Eric Witt

• attorney at law
• eric.witt@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

Business Law, Taxes, Arbitration, Immigration and Legal Graphics

This is both in French and American law since I am licensed in both countries.

Earlier practice and internships

• Moquet Borde in Paris (a large international firm)
• Gibert Collard (one of the most famous lawyers in France if not the most famous)

Education

• UNC Law School – For my American law education
• Paris II Assas – For my French law education

Reference

Eric is a licensed lawyer in the United States and France, which gives him a unique insight into international law. In addition to many years of legal practice in France and the Czech Republic, he also lectures at the Anglo-American University in Prague. He also taught law at French universities, such as the Université Paris X in Paris or the Université de Franche-Comté.

Language of service provided

English, French and Portuguese

Josef Olenič

• attorney at law
• josef.olenic@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

Civil and commercial law, contract law, capital market law, corporate law

Earlier practice and internships

Josef graduated from the Law Faculty 2015, when he was already working as a legal assistant in a law firm. Subsequently, as part of his internship, he largely specialized in one large client in the field of development of solar energy projects, to whom he provided comprehensive legal services even after passing the bar exams in 2018.

Education

• Law faculty of the Charles University in Prague (Mgr.)

Reference

Josef has experience mainly in the realization of investment projects, especially in the solar energy sector, even in the standard of EPC contracts, where many of these projects had a international dimension.

He has also provided clients complex legal support in financing significant acquisitions in the form of bond issues or securing other methods of financing. In this context, he expanded his specialization to the area of business regulation on the capital market.

Language of service provided

Czech, English

Ladislav Drha

• partner
• ladislav.drha@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

criminal law, French law, court disputes, property law, commercial law, M&A

Education

• Faculty of law of the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen (Mgr.)
• Université Toulouse 1 – Capitole in France (university diploma in EU law)
• Université Toulouse 1 – Capitole in France (master's degree in international, European and comparative law with a focus on competition)

Earlier practice and internships

In 2007-2012 he was active with the Association for International Affairs, an NGO promoting research and education in the field of international relations. From 2011 until 2015 he was part of the team of Mgr. Luděk Vrána and JUDr. Robert Pelikán, Ph.D., later Czech Minister of Justice. In 2014 he passed an internship at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, namely with the chambers of General Court President Marc Jaeger. Since 2016 he has been running his own law firm.

Referencess

Ladislav appeared as the defending counsel in many criminal procedures with a particular focus on property, economic and drug-related crime. In cooperation with his French colleagues, he represented engineering and transport companies in court disputes in France, mainly in the area of commercial and competition law, insolvency and arbitration. The value of such disputes amounted to tens of millions of euros. He also assisted commercial, investment and production companies in entering the French market. Ladislav Drha also gained experience in representing clients before the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. He assisted in the realization of several development projects and property transactions totalling hundreds of millions of Czech crowns. He renders comprehensive legal service to several investment entities in the field of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions, and represented them in proceedings before the Czech National Bank, where the value of the transactions in question reached billions of crowns.

Language of service provided

Czech, French, English

Mathilde Caussade

• lead attorney
• mathilde.caussade@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

Cases with a Czech-French link

Education

• Université Toulouse 1 – Capitole in France (university diploma in EU law)
• Université Toulouse 1 – Capitole in France (master's degree in Arbitration and court disputes)

References

She passed several internships during her studies at university especially at the Court of Appeal in Paris. Mathilde gained extensive professional experience with leading law firms in Paris. As an attorney-at-law, she provides legal service with a particular focus on civil, commercial, family and penal law on the level of consultations and court procedures. She leads a team of attorneys in Paris, participating in international cases with a Czech-French link.

Language of service provided

French, English, Spanish

Jan Eisenreich

• lawyer
• jan.eisenreich@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

M&A, new technology, IT law, financial law and fintech

Education

• Law faculty of the Charles University in Prague (Mgr.)
• University of Miami (M&A program)

Earlier practice and internships

Jan worked with Eversheds Sutherland and Vrána a Pelikán attorneys to found his own legal start-up later to respond to the amended Civil Code. By using document digitalization and automated creation in line with the amended legislation, he modified the Articles of Association of thousands of Czech companies. Also, Jan provided legal advisory to leading Czech fintech and cryptocurrency projects at their start (and sometimes also their end and consequent disputes the founders).

References

Jan specializes in copyright, financial, M&A and innovative fields of law, particularly in the area of fintech and blockchain solutions. He worked on extensive license disputes concerning the estate of Zdeněk Miler, author of Little Mole. Also, Jan was in charge of litigation of one od the Czech Republic's leading development companies. Further, he provided legal advisory to IoT and fintech start-ups. Jan Eisenreich publishes specialist articles on financial and property law, such as for Acta universitatis Carolinae, a scientific publication of the Charles University. He assisted in the realization of several development projects and property transactions totalling hundreds of millions of Czech crowns. He renders comprehensive legal service to several investment entities in the field of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions, and represented them in proceedings before the Czech National Bank, where the value of the transactions in question reached billions of crowns.

Language of service provided

Czech, English, Chinese

Vojtěch Opočenský

• trainee lawyer
• vojtech.opocensky@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

property law, civil law, penal law, public contracts, subsidy law

Education

• Law faculty of the Masaryk University in Brno
• Faculté de Droit, Université Aix-en-Provence in France
• Faculty of Sport Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno

Earlier practice and internships

In 2016 and 2017 he was active with Onisko & Partners attorneys where he rendered legal service to mainly corporate French-speaking clients. Consequently he specialized in public contract law at the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, acting as a trainer in the area of EU subsidy audits. Also, in the long term, he represents the Municipal Authority of Prague 1 in property law issues.

Language of service provided

Czech, English, French

Anna Morávková

• attorney at law
• anna.moravkova@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

civil and commercial law, court disputes, law of obligations, insolvency law

Education

• Law faculty of the Masaryk University in Brno (Mgr.)

Referencese

Anna earned her master's degree from the Law faculty in 2015 and became a certified attorney at law in 2019. Between 2015 and 2019 she worked as a trainee lawyer and attorney with Halva & Olejár s.r.o. attorneys, where she focused on comprehensive legal advisory in civil, commercial and insolvency law. She has been cooperating with Ladislav Drha attorneys since January 2020. Anna renders professional legal assistance to large corporate clients as well as small and medium-sized enterprises or private individuals, always with an emphasis put on maintaining an individual approach and anticipating possible legal and commercial risks.

Language of service provided

Czech, English

David Matějka

• attorney at law
• david.matejka@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

Property law, penal law, court disputes and executions, personal data protection/GDPR implementation, inheritance law, housing law

Education

• Law faculty of the Charles University in Prague (Mgr.)

Earlier practice and internships

From 2013 until 2014, David worked with JUDr. Vladimír Jablonský attorneys. After 2014, he gained experience at the Execution Office of Prague 8. In 2016, he joined the team of Mgr. Ladislav Drha as a trainee lawyer to later become a certified attorney at law.

Language of service provided

Czech, English

Simona Holubová

• cooperating attorney at law
• simona.holubova@ak-drha.cz

Main areas of expertise

penal law, civil disputes, family law, property law, law of joint housing, bill of exchange law, insolvency law

Education

• Faculty of law of the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen (Mgr.)

References

Simona earned her master's degree from the Law faculty in 2012. She became a certified attorney at law in 2016 and has been practicing law on her own since 2017. She specializes in penal law, where she earned abundant experience as a defending counsel in cases encompassing the full range of criminal activities, including cross-border criminal issues and international judicial cooperation. Further, Simona focuses on property law, mainly law applicable to joint ownership, as part of which she arranges for nowadays much sought-after division of property rights into unit ownership rights and their modifications. Also, she has extensive experience in family law and custody proceedings, bill of exchange law and corporate law including insolvency law. Simona worked with renowned law firms, particularly in areas of penal and civil law. Today, she cooperates as an external attorney with Ladislav Drha, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o.

Language of service provided

Czech, English