Havel & Partners has advised Czech mobile device accessories manufacturer and distributor Fixed.zone on its initial public offering of shares on the Prague Stock Exchange's Start Market.

Havel & Partners has advised Ptacek - Sprava on the acquisition of 100% shares on Prostorage s.r.o. and Retail Park Car CB s.r.o. from Czech investment group DRFG a.s. Hartmann, Jelinek, Frana and Partners reportedly advised the sellers on the deal.

Havel & Partners has advised Ptacek - Sprava on the acquisition of 100% shares in Prumyslovy Park Harfa from unidentified Czech sellers who were reportedly advised by PRK Partners.

Former Vejmelka & Wunsch Partner Martin Peckl has joined Havel & Partners as a Partner in Prague.

On January 1, 2021, an amendment to the Czech Companies Act came into effect, which brought many minor and major changes to the current life of business companies in the Czech Republic.

With Havel & Partners celebrating 20 years of existence this year, CEE Legal Matters spoke with Robert Nespurek, one of the firm’s founding Partners, to look back at the past two decades and the firm’s plans for the future.

Havel & Partners has advised the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic on an inter-governmental contract for the purchase of the SPYDER Israeli air defense system from the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems state-owned company.

Havel & Partners has advised Moog Brno s.r.o. on the transfer of a part of its business to AVL Moravia s.r.o. CMS advised AVL Moravia on the deal.

Havel & Partners has advised the Vaclav Havel Prague Airport on a CZK 7 billion credit facility from a consortium of banks including CSOB, VUB Banka, and Raiffeisenbank Czech Republic. White & Case advised the banks on the deal.

An amendment to the VAT Act in e-commerce is expected to come into effect in the coming days as part of the ongoing law-making process. The amendment implements the EU Council’s tax package into the Czech system of laws. It also introduces significant changes to imports, cross-border trade within the EU and extends the possibilities for the use of the special one-stop-shops.

On 14 September 2021, the Chamber of Deputies approved the long-awaited amendment to Act No. 48/1997 Coll., on Public Health Insurance (the “Act”), as returned by the Senate (the “Amendment”). It now awaits signing by the President of the Czech Republic. The Amendment brings a wide range of changes and innovations, such as rules for the entry of innovative drugs and orphan drugs into the reimbursement system, the creation of centres for rare diseases and mental health centres, and the introduction of a definition of a patient organisation.

With the implementation deadline for the EU Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (17 December 2021) approaching, here is a summary of the current state of the respective national measures in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and an introduction to our own whistleblowing solution: FairWhistle.

Havel & Partners has advised Arbol Capital on the acquisition of the remaining 50% of shares in Kovaco Electric. MCL advised Kovaco on the deal.

Dentons has advised Ciklum on its acquisition of Czech-based software development company CN Group from Genesis Capital. Havel & Partners advised Genesis Capital on the deal.

Privacy pros are now celebrating the three-year anniversary of the GDPR, even as we are living through the current pandemic. It is, in fact, almost impossible to talk about privacy trends without touching on the COVID-19 crisis.

VGD Legal has advised Smarty Holdings on its acquisition of JRC Gamecentrum from Hamaga. Linkers Legal advised the seller and Havel & Partners advised the Ceska Sporitelna bank on acquisition financing.

Havel & Partners has advised Bohuslav Maska on the sale of M-Soft to Jawvivotek.cz. Dostal & Sorokac reportedly advised Jawvivotek.cz on the deal.

Havel & Partners has advised Central European Supermarkets on the acquisition of Flosman Holding s.r.o. from the Flosman family. Clifford Chance advised Ceska Sporitelna on financing the acquisition. Randa Havel Legal advised the Flosman family on the deal.