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Articles, interviews, research & studies, press releases from and about AmCham member companies related to the Czech business environment.

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JŠK provided legal advice to GENESIS CAPITAL EQUITY, this time on an investment in PFX s.r.o.

3.10.2023, Company: JŠK, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o.

GPEF IV adds significant investment in leading Czech full-service post-production studio to portfolio

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Clifford Chance advises a club of banks on the green and sustainability-linked long-term financing relating to Czech residential portfolio

3.10.2023, Company: Clifford Chance Prague LLP, organizační složka

Clifford Chance Prague has advised a club of banks led by UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., as mandated lead arranger and sole global coordinator, and with Česká spořitelna, Československá obchodní banka, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Intesa Sanpaolo, Komerční banka, Raiffeisenbank and Všeobecná úverová banka as arrangers, in connection with green and sustainability-linked long-term secured club financing relating to Czech residential portfolio located in Ostrava and Pilsen provided to Heimstaden Czech s.r.o. and guaranteed by Heimstaden Czech Pilsen s.r.o. and Heimstaden Bostad AB, Sweden.

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WEINHOLD LEGAL HAS APPOINTED ZBYŠEK KORDAČ AND ANNA BARTŮŇKOVÁ AS ASSOCIATE PARTNERS

3.10.2023, Company: Weinhold Legal, s.r.o. advokátní kancelář

Weinhold Legal has appointed Zbyšek Kordač and Anna Bartůňková as associate partners.

"Zbyšek and Anna are outstanding professionals with extensive experience in a number of key areas of legal services that our firm focuses on, particularly in the areas of litigation, corporate and employment law. We look forward to seeing them in their new roles to further develop a wide range of legal services that will benefit our current and future clients," said Daniel Weinhold, Managing Partner of Weinhold Legal.

 

Zbyšek Kordač is an attotney-at-law at Weinhold Legal who joined the firm in 2006. He primarily focuses on representing clients of Weinhold Legal before courts, in arbitral and insolvency proceedings. He also provides legal advice in a wide range of areas of commercial and civil law.

Zbyšek studied at Charles University Faculty of Law (Mgr. JUDr.), University of San Francisco School of Law (LL.M.). Curently Zbyšek currently teaches out-of-court dispute resolution to foreign students as an externship at the Faculty of Law of Charles University. He was a member of the working group of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic for the preparation of the law on mediation in non-criminal cases and a member of the working group for the amendment of the Arbitration Act.

Zbyšek is an attorney-at-law registered with the Czech Bar Association and an attorney-in-law in California, USA, registered with the State Bar of California (inactive status). Zbyšek is listed on the List of Practitioners of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre and serves as an arbitrator with the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. In 2022, the European Commission included Zbyšek on the list of suitable arbitrators for investment disputes. In 2023, Zbyšek has been elected as an arbitrator by the Board of the National Court of Arbitration for Sport. Zbyšek has repeatedly represented the Czech Republic in the UN Commission on International Trade Law working group on arbitration and mediation. Zbyšek speaks fluent English as well as his native Czech.

Anna Bartůňková is an associate partner at Weinhold Legal and joined the firm in 2014. She specialises in labour law as well as in representing clients before courts and at arbitral proceedings. In addition, she provides advice on commercial and civil law. Anna has advised major international and Czech clients.

Anna also publishes professional articles in legal magazines, both in print and on-line mainly in the area of labour law, but also on other topics in the area of private law.

Anna graduated from Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law in 2005 and later was awarded a Doctor of Laws (JUDr.) degree. During her studies she also spent a semester on a legal study program at Paris Lodron University in Salzburg, Austria. Anna is an attorney at law registered in the List of Attorneys of the Czech Bar Association and member of the ČAK Section for Arbitration. Anna is also an arbitrator registered on the list of arbitrators with the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. Apart from Czech, Anna speaks also English and German.


 

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Legal Update - August 2023

26.09.2023, Company: Weinhold Legal, s.r.o. advokátní kancelář

News in legislation
  • Amendment to the AML Act

 

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Our latest commitments to countering disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe

21.09.2023, Company: Google Czech Republic, s.r.o

Google is committed to fighting the spread of misinformation online. We take the task of providing access to high quality, trustworthy, and credible content very seriously. And we're not doing it alone. We continuously adapt our policies, product features and technologies to prevent abuse, as well as openly sharing our technology, supporting fact-checkers and academics globally, testing innovative prebunking campaigns and participating in the strengthened EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.

 

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Seminar Enterprise Risk Management [24. 10. 2023, in Czech language]

19.09.2023, Marketplace

Advanced Risk Management, s.r.o. organizes a seminar entitled "Enterprise Risk Management".

Operational Risk in Practice, 3. - 4. 10. 2023 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Czech language)

19.09.2023, Marketplace

Advanced Risk Management, s.r.o. organizes a seminar entitled "Operational Risk in Practice".

MAZARS US Desk Newsletter - a roundup of accounting, auditing, and regulatory matters

24.07.2023, Marketplace

GUIDE TO THE US DESK NEWSLETTER
The US Desk Newsletter is a high-level summary of key developments from the standard setters, regulators, and compliance agencies that have recently affected the accounting profession. The Newsletter is best read in electronic format due to the embedded hyperlinks to supporting information.

 

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Recent estimates of the economic impact of Covid and invasion of Ukraine by Russia

22.06.2023, Compete

Estimates from some of the leading international forecasting institutions.

Seminar CRR 3 / CRD 6 in Detail [21. 9. 2023, in Czech]

21.06.2023, Marketplace

Advanced Risk Management, s.r.o. organizes a seminar entitled "CRR 3 / CRD 6 in Detail".

Tags: Education | Finance | Economics |

Seminar GHG Emissions Measurement in Financial Institutions [7. 9. 2023, in Czech]

29.05.2023, Marketplace

Advanced Risk Management, s.r.o. organizes a seminar entitled "GHG Emissions Measurement in Financial Institutions".

Tags: Sustainability | Education | CSR | Finance | Economics |
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