Dr. jur. Ernst Giese

Rechtsanwalt | partner


Location

Prague

Languages

German, English, Czech, French


Practice areas


Work experience and education

2009 Opening a branch office of Giese & Partner in Bratislava, Slovakia

2000 Founding partner and managing director of the company Giese & Partner in Prague, Czech Republic

1997 Founder and managing director of Prague branch of the Frankfurt association Schürmann & Partner (predecessor of Giese & Partner)

1995 Doctoral degree from the School of Law at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Dr. jur.)

Membership
  • DAV - German Bar Association (admitted since 1995)

  • ČAK - Czech Bar Association (admitted since 1997)

  • SAK - Slovak Bar Association (admitted since 2009)

  • DIS - The German Arbitration Institute (association for the promotion of national and international arbitration)

  • ICC Germany (German national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce)

  • IBA - International Bar Association

  • INSOL Europe - European organisation of professionals who specialise in insolvency, business reconstruction and recovery

  • III - International Insolvency Institute

  • UIA - Union Internationale de Avocat

  • Institut für Erbrecht - The association of inheritance law specialists

Publications and activities

Ernst Giese bei der 67. Baurechtstagung in Prag

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

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 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.