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Prof. Jan Dědič Speaks at XXV Karlovarské právnické dny Conference30/10/17 / News
KŠB Partner Prof. Jan Dědič was a guest speaker at this year’s Karlovarské právnické dny Conference. Prof. Dědič spoke on the topic of directors representing legal entities with a particular focus on violation of the four-eyes principle. More
Breakthrough Decision on Food Supplement Ad25/09/17 / News
KŠB recently won a promotion dispute over garlic drops for manufacturer Allivictus. More
Agrofert Wins Final Decision in Dispute with United Bakeries29/06/17 / News
United Bakeries Group, which sells bakery products under the “Delta” and “Odkolek” brands, lost final decision in dispute with KŠB client Agrofert. More
Legal Advice on Acquiring Turkish Power Company26/06/17 / News
KŠB advised Energo-Pro Group on the purchase of 100% of the shares in Turkish Murat Nehri, which owned Alpaslan 2, an unfinished dam and hydropower plant in south-east Turkey. More
KŠB Associate Martina Parusová-Zímová Contributes to New Franchising Handbook22/06/17 / News
Martina Parusová-Zímová is the co-author of the 2nd Edition of the International Franchise Handbook, published by DWF Germany Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, in which she wrote a section on Czech franchising legislation and regulation. More
KŠB Contributes to International Public Procurement Publication19/06/17 / Publications
Thompson Reuters and The Center for International Legal Studies has published an overview of public contract/procurement legislation in several tens of jurisdictions. More
Employee Monitoring Pitfalls in Terms of Data Protection14/06/17 / News
This topic is discussed in an article written by KŠB counsel Drahomír Tomašuk and KŠB associate Jaroslav Zahradníček’s in CEE Legal Matters. More
Martin Šolc Receives “Market Maker” Award for His Contribution to the Czech Legal Market07/06/17 / News
Martin Šolc was the winner of the Market Maker award for the Czech Republic at the 2017 General Counsel Summit in Warsaw for his significant contribution to the Czech legal market. In addition to receiving this first-ever award from CEE Legal Matters, Martin - a founding partner of Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KŠB) - is also the first representative from Central and Eastern Europe to lead the International Bar Association (IBA), the largest worldwide organization of lawyers. More
KŠB Wins Civil Lawsuit regarding Power Generation Unit Delivery Contract02/06/17 / News
KŠB represented the contractor of a North Bohemian powerplant in a dispute with the customer over payment of the contractor’s fee. The dispute also involved the customer’s claim for a contractual fine and fee under an alleged contract for work and executive personnel. KŠB won the dispute and defended the client against the other party’s claims both before the first instance regional court and the high appellate court. More
KŠB Named Law Firm of the Year for a Fourth Time13/04/17 / News
Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KŠB) was named Law Firm of the Year in the Czech Republic for a fourth time by renowned British legal rating agency Chambers & Partners in London last Friday. More
Kocián Šolc Balaštík Strengthens Its German Desk16/03/17 / News
Two attorneys and one junior lawyer join the ranks at Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KŠB) today: German lawyer Rainer Frank as a counsel, Pavla Veselková as an associate, and Petra Dosoudilová as a junior lawyer. More
KŠB once again nominated as Law Firm of the Year in Chambers Europe Awards 201720/02/17 / News
KŠB has been once again nominated for a Chambers Europe Award in the category of best law firm in the Czech Republic. This prestigious award is announced annually by the renowned British ratings agency Chambers and Partners. More
Success in legal proceedings for compensation for the excessive length of administrative proceedings16/02/17 / News
KSB has achieved a significant success in the management of non-pecuniary damages for the excessive length of proceedings on granting a license to do business in waste management, which was respectively decided by the Ministry and Environment Minister, administrative courts and (repeatedly) administrative bodies. More
Legal services for MS Invest in bond issue13/02/17 / News
Law firm KSB providing assistance to the real estate development company Moravian construction - INVEST in a recent issue of discounted bonds. More
Legal services in the sale of Green Gas International09/02/17 / News
KSB has provided legal services to the CERCL Green group in connection with the sale of Green Gas International, a major European operator of clean energy projects that focuses on converting harmful methane emissions produced during the extraction of mining and landfill gas to energy benefit. More
DPE Deutsche Private Equity acquires Fischer Surface Technologies06/02/17 / News
The KSB M&A team, in cooperation with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised its client, DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH, in connection with the acquisition of Fischer Surface Technologies. More
IBA's press release regarding the presidency of Martin Šolc30/01/17 / News
The International Bar Association (IBA) has issued a press release regarding the presidency of Martin Šolc. The press release is available here: IBA press release
Sylvie Sobolová and Christian Blatchford Join the Ranks of Kocián Šolc Balaštík Partners16/01/17 / News
Sylvie Sobolová and Christian Blatchford were newly appointed partners at Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KŠB) effective 1 January 2017. Sylvie and Christian have been with KŠB many years and their appointment expresses KŠB’s appreciation of the many contributions they have made to the firm. In addition, associates Jan Lasák, Vlastimil Pihera and Tomáš Sequens were appointed counsels. More
Another year of successful competition Contract Competition already has its winners19/12/16 / News
For the fifth year in a row, the Contract Competition, an annual contest for law students, organized by the law firm KSB has taken place. The competition again attracted talented students, who for a brief interval were transported from lecture halls to a hypothetical business environment, in order to have a chance to demonstrate their knowledge in practical situations. The best were competing head to head in the final round, which was held in early December at the Faculty of Law of Charles University. More
Legal advice in connection with the issuance of so-called discounted certificates for the new Rustonka real estate project16/12/16 / News
KSB assisted during the emission of discounted certificates in the value of approximately CZK 1.4 billion. The issuer of the certificates is a Cypriot company GRAMEXO PLC., which is the 100% owner of the company Rustonka Development s.r.o. Rustonka is a company established for the construction of a complex of several office buildings with a total area of approximately 37,000 square meters on land formerly occupied by the Rustonka factory in Prague-Karlin. More