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Petra Mysakova Joins CMS Prague as Partner and Head of Banking and Finance

Petra Mysakova Joins CMS Prague as Partner and Head of Banking and Finance

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Former Allen & Overy Counsel Petra Mysakova has joined the Prague office of CMS as a Partner and Head of the local Banking and Finance team.

Before joining CMS, Mysakova spent 14 years with Allen & Overy, from 2009 to 2023, joining as a Trainee and becoming an Associate in 2011, a Senior Associate in 2015, and a Counsel in 2020.

"I am confident that Petra will be a tremendous asset to our local leadership in Prague and our broader CEE team," CMS Prague and Bratislava Managing Partner Helen Rodwell commented. "Her arrival promises exciting new opportunities not only in the Czech Republic but also across the entire region. We look forward to having her onboard."

"I am very pleased to welcome Petra in our leading CEE Banking and Finance team," CMS Head of CEE/CIS Banking and Finance Erika Papp added. "I look forward to seeing her grow our local practice in the Czech Republic and become an integral part of our regional team."

"I am thrilled to have this opportunity to join CMS and elevate my practice to new heights," Mysakova said.

CMS at a Glance

CMS Sofia is a full-service law firm, the largest international law firm in Bulgaria and one of the largest providers of legal services in the local market as a whole. The breadth and depth of our practice means that our lawyers are specialised, with a level of specialisation that few of our competitors can match.

CMS Sofia is the Bulgarian branch of CMS, a top ten global legal and tax services provider with over 5000 lawyers in 43 countries and 78 offices across the world.

CMS entered the Bulgarian market as one of the first internationally active law firms in 2005 and is now among the most respected legal advisors in the country. We have 7 partners, 4 counsel and over 30 lawyers in our office in Sofia.

Our legal experts, who are rooted in Bulgaria’s local culture, can also draw on years of experience in foreign countries and are at home in several legal systems at once. We know the particularities of the local market just as well as the needs of our clients and combine both to achieve optimum solutions. Our lawyers are Bulgarian qualified and we also have English qualified experts – all of them regularly working on cross-border mandates.

In our work, we focus on M&A, Energy, Projects and Construction, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Media, IP and IT law, Tax, Employment law, Competition, Procurement and any kind of Dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. What’s more, we also take care of the entire legal management of our clients’ projects.

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