25. 9. 2024
Law - Made in Germany Symposium 2024 in Prague
On October 10, 2024, our colleague Ondřej Rathouský will paticipate as speaker on the occasion of the Law - Made in Germany Symposium 2024 in Prague and will speak about difficulties in enforcing foreign arbitration awards.
The event has been co-organised by the DAV-Czech Republic chaired by Dr. Ernst Giese, partner of Giese & Partner.
Dr. Giese will briefly introduce the initiative Law - Made in Germany at the opening of the symposium.
..."The DAV is committed to the competitiveness of German law. The initiative “Law – Made in Germany" (LMiG) advertises the benefits of German law as part of European codification law: legal certainty, predictability, affordability and enforceability. The goal is to position the German legal system in international commercial law on the global playing-field. Decision-makers in companies and commercial associations are being addressed, as well as internationally active lawyers, who are confronted with questions regarding the choice of law in their daily practice."...
Neuigkeiten & Publikationen
Ernst Giese bei der 67. Baurechtstagung in Prag
Dr. Giese nahm an der 67. Baurechtstagung der ARGE Baurecht in Prag teil und referierte zum tschechischen Bau- und Grundstücksrecht mit Fokus auf die Unterschiede zum deutschen Recht.
Conflicts of Interest: A Three-Layer Problem with Real Money at Stake
Babiš’s conflict-of-interest problem is not just politics – it is a three-layer legal framework, with the sharpest impact coming from the pub-lic-money firewall in Sections 4b and 4c. We explain why shifting Agrofert into trust-type structures still raises doubts, and why the Hartenberg arm remains a key part of the story. A brisk read on the limits of Czech legislation and why the European Commission’s next steps may keep this issue alive.
A Cabinet Minister: To Be or Not To Be?
A Czech ministerial nomination turns into a constitutional stress test: can the President refuse the Prime Minister’s pick in a parliamentary system? The Filip Turek saga - ending in a “government commissioner” workaround - raises hard questions about institutional boundaries, incompatibility rules, and the rule of law.
