CZECH REPUBLIC Law and Practice Contributed by: Robert Neruda, Roman Světnický, Martin Rott and Robert Nersesjan, HAVEL & PARTNERS
HAVEL & PARTNERS is a Czech-Slovak law firm with a strong reputation. It has six offices in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and 350 lawyers, tax advisers and patent attorneys, making it the largest independent law firm in Central Europe. The firm’s practice caters to the healthcare, re - newable energy, ESG, retail, consumer, infra - structure, transportation, telecommunication, IT and industrial sectors. Clients include large international companies and leading Czech and Slovak firms. The competition team is the larg -
est in the Czech Republic/Slovakia and is led by Robert Neruda, former vice-chairperson of the NCA. The firm is highly praised for its unique combination of competition law and econom - ics, offering innovative solutions with an em - phasis on the specifics of clients’ business. The team provides complex advice by covering not only legal regulations but also the business background, such as telco, energy, FMCG, re - tail and automotive.
Authors
Robert Neruda is the co-owner, partner and head of HAVEL &
Roman Světnický is a counsel at HAVEL & PARTNERS, specialising in competition law. He provides legal advice on cartels, abuse of dominance, assessment of mergers and
PARTNERS’ team of lawyers and economists specialising in competition law. Before joining the firm, he worked for eight years at the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, including acting as its vice- chairperson responsible for competition in 2008–2010. Robert is a co-author of several commentaries and monographs, and the author of several dozen professional articles, in addition to lecturing at universities and international conferences.
acquisitions (including foreign investment review), state aid and abuse of significant market power. Roman has represented many leading companies in proceedings before the Czech competition authority and administrative courts. He also assists with the analysis of clients’ planned projects in terms of their compliance with competition law. Roman is a member of the Czech Bar Association and is also largely engaged in competition law trainings and compliance, including antitrust audits.
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