15. 5. 2025
Jana Kostěncová Promoted to Senior Associate at Giese & Partner
We are delighted to announce that our colleague Jana Kostěncová has been promoted to Senior Associate at Giese & Partner.
Jana has been with us for more than seven years and has become a strong part of the team, particularly in the field of litigation. She graduated from the School of Law at Charles University in Prague and was admitted to the Czech Bar in 2014. Jana has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, insolvency, real estate matters as well as corporate law.
We are happy to have Jana Kostěncová on our team and wish her the best of luck in the future.
News & Publications
Another Success for Giese & Partner Before the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has once again confirmed the arguments presented by Giese & Partner. In a recent case, the Czech Republic acknowledged a violation of the right to a fair trial, marking another successful outcome for attorney-at-law Ondřej Rathouský before the ECtHR.
From Ankara to Brno: Why the Constitutional Court Intervened Before Deciding the NATO Dispute
The Czech Constitutional Court’s interim measure secured the President’s participation in the NATO summit but left the underlying constitutional dispute unresolved. The case highlights the role of established constitutional practice when the written Constitution provides no clear answer and raises broader questions about the balance of power between the President and the Government.
Who Will Inherit Your Digital Life? Digital Estate Part One
What happens to online accounts, cloud-stored data and cryptocurrency after death? This introduction to the digital estate explains which assets may pass to heirs, why legal inheritance does not always mean practical access and what the German Facebook case reveals about digital inheritance.
