Practice areas
Banking Law
International Arbitration
Inheritance Law
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.)
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
AirBnB (Almost) Unchained
The High Court in Prague found in its recent ruling that the Community of Unit Owners (CUO) cannot restrict apartment owners who choose to rent out their apartments for short-term rentals, for example through the Airbnb platform. It upheld the apartment owner's appeal against the decision of the Municipal Court in Prague, which had ruled in favour of the CUO.
Greener Slovakia or Burden to Entrepreneurs?
Slovakia has launched a new mandatory system for single use beverage packaging. The new legislation is inspired by other European countries, where this system is well-established. For many years, it has successfully helped to reduce waste from the streets, CO2 emissions and to facilitate waste separation.
Litigation Team Succeeded Before Czech Constitutional Court
Giese & Partner has long-standing experience with representation of clients who lost their property in the course of the communist regime. In the last years, Giese & Partner has focused especially on restitutions of the historical property of churches.