Legal services

We function as an efficient, effective and affordable outside general counsel for Czech and foreign businesses. We counsel our clients in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions. Our services in this field include:

• comprehensive administration of corporate matters including changes in the Commercial Register,
• formation of all forms of new legal entities including all forms of businesses and companies that can be established under Czech law - mainly limited liability companies and joint stock companies,
• negotiation, drafting and reviewing of share purchase agreements, negotiation, drafting and reviewing of agreements on the purchase of the enterprise,
• providing advice on the decrease and increase of the registered capital of companies,
• assisting on dissolution and liquidation of companies,
• representing our clients in all necessary proceedings before state authorities and courts,
• negotiation, drafting and reviewing of all kinds of business contracts including general provisions (general commercial terms)
• due diligence reviews

Our lawyers are technologically proficient and we are able to provide our clients with comprehensive services in all aspects of intellectual property. With our unique on-line system we already have extensive experience with e-commerce. Our Intellectual Property and E-commerce practice includes:

• comprehensive advice on copyright and related rights (databases) including on-line copyright protection and licensing
• negotiation, drafting and reviewing of all documentation relating to software
• providing advice on open source and free software licensing
• representing our clients in trademark registration proceedings
• advising on all legal matters relating to domain names (protection against infringement, litigation, assignment of domain names, unfair competition)
• legal services in the field of protection of undisclosed information
• providing comprehensive advice about personal data protection
• arrangement of all contractual relations in the area of e-commerce (B2B, B2C)
• drafting terms and conditions and hosting agreements

We represent clients in a full spectrum of real estate transactions including acquisition, development, leasing, construction, financing and sale of the residential and non-residential premises. We also serve as legal counsel to real estate agents. Our experience in this field includes:

• due diligence of real estates
• negotiation, drafting and reviewing of all documentation relating to real property
• representation of lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions
• representation of buyers and sellers in commercial real estate transactions
• tax advice relating to real estate transactions
• dispute resolution in connection with real estate transactions
• representing our clients in all proceedings before state authorities and courts (including negotiations with cadastral authorities)

At eAdvokacie, our lawyers deal with legal aspects of non-profit organisations on a daily basis, and they also publish a considerable amount of papers in this field. As a result of this deep understanding we are capable of providing complex legal consultancy on the legal aspects of non-profit organisations, which primarily consists of:

• setting up of all kinds of non-profit organisations (including unincorporated associations)
• drawing up legal regulations regarding internal relations of non-profit organisations (including labour law issues)
• drafting and review of contract documentation of non-profit organisations
• consultancy regarding the liability of authorised representatives of non-profit organisations
• representation in proceedings
• execution of dissolution and liquidation of a non-profit organisation

A part of our duties as legal advisors to business entities is, naturally, in-depth practice of labour law, including public law regulation of employment and related legal fields. The services we offer in this area include primarily:

• complex consultancy in all aspects of labour law (including the employment of foreigners)
• due diligence of labour law relations within a company
• drafting and review of complex contract documentation (including drafting of templates for labour issues)
• drafting and review of the so-called managerial contracts
• counsel with regards to employee and employer liability for damage
• consultancy in the area of protection of employer information
• exacting claims in labour-law relations

We also provide, at very favourable terms, legal consultancy in the area of acquisitions, administration and exaction of debts. We use information technology intensively in this process in order to rationalise these tasks and reduce costs to our clients. The services we offer in this area include primarily:

• complex consultancy in the field of administration and exaction of debts
• legal due diligence of debts or their sets
• counsel with regards to securing of obligations
• drafting of contract documentation regarding assignment of debts
• representation in dealing with debtors
• mediation and conclusion of set-off agreements
• representation in court and arbitration proceedings
• representation in execution proceedings
• representation of creditors in bankruptcy

In an effort to provide complex legal service we give considerable attention to family law issues. Our lawyers dedicate a lot of their time to publishing texts in this area. Legal counsel in this field is naturally provided in a very discreet manner. The services we offer in this area include primarily:

• In depth consultancy with regards to the legal status of spouses
• drafting and review of agreements between spouses, i.e. agreements concluded in the case of divorce, pre-nuptial agreements and agreements concluded in marriage
• divorce counsel (including marriages of foreign nationals)
• drafting of all documentation required for divorce
• counsel on the matter of raising and support and maintenance of a minor, including contract regulation of relevant issues
• counsel in the area of adoptions
• representation in court proceedings
• consultancy in related fields (inheritance)