Senior Partners: Radek Pokorny, Richard Wagner, Andrea Cejnarová- Number of partners worldwide: 20
- Number of other lawyers worldwide: 15
MEMBERS
THE FIRM: Pokorny Wagner & Partner, Attorneys-at-Law was founded in 1996, with the aim of providing legal services based on highly professional international standards with respect to the particularities which exist in the Czech Republic. Since its inception, the law firm has focused on providing complex legal services and advice to local and foreign clientele, dealing with their entrepreneurial activities combined with specialisation in various areas of offered legal services. Pokorny Wagner & Partner now ranks among the most renowned and largest law firms operating in the Czech Republic. Following accession of the Czech Republic into the European Union, Pokorny Wagner & Partner has provided its clients with complete advice with regard to EU laws and regulations (acquis communautaire), including legal representation in procedures before the Commission and the Court of Justice.The firm is also able to provide advice in matters where legal services are to be provided abroad or pursuant to foreign laws.Direct collaboration with foreign partner law firms enables Pokorny Wagner & Partner to supply its clients with prompt and effective professional assistance in all countries and jurisdictions, in accordance with their interests and needs.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets: Pokorny Wagner & Partner is an experienced and recommended firm in this area. The firm represents leading banks operating in the Czech Republic offering them complete services, ranging from providing legal expertise on particular issues, drafting expert memoranda and contracts to securing operation of financial institutions, etc. A fine Capital Markets Team also provides legal services for leading investment firms on the Czech market. The firm is engaged in the securities business, especially in regulatory issues, administrative and court proceedings.
Competition & EU: Competition is a key area of practice at Pokorny Wagner & Partner, encompassing all issues of competition practice: mergers, abuse of dominant position, State aid and public procurement, both on the national and EU levels. The firm provides its clients legal consultancy and represents them both before the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition and the Commission (ie an antitrust authority in the CR) and EU authorities (the Commission).The firmis predominantly active in the energy (coal, gas, electricity) sector, but other commercial areas are contained in the firm’s portfolio as well (eg food and forestry industries, telecommunication, publishing, banks, insurance).
Commercial & Corporate/M&A: Pokorny Wagner & Partner provides quality corporate and commercial advice in many areas, but has particular experience in the food and tobacco industries, health care, media, finance, IT and energy industries. The firm represents significant international and local firms. The firm offers standard commercial legal services to its corporate clientele, drafting of general and tailored commercial contracts assisting in negotiations, carrying out legal audits and due diligence reviews.The firm handles a large number of corporate matters, including the setting up of corporate entities, takeover bids, mergers and acquisitions, divisions, transformations and liquidations of companies, squeeze-outs, spin-offs, restructuring and transfers of assets. The firm is also a good choice for public procurement matters and has a reputation in regulatory matters.
Intellectual Property Rights: The firm has a long-established and well-deserved reputation in intellectual property rights. It deals with contentious and non-contentious work, including copyrights, trademarks and designs. A team of specialised Attorneys deals with unfair competition (passing off), licensing and franchising, advertising, data protection, internet and domain names, and other related matters. The firm is greatly involved in trademark and unfair competition litigations before the Czech Industrial Property Office and courts, both for local and international clients.
Dispute Resolution: The firmacts as counsel for Czech and international corporations before Czech courts and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. The firm offers a wide variety of assistance, drafts, files and draws up actions and other documents, attends court hearings and arbitration, etc. It advises in many commercial and IP disputes. Its record in arbitration proceedings is still increasing and highly reputable.
Energy: Pokorny Wagner & Partner has gained valuable experience in providing legal services to companies in the energy sector, relating mainly to extensive mergers or divestitures carried out by clients operating in this field, transformation of companies, projects of consolidation of energy companies’ holdings, and also include, inter alia, complete legal advice concerning the organisation and execution of tenders carried out by clients operating in this business.
LANGUAGES: Czech, English, French, German and Slovak.
CLIENTS
The firm’s client base includes major local, foreign and multinational corporations (and their Czech subsidiaries).Major clients are companies in the fields of energy (electricity production, gas, coal mining, chemistry), healthcare (pharmaceuticals and medical devices), banking and insurance, home credit, stock exchange, investment funds, telecommunications, computer industry, forest industry, food industry, tobacco, media, airlines, etc.
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