16. 5. 2023
Dr. Ernst Giese as Panellist: INSOL Europe EECC Conference, Lithuania 2023
Session 1: “IPs faced with external ongoing shocks: restructuring and insolvency of SME in times of war, high energy prices, recession et al.“
Panel leader
Roman-Knut Seger, BDO Restructuring, Germany
Panellists
Ernst Giese, Giese & Partners, Czech Republic
Paulius Markovas, Law Firm Norkus COBALT, Lithuania
Aleksandra Krawczyk, ECO LEGAL, Poland
News & Publications
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.
