Dispute Resolution
Europe Guide 2024 : Czech Republic
Band 4
Contact number
+420 296 798 111About
Provided by CMS
CMS Prague has a wealth of experience helping clients, both in the Czech Republic and across the CEE, resolve their disputes. Our team represents multinationals and leading local players in a wide variety of complex disputes ranging from international arbitrations through to high-stake class actions to criminal investigations.
Our lawyers have significant sector expertise; whether our clients are from the construction, life sciences, technology, energy, financial services or automotive industries we have specialists who understand their market and the business context of their dispute. We take pride in assisting our clients in dispute prevention but, if necessary, we know how to prevail in the Czech courts and at an EU level.
Our lawyers represent clients before courts, arbitral tribunals, public prosecutors and regulatory authorities. Our in-depth industry knowledge combined with procedural savvy, outstanding advocacy skills and high efficiency sets our team apart.
Whether our clients are faced with corporate, commercial, labour, intellectual property, competition, insurance or product liability disputes, we can support them in obtaining injunctions and deal with enforcement procedures, including foreign judgements and arbitral awards. Most importantly, apart from the dispute resolution services we offer, we also provide sophisticated dispute prevention solutions as well as early case assessment services by the use of a cutting edge software tool, CMS Evidence.
Chambers Review
CMS houses a seasoned team representing clients from the financial services, TMT and energy industries. The law firm offers significant expertise in all aspects of commercial litigation, including shareholder disputes, unfair competition litigation and insurance disputes. CMS provides further experience in insolvency-related matters and arbitration proceedings.
Work Highlights
- CMS defended ŠKODA in a damages claim for allegedly defective repair and maintenance services at two nuclear power plants.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"CMS always provides sound and on-time guidance."
"The team is very responsive and very approachable - also for business partners, not only the in-house lawyers."
"The team can always bring another perspective to an issue."
"I appreciate the level of responsiveness and thorough evaluation of the situation."
"The lawyers are reasonable and calm."
"CMS always provides sound and on-time guidance."
"The team is very responsive and very approachable - also for business partners, not only the in-house lawyers."
"The team can always bring another perspective to an issue."
"I appreciate the level of responsiveness and thorough evaluation of the situation."
"The lawyers are reasonable and calm."
Notable Practitioners
Tomáš Matějovský acts for clients in administrative proceedings, intellectual property disputes and damages actions. He also assists with labour law disputes, insurance litigation and insolvency proceedings.