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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.

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.

Law firm KSB providing assistance to the real estate development company Moravian construction - INVEST in a recent issue of discounted bonds.

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. 

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of our clients, business partners and friends who attended and supported the 22nd Annual Charity Concert of Goodwill on Sunday, 4 December 2016 at Bethlehem Chapel in Prague to raise money for the Olga Havel Foundation. The contributions raised this year will be used for individual projects chosen by the donors themselves. 

In his column in Lidové noviny, KŠB Partner Martin Šolc ponders why some voices interpreting the new private law continue to emphasize that some things are just not possible. 

KSB has participated as a conference partner in two major autumn conferences.

KŠB would like to cordially invite you to this year’s Concert of Good Will to support one of the most respected foundations in the Czech Republic. The concert promises an outstanding musical experience even on the sad 20th anniversary of founder and former First Lady Olga Havlová’s passing.

KŠB advised Emerging Europe Properties Fund on the share-sale of WOTEG GWG-Group, owner of the Centro-Ostrava shopping park located approximately 6 from the capital of the Moravia-Silesia Region.

KŠB Partner Pavel Dejl and his colleagues won an invalid immediate employment termination case for a major agricultural client before the Czech Supreme Court. 

Martin Šolc, the founding partner of leading Czech law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KSB), has achieved unprecedented success in the field of global advocacy. In Washington, he has been elected President of the International Bar Association (IBA), and with effect from 1 January 2017 will be the first ever representative of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, to stand at the forefront of the world's largest organization of lawyers.

Law firm KSB successfully represented the company  Carthamus, its long term client, an operator of energy sources working on the basis of biofuel burning, in administrative proceedings initiated by the State Energy Inspectorate  (SEI) concerning an alleged breach of the act on supported energy sources, which was alleged to comprise incorrect declarations of the origin and type of burnt biomass fuel.

KŠB provided its client, the major energy company ENERGO-PRO, with comprehensive legal advice concerning the financing of the construction of a hydro power plant in Karakurt, Turkey.

KSB has provided legal advice to airlines Air Canada and China Eastern Airlines in connection with their entry into the Czech aviation market.

KŠB advised Lumitrix, a video mapping software and hardware start-up developer and producer, on a joint-venture with Y Soft Ventures.