KSB News  

KŠB and law student association ELSA recently held the 4th Annual Contract Competition for law school students. Delivery agreements were the topic of this year’s contest.

This year’s conference, once again held by publisher Economia, will focus on changes, threats and opportunities, which new cashless payment innovations may have for financial institutions, the transport and business sector, and state and regional government.

The new Commentary includes chapters written by KŠB partner Pavel Dejl and senior associate Radka Felgrová on proceedings involving legal entities and trusts and certain special types of proceedings (involving capital markets and the ban on exercising the rights attached to beneficial securities).

KŠB helped a client win a lawsuit against the Czech Environmental Inspectorate, which had imposed a penalty on the client, an electric device manufacturer, for failure to abide by the Electric Waste Act. The penalty, which the Ministry of Environment confirmed, was rescinded by the Municipal Court in Prague due to being unlawful. 

You can help KŠB support one of the most respected charities in the Czech Republic by joining us to experience the artistic potential of the next generation of Czech opera singers and conductors at the 21st Annual Charity Concert of Good Will, which will take place at the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude in Prague’s Old Town on Sunday, 29 November 2015 at 19:00.

Jiří Horník, KSB partner and aviation law specialist, will participate in a panel discussion themed “Airport 2015 – How to make airports a successful business venture?” at the prestigious economic meeting in the Polish town Krynica Zdrój.

KSB attorneys advise client on unique real estate transaction. 

Wolters Kluwer has just published a new comprehensive summary of the most important case-law rulings related to business corporations which apply following the re-enactment of Czech private law. The book was authored by a team of KŠB lawyers led by professor Jan Dědič, a company law specialist.

Wolters Kluwer has just published a brand new Commentary on the Investment Companies and Investment Funds Act written by a team of lawyers led by Jan Šovar, a financial market law specialist at KŠB. 

KŠB has advised O2 Czech Republic a.s. (“O2”) on a spin-off which involved full-scale cooperation with O2 from the initial analysis of relevant legal aspects, drafting the spin-off plan and associated documentation, preparing and convening the general meeting to subsequent steps including registration in the Companies Register.

Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KŠB) was named Law Firm of the Year in the Czech Republic for a third time in the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence in Amsterdam on Friday.

The Regional Court in Ostrava denied an action filed by a former employee of KŠB’s client concerning performance under a non-competition clause in the amount of several million Czech crowns. The court agreed with KŠB’s argument that the principle of special protection for employees must be relativized and concluded that, when assessing responsibility for the fate of labour negotiations, it is always necessary to take all circumstances into account.

The High Court in Prague has ruled that a representative of Asociace sdružení pro ochranu a rozvoj kulturního dědictví v ČR (Czech Landmark Association – Association) must issue an apology to Karlovarské minerální vody (KMV) CEO Allesandro Pasquale for statements made in relation to the Kyselka spa resort in Western Bohemia.

The Supreme Administrative Court, which decided the case as the court of last resort, agreed with the key points of KŠB’s argumentation.

Karlovarské minerální vody (KMV) successfully signed the contract for the acquisition of the Hungarian bottled water number one Kékkúti Ásványvíz, which up to now belonged to Nestlé Waters. The negotiations on the sale of the Hungarian division of Nestlé Waters bottled water took more than one year.

Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KŠB) has been awarded the European Competition Case of the Year award in The Lawyer European Awards 2015 for its victory before the European Courts for Human Rights.

Despite stricter rules this year, KŠB was once again nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in the world of legal ratings, the Chambers Europe Award, which is given by British ratings agency Chambers and Partners.

KŠB has been nominated for an award by respected British legal magazine “The Lawyer” for successfully representing Delta Pekárny, a.s. before the European Courts for Human Rights in a dawn-raid case.

KŠB is one of the five law firms nominated for the prestigious Law Firm of the Year in Central Europe award given by renowned British legal magazine “The Lawyer”.

The BMM Group, which manages Zdeněk and Michaela Bakalas’s Czech assets, agreed with the other shareholders at the end of the year to sell a majority stake in AWT to PKP Cargo, the largest Polish railway cargo carrier. The deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2015 following regulator approval. KŠB advised the seller.