Achour & Partners once again recommended by The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2017 Edition
The newly released international rankings guide The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2017 has endorsed Achour & Partners in the area of real estate and construction law. Each year this handbook recommends law firms as well as individual lawyers specialising in different practice areas. Interviews are held annually with thousands of clients from […]
Vojtěch Fiala strengthens the legal team at Achour & Partners
Vojtěch Fiala is a new member of the legal team at Achour & Partners. Vojtěch is graduate of the law fakulty at Palacky University in Olomouc. During his studies he completed several internships and he gained experience at significant law firms. Before starting work at Achour & Partners, Vojtěch practised law at Havel, Holásek & […]
Electronic communication to be mandatory in public procurements from April 18 2017
On April 18 2017, rules under the Public Procurement Act (Act No. 134/2016 Coll.) requiring electronic communication between contracting authorities and tenderers for public contracts will take effect for certain contracting authorities. The change applies to government and central contracting authorities. As of this date, except in certain stipulated cases, these authorities will need to […]
Penalty against City of Prague for Troja bridge declared final
On March 15, 2017, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Petr Rataj confirmed multiple past decisions by the Office imposing a CZK 11 million administrative penalty on the City of Prague. The fine relates to violations by the City in the award of public contracts for the construction of the new […]
Achour & Partners legal team is strengthened by Dalibor Šalek
Attorney Dalibor Šalek has become a member of the legal team at Achour & Partners. Dalibor is a specialist in public procurement, state aid and competition law, including representing clients before the Office for the Protection of Competition and the European Commission and in administrative proceedings. He has also advised extensively on legal issues in […]
Procedural succession when a claim is assigned
In its judgment file no. 23 Cdo 1878/2015 on September 6, 2016), the Czech Supreme Court dealt with cases where a claim arising under the previous law (Act no. 40/1964 Coll., the Civil Code) was assigned, and the assignor informed the assignee of this fact after the new law (Act. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code, […]
European parliament backs proposed amendment to Insolvency Regulation
It is estimated that around 200,000 companies become bankrupt each year in Europe. More than half do not survive the first five years of existence, leading to the loss of more than 1.7 million jobs each year. One-fifth of these bankrupt companies operate across national borders, so their eventual demise has an international dimension. In […]
The principle of material publicity introduced
Along with its implementing regulations, the new Czech Civil Code (NCC) introduces a series of principles (e.g. principle of accuracy of entries in the Real Estate Register, principle of material publicity, principle of priority) which together create a new concept of the Real Estate Register (known also as Cadastre or land register) as a public […]
The building is part of the plot of land
The most important change delivered by the new Civil Code (NCC) is the understanding of a building as part of the plot of land on which it was constructed. After a long hiatus, Czech law returns to the ancient Roman principle superficies solo cedit (the surface yields to the land), which held that all buildings located on […]
Daniel Hájek addressed national conference on risks and responsibilities of company managers under the new Civil Code
Achour & Hájek partner Daniel Hájek spoke recently at a national conference on the risks and responsibilities of company management under the new Civil Code. The conference addressed the situation after January 1, 2014 when the new private law comes into force. As one of the expert presenters on re-codification and the implementation of the […]