CZECH REPUBLIC Law and Practice Contributed by: Tomas Sedlacek, Zdeněk Husták, Adam Nečas and Mikuláš Zacpal, BBH, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o.
BBH, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o. advises its cli - ents in areas of banking and finance, regulation, compliance and corporate governance, help - ing them to prepare and implement governance and compliance systems in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and stand - ards. The firm is renowned for its strong and experienced banking and finance, and compli - ance team, and has enhanced its regulatory and compliance practice by setting up and develop - ing a unit of experts focusing on regulatory and compliance needs of financial institutions. BBH is also the market leader in fintech and regtech
advisory, uniquely combining its expertise in fi - nancial regulation, IT/IP, TMT and compliance/ corporate governance. The firm has extensive experience in providing professional support and advisory services in the identification of governance and compliance weaknesses, as well as assisting clients and representing them in the course of inspections, administrative and criminal proceedings, providing support in preparation and implementation of corrective measures, and support in communicating with respective authorities.
Authors
Tomas Sedlacek is a partner with BBH responsible for
Zdeněk Husták is a partner and the head of regulation and compliance at BBH with legal expertise including financial markets and services, as well as corporate compliance, ESG,
banking and finance, capital markets and M&A. In his more than 15 years of experience, he has been involved in a number of prominent and pioneering transactions, including, but not limited to, the first securitisation in the Czech Republic, first synthetic securitisation under CRR, largest corporate bond issue, largest private equity loan in the Czech Republic and the creation of Energy and Industrial Holding – the largest private energy holding in Central Europe, among many others. Tomáš further provides legal advice on financial regulation and represents clients in proceedings before the Czech National Bank, including licensing procedures for banks and insurance companies.
personal data protection and cyber security. He is a member several Czech banking and ethical committees and an arbitrator with the Arbitration Court of the Economic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. Zdeněk has served as a member of several advisory boards, and as a board member of the Czech SEC. He served as chair of the EU Council Working Group on the Credit Rating Regulation. Zdeněk is widely published and lectures at conferences and seminars, as well as at the Faculty of Law in Brno.
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