Jan Lasák chairs M&A FORUM 2026
KŠB partner Jan Lasák served as academic lead and moderator of M&A FORUM 2026, the eighth edition of the conference organised by Akademie C. H. Beck, held on 4 November at Stages Hotel Prague. The event has become a fixture in the Czech M&A calendar, bringing together leading practitioners from private practice, the judiciary, academia and in-house legal teams.
The opening session was once again led by Petr Šuk, Vice-President of the Czech Supreme Court, who spoke on current and contentious issues surrounding conflicts of interest in corporate practice. Across five blocks, the programme covered transfers of businesses and branches, abuse of tax law in transactions, how private equity and strategic investors differ in their approach to M&A, and how SPAs and SHAs should be interpreted in light of their underlying context and the true intentions of the parties involved.
The panel also featured KŠB founding partner Professor Jan Dědič, who was one of the principal architects of the Czech Business Corporations Act and the Act on Transformations of Companies and Cooperatives.
Special thanks to Akademie C. H. Beck for their trust, and to all speakers, panellists and attendees for a stimulating discussion.
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