Legal services
We provide legal services in the following areas:
1. Civil and business law
Our in-depth knowledge of civil and business law allows us to advise clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters, and to see individual business transactions in the broader context which is invaluable for the planning of future business transactions.
2. Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions
We draft all the corporate and related documents necessary to establish a company and ensure it is entered in the Commercial Register. Velíšek & Podpěra offers a complete legal service in connection with day-to-day matters as well as complex corporate issues, including the acquisition and disposal of businesses and shares in companies, transaction structuring, and drafting and negotiating contract documentation. The firm advises on corporate mergers, acquisitions and divisions, transformations of legal form, winding-up and liquidation, and can arrange general meetings, implementation of resolutions by the general meeting and other company bodies, and assist with many other company matters as required by law. We regularly conduct complex due diligence examinations.
3. Real estate law
We advise on greenfield and brownfield projects. We draft all construction and other documents necessary for a successful real estate project, in particular purchase agreements, contracts for works, mortgages, option or easement agreements and advice on all aspects of financing real estate projects. We can also prepare many other property-related contractual documents, including lease or rental agreements, and reverse real estate mortgages.
4. Banking and finance
We regularly advise banks and financial institutions in connection with acquisition financing, leveraged buyouts, real estate financing, workouts, restructuring and exit financing.
5. Competition law
Our advice on business transactions takes into account all aspects of competition law. We draft and comment on contracts to ensure competition law compliance, file applications for grant of merger approval and represent clients in proceedings before the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition in connection with anti-competitive market distortion and breaches in the law on unfair competition.
6. Copyright law
We advise on a wide range of intellectual property rights including copyright and rights pertaining to the performing arts, file trademark applications and represent our clients in trademark and unfair competition disputes.
7. Labour law
Our main focus is on drafting contractual documentation, including employment contracts, managerial and mandate agreements, collective agreements and contracts for the performance of office for members of statutory bodies. We also assist with corporate documents such as internal labour regulations, wage directives, company ethics codes, and other organizational and guidance documents. We also offer advice on the execution, amendment and termination of labour contracts, and assist expats assigned to the Czech Republic, as well as Czech expats sent abroad. We have a wealth of experience in representing clients in employment litigation.
8. Bankruptcy & Restructuring law
We focus on the provision of legal advice on business risk management and the representation of clients in all bankruptcy-related litigation. We also advise on all aspects of the restructuring of companies including all financing aspects.
9. Tax law
We work closely with tax advisors when structuring transactions to identify the best legal and tax solutions for our clients, and to minimise any adverse tax implications.
10. EU law
We advise on the relevance of Community law to business transactions and disputes in the Czech Republic (an EU Member State and therefore bound by European law). We also specialise in the provision of legal services in connection with obtaining finance from EU structural funds.
11. Other areas of the law
In addition to all the above, our firm also advises on construction law, administrative law, capital markets and banking law, promissory notes, bills of exchange and environmental law. We represent clients before courts of all instances, including arbitration courts. Our primary aim is to prevent or settle disputes in order to avoid our clients incurring unnecessary costs.
