PRK Partners has advised the shareholders of Czech ticketing portal GoOut on its sale to the Piletilevi Group.

Deloitte Legal has advised Italian logistics company Savino Del Bene on its acquisition of stakes in two Czech and one Slovak logistics companies operating under the Advanced brand, and its entry into the Czech market.

CMS has advised the Czech consortium of Skoda Transportation and Skoda Vagonka on their successful participation in Metropoliten Sofia's BGN 134 million public procurement procedure for eight metro trains.

Clifford Chance has advised CTP on the financing for its industrial parks in Slovakia from a banking club including Erste Group Bank and Slovenska Sporitelna. White & Case reportedly advised the lenders.

Since the beginning of this year, the Personal Data Protection Office has issued fines of almost CZK 4,500,000 for breaches of the GDPR in connection with the processing of personal data via cookies.

Havel & Partners has successfully defended the Czech Republic-based OSA music professionals' association against abuse of dominance claims and a CZK 10.7 million fine imposed by the Czech Office for Competition Protection.

Havel & Partners has successfully represented GoDaddy in a case that saw the company sued by a businessman with connections to Russia who sought the removal of investigative internet articles as well as financial compensation.

Petr Syrovatko has joined PwC Legal Czech Republic as Associate Partner, together with Attorney at Law Jiri Brabec.

Schoenherr has advised Greiner Group member Neveon Holding on the sale of its automotive division consisting of Greiner Perfoam and its subsidiaries to Treves. Wolf Theiss advised Treves.

Although the deadline for transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the Whistleblowing Directive) into national law passed on 17 December 2021, the Czech Republic has been among those Member States struggling to adopt a corresponding act into local legislation. Nonetheless, after turbulent discussions and legislative proposals, the bill has finally been passed and came into force on 1 August 2023.

Havel & Partners has successfully represented Ceska Sporitelna in a dispute with the Financial Administration of the Czech Republic regarding the tax deductibility of a donation to an education foundation.

Weinhold Legal has advised Eureking on the acquisition of SCT Cell Manufacturing from PPF Biotech.

Kocian Solc Balastik has advised REMA System in obtaining an authorization from the Ministry of the Environment to operate a collection system for all groups of electrical equipment, including solar panels.

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.

Former RWS Language Services Legal Director Nada Matusikova has been appointed Co-Head of Legal at the RWS Group.

Kocian Solc Balastik has advised the Prazska Plynarenska group on its intra-group restructuring and the creation of a new holding structure.

The content of communications recorded by criminal law enforcement authorities (LEAs) and traffic and location data; Not only voice communications, but also electronic messages made not only from a mobile phone, but also from landlines and other devices; Records of surveillance of persons and property by the LEAs. This and other information have so far reached the Czech national competition authority (Czech NCA) without being able to use it legally as evidence in the proceedings.

Allen & Overy has advised manager Wood & Company Financial Services on the establishment of a ten-year secured bond program for City Home Finance III with a value of up to CZK 1 billion and on the first bond issuance with a total expected nominal value of up to CZK 400 million.