- Managing Partner: Radka Konecá
- Number of partners worldwide: 4
- Number of other lawyers worldwide: 25
- Languages: Czech, English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Firm Overview:
Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. is specialised in providing legal counselling to both foreign and local clients with business activities in Central and Eastern Europe. In order to maintain high standard of services, it is specialised in specific fields of legal practice where the lawyers have obtained the relevant professional skills and experience. Some of the lawyers are admitted as legal counsels under several jurisdictions and the administration of all offices is appropriately coordinated to allow mutual co-operation on joint projects. In association with Stanek, Tomícek & Partners, s.r.o. tax advisors, Konecná & Zacha also ensures comprehensive tax counselling services in the field of direct and indirect taxes, customs, duties and Intrastat reports.
Main Areas of Practice:
Arbitration & Commercial Litigation:
In the field of arbitration and court proceedings, the team of Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. represents a strong support to the clients before local courts and in local as well as international arbitrations, in which they have already recorded a number of significant achievements. They also provide services in the field of civil and administrative procedures.
Real Estate:
The Real Estate Team deals with all aspects of real estate transactions, especially legal audits of relations associated with real estate, acquisitions, developments, sale and lease of real estate; Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. also offers effective solutions and services for development projects and provide counselling to clients in the field of construction law, including all stages of zoning and building permit procedures and counselling within the framework of project management, facility management and asset management. The team has a significant experience with cross-boarder real estate transactions, forward sales, title insurance, FIDIC contracts and other industry specifics.
Corporate & Commercial:
Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. provides counselling in the field of corporations. This is most frequently within the framework of establishment of corporations and associated corporate relations including concern law, counselling in the field of shareholder structures, agreements for local and foreign investors, and strategic partners; mergers, divisions and squeeze-outs of local corporations. Legal services provided to companies are treated in a comprehensive way including implementation of all corporate changes, contractual relationships, counselling in associated fields of administrative law, labour and competition law, securities law and other legal branches regarding day to day corporate operations.
Banking & Finance:
The experts offer a complete service associated with banking and financial transactions (from ordinary bank loan facilities to complex syndicated loans, bank security instruments, LMAs, ISDAs, and other bank products). Current corporate clients of the office also welcome counselling associated with acquisitions financing, debts restructuring, project financing and other financial transactions.
M&A:
The experts of Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. have abundant experience resulting from many transactions, which allow them to provide their clients representing financial and strategic investors with highly professional services in structuring financing, preparation of acquisitions, including associated legal and tax audits and implementation thereof. Their services associated with acquisitions include all aspects of the law of protection of economic competition, corporate and financial restructuring, MBO and MBI projects.
Intellectual Property:
Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. plays an important role in a dynamically developing field of intellectual property rights. They provide counselling in the field of industrial rights, including representation in registration and other associated proceedings before the Industrial Property Office, management of trademark, design and patent portfolios and establishment of structures for registration and use thereof at an international scale. They also focus on counselling in the fields of copyright, licences, information technologies or domain names, including domain disputes under UDRP and ADR rules.
Energy:
Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. provides counselling in the field of energy law within the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The clients of Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. include multinational energy corporations, regulatory authorities, grid operators as well as private investors in the energy projects of both conventional and renewable sources of energy. Our services include solutions in all stages of energy projects including investments, connection to grid, operation and maintenance, sources, financing, insurance, M&A and corporate structures for energy projects.
Other Areas:
The law firm provides services in other areas of law associated with day to day operations of corporations and their development needs. The most frequent legal branches include the following: labour law, protection of economic competition, enforcement of receivables, bankruptcy and settlement proceedings, PPP projects, public procurement, transport law, telecommunications law, administrative law, consumer protection, etc.
International Work:
The law firm Konecná & Zacha, s.r.o. maintains continuous contact with worldwide developments in the area of law. The co-operation with leading law firms in Europe and North America and the membership in the prestigious Association of European Lawyers, Geneva Group International, the partner’s membership in other narrowly specialised associations (eg. the Association for Real Estate Market Development & Czech Association for Transportation Law) allows it to deal professionally with international matters of its clients with a high degree of flexibility and according to top standards. The network of Konecná & Zacha branches in Central and Eastern Europe gives the team a unique position in dealing with cross-boarder and multijurisdictional transactions.
Clients:
The firm’s clientele includes domestic and international companies, banks and financial institutions, investment funds and investment groups, real estate investors and developers, private equity funds and investors in diverse areas of business as well as emerging companies and selected state authorities.
Areas of PracticeArbitration & Commercial Litigation
Corporate & Commercial
Real Estate
M&A
Banking & Finance
Intellectual Property
Energy