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PRK Partners is a leading regional law firm with a strong team of legal practitioners and tax advisors which has been active in the Central European legal market for twenty-three (23) years. We provide comprehensive, full-service legal advice at the highest professional level.

PRK Partners was founded in 1993 and has grown to be one of the most respected law firms in the Central European Region.  We have been the legal creative force behind many of the region's largest and most complex transactions and have played a significant part in the preparation of Czech commercial-law legislation.*

Thanks to our three offices in Prague, Ostrava and Bratislava and our specialized team of local and international professionals, PRK Partners is able to offer its clients profound knowledge of local laws combined with a global approach to any legal issues.

Our philosophy is simple: provide cost-effective legal solutions at the highest professional standards.

For more than two decades PRK Partners has assisted new investors in developing business plans in the region. Our experience covers financial and other services, as well as a broad range of industries, such as automotive, manufacturing, mining, energy, water management, infrastructure and real estate, including project management. At PRK we have specialized attorneys with the deep-rooted experience needed to understand the client’s business requirements and identify business-oriented solutions in the most cost-effective and timely manner.      

PRK Partners is a full-service law firm with attorneys who can provide legal advice in Czech, English, French, German, Slovak and Russian, with many native speakers in these languages.

Our Partners are trained, educated and admitted in several foreign jurisdictions, including Switzerland, the USA, France, Canada as well as our home jurisdictions of the CR and Slovakia.

Recent Awards and Recognitions

• The professional judging panel of the respected British legal magazine The Lawyer placed PRK Partners among the six best law firms in Central Europe for 2016

• Repeatedly recognised as the Best National Law Firm of the Year in the Czech Republic at the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence, the world's leading legal directory

• Best Domestic Law Firm in the category of Banking and Finance at the Legal Firm of the Year awards organized by epravo.cz (for the sixth time in the last seven years)

• Repeatedly recognized as the Best Domestic Law Firm in the category of Labour and Company Law; a highly recommended law firm in all key areas of law

• A recommended law firm in numerous international legal ranking publications – Chambers and Partners, The Lawyer, Legal 500, IFLR1000, Best Lawyers, Legal Experts, Who's Who Legal, Media law International, etc.

PRK Partners and CSR activities

• PRK Partners came third in the competition "TOP Responsible Firm of the Year" in the Czech Republic (October 2015).

• PRK Partners was named third best domestic law firm in the Czech Republic in the category "Workplace of the Future" for its ideal combination of professional and personal development of employees (through a public vote of more than 100 firms in 2014)

Doing business in the Czech Republic – brochure

PRK Partners annually prepares a brochure for its major clients and potential investors considering investing in the Czech Republic regarding the legal and tax issues of doing business in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (Doing Business in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak Republic); the brochure can be ordered in English or Russian language versions at: lucie.solichova@prkpartners.com

Legislative activities

* Members of the PRK Partners' team are Prof. JUDr. Karel Eliáš, a member of the Czech Government's Legislative Council and the main author of the new Civil Code, Doc. JUDr. Bohumil Havel, Ph.D., a member of the Czech Government's Legislative Council and the main author of the new Act on Business Corporations and the new Insolvency Act, and the co-author of the new Civil Code and the Takeover Bid Act; and JUDr. Petr Bezouška, Ph.D., a member of the Czech Government's Legislative Council, the co-author of the new Civil Code and an eminent expert in labour and civil law.

For more information visit our website: www.prkpartners.com

General contact 

Prague
Jáchymova 26/2
110 00 Prague 1

Tel.: +420 221 430 111
Fax: +420 224 235 450
E-mail: prague@prkpartners.com

Bratislava
Hurbanovo námestie 3
811 06 Bratislava

Tel.: +421 - 232 333 232
Fax: +421 - 232 333 222
E-mail: bratislava@prkpartners.com

The main contact persons in the Czech Republic

JUDr. Jakub Lichnovský
Partner at PRK Partners
E-mail: jakub.lichnovsky@prkpartners.com
Phone: +420 221 430 111

List of global offices (for the purpose of export activities)

Bratislava
Hurbanovo námestie 3
811 06 Bratislava

Phone: +421 232 333 232
Fax: +421 232 333 222
E-mail: bratislava@prkpartners.com

Other

PRK Partners’ vast experience in the private law recodification
Our clients have a unique opportunity to be provided with legal advice and author's interpretations of relatively new legal regulations from the main authors of the recodification, who are members of our team*.
We were involved in a number of various mandates – both for private companies and public institutions – relating to the review and harmonization of their legal documents and internal processes, as well as the creation of sample contractual and other documentation in line with the new Civil Code and the Business Corporations Act, and follow-up legislation.

Our membership in international alliances

• Since 2001 PRK Partners is the exclusive member firm in the Czech Republic for Lex Mundi – the world's leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries worldwide. As part of the Lex Mundi global network, we can provide our clients with preferred access to more than 21,000 lawyers around the world – all from a single point of contact. Individually, each Lex Mundi member firm is a leader in its local market. Collectively, Lex Mundi firms provide global legal resources with unmatched depth and breadth. Working with other Lex Mundi firms, we deliver top-tier legal service to seamlessly handle our clients' most challenging and complex cross-border transactions and disputes.
• In 2012 PRK Partners became a member of the Celia Alliance, an international alliance of independent law and professional services firms united with the aim to support and develop their international business activities. What makes CELIA different from other international law or accounting firms or alliances is its combination of expert legal and tax services.
• In 2015 PRK Partners became an affiliated member of CVCA, The Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, an association of private equity/venture capital investors and prominent consulting companies and law firms from the Czech Republic offering high-quality consultancy in the area of private equity and venture capital through its experts from various sectors. CVCA is a member of EVCA, The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.

The Legal 500 Europe on PRK Partners:
"PRK Partners provides its clients with legal services at the highest professional level."

Chambers Europe on PRK Partners:
"Clients praise the practice for combining "reliable, hands-on local expertise” with “extremely good international knowledge."

International Financial Law Review on PRK Partners:
"PRK Partners have pioneered the emergence of domestic firms and bridged the gap between international firms and domestic firms."