Areas of Practice
We provide comprehensive legal assistance, comprising legal advice, as well as specific solutions to individual client matters.
Leasing
- lease agreement templates
- general business terms and conditions
- legal reviews of funded projects
- expert opinions in the area of leasing
- legal advice regarding project funding, including the determination of the most suitable acquisition structure and project funding
- legal advice on the revision of problematic projects
Franchising
- franchise agreements and related documentation
- legal advice regarding master franchising
- legal advice regarding disclosure
- legal advice on the building, operation or restructuring of a franchising network
- legal advice to clients interested in franchising during negotiations with the franchisor
- legal advice in negotiations with the franchisee
Insolvency
- claim submission
- preparation of strategy for negotiations with an insolvency administrator and the remaining creditors
- representation of clients during meetings of creditors and related disputes
- preparation of an insolvency petition
- proposal for bankruptcy or reorganization procedure
Real Estate Law, Including Construction and Environmental Law
- due diligence of individual real estate properties as well as entire projects
- purchase agreements, agreements with developers and architects, contracts for work, agreements on cooperation, including agreements on future contracts
- lease agreement templates, including agreements on future contracts, negotiation with tenants
- all documentation for the funding of real estate and development projects, including security documentation
- proposing an optimum procedure for realization of development projects
- legal advice regarding restitution claims
- representation in EIA procedures, as well as planning, building and occupancy permit procedures
- legal advice in the field of environmental law
Mergers and Acquisitions
- due diligence
- comprehensive legal advice on transformation of corporations, including cross-border mergers
- comprehensive legal advice on acquisitions of various ownership interests (share deal, asset deal, acquisition of a business enterprise or its part, lease of business enterprise or its part, etc.)
- takeover bids
- resolution of relationships with minority shareholders
General Commercial and Civil Law, Including Debt Management and Collection
- establishment of corporations of all types, including European corporations
- obtaining licenses for carrying out business, (trade licenses, special authorizations under various legal regulations)
- law of holdings, including controlling agreements and reports on relationships between related entities
- shareholders’ agreements
- corporate governance, in particular organization of general assemblies, legal advice on exercising the capacity of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board, etc.
- reductions and increases of registered capital
- preparation and negotiation of all contract types under commercial and civil law, including reviewing of contracts made
- liquidation
- law of securities, including law of bills, notes and cheques
- debt management and collection
Labour Law
- templates of employment contracts, including management contracts, internal policies, codes of conduct
- employment termination, including preparation of necessary documentation
- proposing an optimum structure of compensation and severance payments
- representation in disputes with employees
- representation in negotiation with union organizations including collective agreement
- legal advice regarding employment of foreigners, including obtaining of employment and residence permits
- complete due diligence of employment documentation and internal industrial relations
- training in all aspects of labour law
Intellectual Property and IT Law
- trademarks, including representation in dealing with the Industrial Property Office
- registration of all other intellectual property rights
- e-commerce (domain names, spam, internet advertising, internet competitions and lotteries, web page operation, etc.)
Energy Law
- comprehensive legal advice in the field of energy
- all necessary contractual documentation for the execution of energy projects, in particular photovoltaic plants
- negotiation with public authorities regarding energy projects, including obtaining of all permits necessary for the construction and operation of power plants
- representation in relevant proceedings
Competition Law
- representation in proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition and the European Commission, including obtaining of a competitor concentration permission issued by the Office for the Protection of Competition
- review of agreements between competitors from the viewpoint of competition infringement
- assessment of abuse of dominant position by a competitor, including resolution of related disputes
- assessment of public aid and securing exemptions required for public aid provision
- cartel agreements
- legal advice regarding unfair competition, including unfair and comparative advertising, passing-off, etc.
Consumer Protection Law
- organization of consumer competitions, games and lotteries
- legal advice regarding permissibility of advertisement
- legal advice on product labeling
- general business terms and conditions, purchase agreement templates, guarantee certificates, information leaflets
- representation in disputes with consumers, including litigation
Privacy Law
- legal advice regarding, for example, operation of web cameras and camera systems, creation of databases and their interfacing for marketing purposes, personal ID number use, subsequent use of data obtained from public registers, public and private databases, etc.
- comprehensive documentation regarding personal data protection
- representation in the registration of personal data controllers by the Personal Data Protection Office
- representation in proceedings to permit personal data transfers to other countries
EU Law
- general legal advice in the field of Community law
- cross-border acquisitions
- representation of clients in proceedings before European institutions
Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation Proceedings
- resolution of disputes in all branches of law
- representation in judicial and arbitration proceedings, including international arbitration, and representation before the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights
- assessment of the probability that the client will win the dispute, or assessment of the probability that the other party’s claims will be awarded
- representation in amicable settlement of disputes
Should you need legal advice in areas in which our law office is not engaged (such as family or criminal law), we will be pleased to recommend our colleagues who specialize in such areas.
With regard to all branches of law where our law office is engaged we can provide client references.