František Honsa

Practice Areas

Litigation

Arbitration

Commercial Law

Criminal Law

Career

František Honsa is a founding partner of BBH and has a wealth of experience in dispute resolution, with main focus in commercial law, where he acts in both civil disputes and international arbitration. His background includes major disputes that have proven significant for the interpretation of Czech laws. František has further served as representative in a number of significant disputes that have contributed to determining the responsibility of banks in protecting their clients' accounts and obligations arising from the adoption of ISDA standards. He also has extensive experience in white collar criminal defence law a frequently sits as arbitrator.

Professional Memberships

Czech Bar Association (since 1995)

International Bar Association

Member of the Board and Arbitrator on the list of the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber and the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic

Arbitrator at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

Arbitrator at the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC)

Publications

Liability of Shareholders (1996)

Arbitration in the Czech Republic in 2020 – 25 years of the Arbitration Act and Counting (https://indd.adobe.com/view/c2cb9aa1-5e55-435b-b563-aa3a27efb8e0)

Personal

Languages: Czech, English and Russian. Holds a Ph.D. from the Charles University in Prague (Commercial Law).