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Litigation and arbitration
- Representation before all types of Czech and Slovak courts
- Performance of commercial supply contracts
- Debt recovery
- Banking, securities and investment fund related disputes
- Investment construction disputes
- Compensation for damages
- Corporate matters; protection of minority shareholders, protection against the abuse of shareholders’ rights
- Intellectual property disputes; media and internet
- Unfair competition
- Protection of the personal rights of individuals and of the good reputation of legal entities
- Employment relations
- Restitutions and privatisations
- Tax litigation
- Administrative and constitutional litigation
- Commercial arbitration
- National and international
- ICC, UNCITRAL and national arbitration courts’ rules
- Litigation before foreign (especially French) courts, European Court of Human Rights and institutions of European Union
Contacts and references
PPF banka a.s. (CZ): representing PPF banka a.s. before Czech courts in proceedings concerning an unfair competition action against Československá obchodní banka a.s. the cause of the action being the reimbursement of benefits unduly acquired as a result of the take-over of Investiční a Poštovní banka, a.s. by Československá obchodní banka a.s. combined with the largest ever grant of state aid in the Czech Republic, totalling billions of euro (value of dispute: app. €3 billion)
PPF banka a.s. (European Commission): a complaint by the European Commission as part of the "interim mechanism procedure" related to the valuation of the state aid provided to Československá obchodní banka a.s. upon the take—over of Investiční a Poštovní banka, a.s. before the Czech Republic joined the EU
Česká pojišťovna a.s. (CZ): representing Česká pojišťovna a.s. as a minority shareholder in Investiční a Poštovní banka, a.s. in a dispute on compensation for damage against the forced administrator of this bank, held before Czech courts (value of dispute: app. €1.4 billion)
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