26.3.2025
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We Confirmed Our Strong Standing in the Chambers Europe Rankings

We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed last year’s strongest-ever results in the Chambers Europe rankings, published by Chambers & Partners. In the 2025 edition, KŠB once again received excellent rankings in 11 categories. In addition, 13 of our colleagues received individual recognition—our best result in the firm’s history. This year’s recognition is crowned by a nomination for the prestigious Chambers Europe Awards 2025 for the best law firm in the Czech Republic.

We would like to thank our clients for their continued support, long-term cooperation, and positive feedback, which helped us achieve recognition in the following categories:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Competition/Antitrust
  • Compliance
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Projects & Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Tax

We congratulate to our colleagues valued by clients and competitors  — Jan Černohouz (Tax), Pavel Dejl (Competition/Antitrust and Dispute Resolution), Dagmar Dubecká (Corporate/M&A), Jana Guričová (Corporate/M&A), Michal Hanuš (Employment), Jiří Horník (Real Estate), Martin Krejčí (Banking & Finance), Helena Navratilová (Tax), Vlastimil Pihera (Capital Markets), Ivo Průša (Banking & Finance) Tomáš Sequens (Project & Energy), Martin Šolc (Corporate/M&A) and Václav Rovenský (Projects & Energy).

What brings us the most joy and motivation are the words our clients use to describe our team and our work:

“Kocián Šolc Balaštík lawyers are highly skilled, knowledgeable and detail-oriented. “

“Kocian Šolc Balaštík's advice goes above and beyond our expectations, warning us of potential risks and always seeking the most efficient way to resolve each challenge. “

“The lawyers at Kocián Šolc Balaštík are very client-oriented, can deal with difficult deadlines and are always able to accommodate out-of-the-ordinary requests. “

“The team is made up of excellent professionals who are ready to listen, discuss, learn, execute and support. “

Our position in Chambers Europe 2025 is a testament to KŠB’s unwavering commitment to delivering top-tier legal services.

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e was not only an icon of the legal profession in Karlovy Vary and a respected lawyer, but also an inspiring colleague, a mentor to an entire generation of our attorneys, and, last but not least, a man with a sense of humor who always spread good cheer.