14. 2. 2025
Radek Werich is Now Officially a Master of Laws
We are delighted to congratulate our longtime colleague Radek Werich on obtaining his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Banking and Finance Law with Merit from the University of London.
Over the past 15 years, Radek has advised on numerous financing transactions, an experience that inspired him to gain additional academic insight into syndicated loans and project financing. We appreciate his dedication and wish him continued success in his legal career.
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.
