Richard Schmidt spoke at the Czech Competition Authority’s St. Martin's Conference 2026
KŠB attorney Richard Schmidt spoke at this year's St. Martin's Conference, hosted by the Czech Competition Authority (CCA) in Brno on 11–12 November 2026. The conference is a fixture of the Czech competition law calendar, drawing leading practitioners from home and abroad.
Day 1 was devoted to the key mechanisms set to be introduced by the pending amendment to the Czech Competition Act, and Richard was part of the afternoon’s Panel IV discussion on penalties for individuals. Under the proposal, managers who take part in cartel agreements could face fines of up to CZK 10 million and disqualification for up to five years.
The new administrative offence would overlap with the existing criminal offence of breaching competition rules under Section 248 of the Czech Criminal Code. Richard addressed the practical issues this overlap may raise and also focused on the defence of managers in proceedings before the CCA and in criminal proceedings.
He was joined on the panel by Igor Pospíšil of the CCA, Dan Brumovský of the National Organised Crime Agency, and Katarína Tejnská and Jiří Pleva of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office.
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