25. 10. 2023
Martin Holler as Session Co-Chair at the IBA Annual Conference in Paris 2023
“Inflation, recession and other scary things. Will the Mona Lisa still be smiling? What has happened in the last twelve months and where are we headed?”
On 2 November 2023, Martin Holler, partner at Giese & Partner will co-chair this session at the International Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Paris. The panelists Samuli Koskela (Lexia Attorneys), Nina Grunow-Jensen (P+ Pension Fund for Academics), Jürgen Necker, (Helaba) and Elena Otero (McDermott Will & Emery) will discuss these questions from the perspectives of investors, bankers and lawyers.
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Neuigkeiten & Publikationen
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.
The Digital Hallucination: A CZK 25,000 Lesson in AI Legal Ethics
Constitutional Court penalizes an attorney for submission based on "hallucinated" AI-generated content.
