15. 12. 2025
IFLR 1000 Rankings 2025: Giese & Partner Among Czech and Slovak Recommended Law Firms
We are happy to announce that Giese & Partner has been ranked by IFLR 1000 (Rankings 2025) as recommended law firm in Banking and Finance in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and as notable law firm in M&A and in Restructuring and Insolvency in the Czech Republic.
Furthermore, Ernst Giese and Martin Holler, both partners of Giese & Partner, have been recognised as notable practitioners in the field of M&A.
The IFLR 1000 is the guide to the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. Their first rankings were published in 1990 and they currently research over 120 jurisdictions worldwide. Their research is a continuous process and their journalists keep abreast of major developments (notable transactions and law firm news¨throughout the year.
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The Legal 500 EMEA 2026: Giese & Partner Recognised as Leading Law Firm
According to The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2026 edition, which has just been released, Giese & Partner continues to be one of the leading law firms in the Czech Republic in the areas of real estate projects and of banking and finance law.
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.
