečná & Zacha and specializes in financial law and regulation, complex commercial transactions, litigation, ICT and intellectual property law. In his areas of expertise, Tomáš often works with teams of Konečná & Zacha from Bratislava, Bucarest and Sofia on cross-border transactions and acquisitions. Tomáš speaks Czech and English and has a passive knowledge of Russian.
Tomáš successfully advised on multiple gross-volume contracts concerning energy, construction, transport, mining, etc. He recently advised on several start-ups in area of finance, technology and e-commerce for local as well as foreign clients. Tomáš also represents Clients of Konečná & Zacha before Courts and in Arbitrations.
expertise
- commercial
- intellectual property
- energy law
- litigation
Achim
Jähnke
jaehnke@konecna-zacha.com
Achim Jähnke graduated from the Faculty of Law at Passau University, Germany and absolved supplementary studies at the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. He is a partner of Konečná & Zacha, Attorneys at Law, and he is registered in the Register of Lawyers of the German Bar Association and in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association. He speaks German, Czech, English, Spanish and French.
Achim is in charge of the German section of Konečná & Zacha, Attorneys at Law and with his team focuses especially on advising German speaking clients (DACH).
Since 1998 Achim has been working as an attorney both in Munich and Prague. Recently, he has dealt with mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions including financing. He also provides comprehensive legal aid in all areas of law to medium-sized companies, which run their businesses on the Czech market.
expertise
- corporate/ M&A
- real estate law
- contractual law
Petko
Iliev
iliev@konecna-zacha.com
Petko Iliev graduated from the Law Faculty of the Sofia University. A fully-admitted Bulgarian qualified lawyer, he has been leading on-site the Sofia practice of the firm since 2009. His experience started in the late ‘90s at the biggest Bulgarian law firm and was then diversified by an appreciable spell as Manager in the Tax and Legal Department of a Big 4 company.
Petko’s work has been largely focused on corporate governance (including public-listed companies in financial services and energy in the EU), contracts and M&A matters, the latter with particular emphasis on due diligence, structuring advice and acquisition support.
His knowledge and experience in corporate tax, VAT and, generally, tax litigation helps for a wider perspective of the matters he is handling. Those include foreign investment in Bulgaria for businesses in fast-moving consumer goods, real estate, pharmaceuticals and IT / media. He has recent contributions to the process of amending and EU-harmonization of domestic law on corporate agenda and capital markets.
expertise
- corporate
- contracts
- mergers and acquisitions
Andrei
Constantinescu
constantinescu@konecna-zacha.com
Andrei Constantinescu graduated from the Faculty of Law, „Titu Maiorescu” University of Bucharest. He also acquired a degree in Economics from the Financial and Accountancy Faculty, „Banatul” University of Timisoara. He speaks Romanian, English and Italian.
Andrei is a member of the Bucharest Bar and of the Romanian Union of Lawyers since 2003. During the first years of his career he has been focusing on Labour and Employment Law, providing assistance in both the private and public sector. He was involved in several EU-funded public administration reform projects where, together with a panel of international experts, has provided assistance with the design, development of legal framework and career system of Public Managers. Subsequently Andrei has gained experience in the M&A, corporate and real estate fields by assisting multinational companies such as a major multinational company for clinical studies or a top commercial centre developer.
In the last years, Andrei's relevant expertise includes advising international companies on labour & employment issues ranging from drafting of internal regulations, negotiation and amendment of high level employment agreements to collective dismissals and litigation. He has also assisted an international fund, a major Czech fashion online retailer and a well-known Taiwanese fitness equipment producer to acquire real estate portfolios and establishing presence on the Romanian market, providing extensive assistance on a large range of matters, from setting up corporate vehicles to negotiating and concluding commercial agreements and onboarding employees and related HR matters. Andrei is also assisting a major international fuels distributor and an international wine producer/distributor with development projects and debt collection cases, including litigation, as well as a major Chinese corporation with labour & employment advice for the Romanian market.
While out of the office, Andrei enjoys extensive bicycle rides and playing tennis. He also plays the guitar and spends his free time learning to play new instruments.
expertise
- business law
- labour & employment
- commercial
- corporate
- mergers and acquisitions
Ľuboš
Fojtík
fojtik@konecna-zacha.com
Ľuboš Fojtík graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno. He is an attorney at law cooperating with the Prague-based office, where he leads the department of litigation and arbitration. In the field of litigation and arbitration, Ľuboš has gained significant experience in representing clients on both sides, i. e. claimants and defendants. Ľuboš has gained special experience in construction litigation while representing developers, institutional investors (including banks and investment funds) and municipalities in some of the most complex disputes in the Czech Republic.
Ľuboš further specializes in liability issues, damage compensation, contractual penalty, defamation and international private law including CISG a CMR litigation.
Ľuboš is also listed as an arbitrator with the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic.
Besides dispute resolution Ľuboš has gained significant experience in providing legal services in the field of regulatory matters, especially in the area of data protection and public procurement, but also in several other regulated areas. He represents clients in administrative proceedings on a regular basis in front of public authorities as well as administrative courts.
Ľuboš is fluent in Czech, Slovak and English language and has a communicative knowledge of French.
Ľuboš is an author of various specialized articles particularly from the field of civil procedure and international business law. He is also a lecturer at private business university in Prague and an editor-in-chief of the law focused website eLAW.cz. Apart from his work, Ľuboš enjoys urban life, architecture various sport activities and spending time with his family.
expertise
- litigation
- arbitration
- regulatory
- international private law
Tomáš
Riedl
riedl@konecna-zacha.com
Tomáš Riedl graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague and attended also study abroad program at TU Dresden - Juristische Fakultät in Germany. He is registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association and is an attorney at law cooperating with the Prague-based office. He speaks Czech, German and English languages.
Tomáš specializes in commercial, civil and financial law with emphasis to the contract law field.
He is experienced also in legal due diligence in connection to real estate and corporate transactions.
He also participated in providing comprehensive legal services to the owner of retail centers (both in operation and under construction) in the Czech Republic, to the purchaser of a compound including historical buildings in Prague or to the seller of land plots in Prague for the purposes of construction of a residential building.
expertise
- commercial
- contractual law
- civil law
senior associates
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Jakub
Čermák -
Tomáš
Fecák -
Tereza
Chotěborová -
Tomáš
Kubíček -
Simona
Votřelová -
Martina
Piptová -
Julie
Haluzová -
Martina
Tatíčková -
Eva
Burianová -
Nora
Kuková -
Florin
Buja
Jakub
Čermák
cermak@konecna-zacha.com
Jakub Čermák graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. He is registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association and is an attorney-at-law cooperating with the Konečná & Zacha Prague-based office. He speaks Czech and English.
His specialization includes commercial and civil law, focusing in particular on the field of contract law and rental of business premises. He also participated in the provision of comprehensive legal services to major tenants of shopping centres and retail parks in both Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
expertise
- commercial law
- real estate law
Tomáš
Fecák
fecak@konecna-zacha.com
Tomáš Fecák received master’s degree in law from the Masaryk University in Brno, and completed doctoral studies in international law at the Charles University in Prague. He also attended semestral study programs at the Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of Miami (USA). He speaks Czech, Slovak and English.
Tomáš has expertise in international investment law and in related aspects of EU law. Before practising as attorney, he worked for the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, where he took part in negotiation of bilateral investment treaties. He is the author of the book titled “International Investment Agreements and EU Law”, which was published in Czech and English language versions, and is a member of the Czech Society of International Law.
He is registered with the Czech Bar Association and is an attorney cooperating with the Prague-based office. His principal areas of practice include real estate acquisition projects and financing. He also advises clients on regulatory matters.
expertise
- european and international law
- real estate
- regulatory
Tereza
Chotěborová
choteborova@konecna-zacha.com
Tereza Chotěborová graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. She is attorney at law cooperating with our Prague office and is registered in the list of attorneys maintained by the Czech Bar Association. Tereza speaks fluent Czech and English and has a communicative knowledge of German.
Tereza is part of the Dispute Resolution team and also works with the Employment and Labour team. She also focuses on construction law issues, in particular due diligence in connection with real estate transactions as well as negotiating of construction-related contracts. In addition to the above, Tereza also has extensive regulatory and compliance knowledge.
expertise
- Labour and employment law
- construction law
- compliance
Tomáš
Kubíček
kubicek@konecna-zacha.com
Tomáš Kubíček is a member of Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Prague-based office of Konečná & Zacha and works also with Real Estate team and Labour and Employment team. He speaks Czech and English.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague and attended several courses at the Leiden Law School, Leiden University in the Netherlands as LLP Erasmus student. Tomáš also completed internship programme organized by the Municipal Court in Prague.
Tomáš specializes in litigation. He also advices on all aspects of real estate law, labour and employment law, personal data protection matters and contractual law. Tomáš participates in pro bono activities of Konečná & Zacha.
expertise
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- Labour and Employment Law
Simona
Votřelová
votrelova@konecna-zacha.com
Simona Votřelová graduated from the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno. She is registered in the Register of Attorneys at Law of the Czech Bar Association and she is an attorney at law cooperating with Konečná & Zacha Prague-based office. Simona speaks Czech and English.
Simona worked for several years in one of the significant regional law offices, where she provided advice to clients primarily in the field of real estate and commercial law. She was also a part of in-house law team of leading Prague developer for two years. Her specialisation includes commercial and civil law, focusing in particular on the field of contract law and rental of business premises. Simona works also with corporate law teams.
expertise
- commercial and civil law
- real estate
- contractual law
Martina
Piptová
piptova@konecna-zacha.com
Martina Piptová received master’s degree in law from the Charles University in Prague. She is an attorney at law cooperating with the Prague branch office, registered in the Register of Attorneys of the Czech Bar Association. She speaks fluently Czech and English and she has communicative knowledge of Spanish.
Martina focuses primarily on real estate law, merges and acquisitions as well as common legal advisory to clients concerning commercial and civil obligations law, corporate law and intellectual property law.
expertise
- real estate
- merges and acquisitions
- corporate law
- commercial and civil obligations law
Julie
Haluzová
haluzova@konecna-zacha.com
Julie Haluzová graduated from Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Law. She also studied at Université de Bourgogne in France under the Erasmus+ program, focusing mainly on international and European law. Julie is an Attorney at Law cooperating with the Prague branch office, registered in the Register of Attorneys of the Czech Bar Association. She speaks Czech, English, and French.
Julie focuses mainly on real estate, banking & finance, corporate, M&A, and personal data protection. In addition, she is also participating in providing complex legal services to owners of retail centers and office buildings (both in operation and under construction) in the Czech Republic. Julie is often responsible for negotiation and drafting lease documentation and contracts related to the construction and financing of various real estate projects. As a part of her work for clients, she also provides legal advice on regulatory issues, especially in areas where the Czech National Bank exercises supervision
expertise
- banking & finance
- real estate law
- mergers and acquisitions
- personal data protection
Martina
Tatíčková
tatickova@konecna-zacha.com
Martina Tatíčková graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague. She is registered with the Czech Bar Association. Martina is an associate cooperating with the Prague-based office. She speaks Czech and English.
During her practice Martina has been advising in various areas of civil, commercial and administrative law. She gained extensive and significant experience namely in Banking and Financing, Real Estate and M&A. Martina has been advising banks and other financial institutions as well as investors with project, acquisition and real estate financing. Martina regurarly represents our clients also in acquisitions namely in real estate and industry.
Our clients appreciate her orientation in different fields of law, accuracy and reliability, assessment of matters in their full context without missing out details.
expertise
- banking and financing
- real estate
- M&A
Eva
Burianová
burianova@konecna-zacha.com
Eva Burianová graduated from Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Law. She also studied at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary under the Erasmus+ program. Eva is registered in the Register of Attorneys of the Czech Bar Association and an Attorney at Law cooperating with the Prague branch office. She speaks Czech and English and has a communicative knowledge of German.
Eva focuses mainly on real estate, banking & finance and corporate, including in particular legal due diligence in connection to real estate and corporate transactions
expertise
- banking & finance
- real estate law
- commercial law
Nora
Kuková
kukova@konecna-zacha.com
Nora Kuková graduated from the Charles University in Prague. During her studies she also attended for two semesters at the University of Turku (Finland) under the Erasmus+ program, focusing mainly on international and European intellectual property law. She is an Attorney at law cooperating with the Prague branch office, registered in the Register of Attorneys of the Czech Bar Association. Nora speaks fluently Czech and English and has communication knowledge of German and Bulgarian.
Nora focuses primarily on real estate and corporate law, including in particular legal due diligence in connection to real estate and corporate transactions. In addition, she has also participated in providing complex legal services to owners of retail centers and office buildings (both in operation and under construction) in the Czech Republic. Last but not least, Nora has also comprehensive knowledge in the field of data protection legislation.
expertise
Florin
Buja
buja@konecna-zacha.com
Florin Buja graduated the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest. Being driven by the desire to enlarge and to perfect his knowledges both in civil and in corporate law, he completed a LL.M. in Private Law and a LL.M. in Business Law at the same University. He speaks fluently Romanian, English and Italian and has communication knowledge of Spanish. Florin is a member of the Bucharest Bar Association and of the Romanian Union of Lawyers since 2019.
Specialising in Labour law, Florin assisted a significant number of clients with numerous complex employment matters, dismissal procedures, as well as with respect to day-to-day employment issues such as execution of individual employment agreements, negotiations for mutual termination, non-compete clauses etc. He has also assisted a significant number of clients in Labour law due diligence.
He has experience in corporate law, including due diligence processes and drafting of the transaction documents, resolutions, structuring of shareholders’ agreements.
Florin has been involved in a significant number of projects involving debt collection. He assists creditors within procedures ranging from litigation, enforcement of credit titles and up to insolvency procedures.
Another area of expertise covers Intellectual Property law. He assists various clients onto both the aspects of IP non-litigation issues, and on IP litigation issues regarding trademark infringement and counterfeiting, copyrights, domain name disputes, as well as registered design and the enforcement of other various IP rights against third parties.
Apart from his work, Florin enjoys winter sports, tennis, cycling, to discover different cultures and their history, board games and escape room puzzles.
expertise
- insolvency & enforcement
- corporate
- labour & employment
- intellectual property
of counsel
Hana
Ferklová
ferklova@konecna-zacha.com
Hana Ferklová focusses on the area of ICT and the related complex contractual agenda, project finance and IP law. Hana also advises in the area of electronic communications and NW build and maintenance.
In respect of the latter, Hana advises on regulatory and commercial matters for clients providing services of electronic communications and services of NW build and maintenance, and supports clients in their participation in RFQs and tenders, including the CTO's tenders for radio frequency assignments. In the aforementioned areas of her focus, Hana has advised on number of complex projects of local and international clients.
expertise
- ICT law
- law of electronic communications
Vitaliy
Nosa
nosa@konecna-zacha.com
Vitaliy Nosa is a graduate of Comenius University in Bratislava and is a fully licensed Attorney at Law in both Slovakia and Ukraine. As a Partner at Konečná & Zacha, Vitaliy is responsible for the firm’s operations in Slovakia.
In his practice Vitaliy focuses on cross-border transactions with an emphasis on acquisitions and market entry. Another area of expertise is elaborating tailor made models for international financing and profit repatriation. As a member of the Energy Team, Vitaliy advises private and institutional clients on all aspects of renewable energy sources development and operations. Vitaliy speaks English, Slovak and Ukrainian.
expertise
- commercial law
- international investment law
- energy law