CZECH REPUBLIC Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Eva Nováková, Michaela Šmotková, Martin Sztefek and Kateřina Chizzola Bardonová JŠK, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o.
JŠK, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o. is a medium-sized law firm headquartered in Prague, providing a com- prehensive range of commercial legal services in the Czech Republic. The firm has a team of approxi- mately 35 lawyers, including seven partners, most of whom have extensive experience from leading in- ternational law firms. JŠK advises a diverse portfolio of Czech and international clients, including financial institutions, insurance companies, professional as- sociations, private investors and major family busi- nesses, with particularly strong practices in insur-
ance law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and banking. The firm is a member of PONTES: the CEE Lawyers, a network of commercial law firms with offices across Central and Eastern Europe, enabling efficient cross-border support. JŠK was founded in 2004 and is regularly ranked by Chambers and other directories. It was named Advisor of the Year by the Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association in 2023 and 2024. JŠK maintains close co-operation with the Czech Insurance Association and the Czech Insurers’ Bureau.
Authors
Eva Nováková is one of the founding partners of JŠK and has focused on the insurance sector throughout her career. She advises insurers and reinsurers on all aspects of insurance regulation, including sector-specific
Michaela Šmotková has been with JŠK since 2012 and is a managing associate. She specialises at JŠK primarily in the regulation and distribution of financial services, (re) insurance law, consumer protection
regulation as well as competition law, advertising, consumer protection and data protection. She also represents insurance clients in disputes and employment law matters. At JŠK, she has built one of the firm’s strongest and most respected insurance practices on the Czech market. In addition to client work, Eva closely co-operates with key industry associations, in particular the Czech Insurance Association and the Czech Insurers’ Bureau, and is actively involved in major legislative projects affecting the insurance market.
and personal data protection. She also has extensive experience in anti-money laundering (AML), e-commerce, and compliance matters. Before joining JŠK, she gained valuable experience at one of the largest Czech law firms. She graduated from the Faculty of Law in 2013, during which time she spent a year at Jönköping University in Sweden focusing on commercial and corporate law, and three years studying Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. She has been practising law since 2017.
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