Miloš Olík

Practice Areas

Miloš Olík is the head of the Dispute Resolution Department at ROWAN LEGAL. His practice focuses on arbitration, including international commercial arbitrations, investment disputes and various forms of alternative dispute resolution (mediation, negotiation).

Career

Miloš Olík has many years of experience in arbitration proceedings under the rules of various international institutions, such as ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCC, ICSID, or the rules of UNCITRAL, or the Czech Arbitration Court. He has led legal teams representing states in investment disputes and multinational companies in international commercial arbitrations.

Miloš Olík has also acted as an arbitrator in more than 200 arbitration proceedings, including investment disputes (incl. two cases under ICSID rules). He is registered on the list of Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic and leading international institutions (e.g. SIAC, CIETAC, LCIA, VIAC, HKIAC, MIAC). Miloš is the vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Czech Republic, chairman of the Arbitration Council of the Football Association of the Czech Republic, member of the Board of the National Court of Arbitration for Sport and a member of many other professional associations and organizations.

Miloš Olík is listed in the Arbitration Ranking jointly organized by Who's Who Legal and GAR (Global Arbitration Review). He has been ranked by the prestigious international ranking Chambers Global in Band 2 for dispute resolution and arbitration in the Czech Republic.

Miloš Olík is also the author or co-author of numerous professional publications, such as the Commentary to the New York Convention, the Commentary to the Arbitration Act, and the prestigious chapter for the Czech Republic in the ICCA Handbook on Commercial Arbitration.

Professional Memberships

Czech Bar Association

The Slovak Bar Association

ICCA – International Council for Commercial Arbitration

ICC Czech Republic – Chairman of ICC Czech Republic

The Czech Society for International Law

Football Association of the Czech Republic – Chairman of the Council of Arbitrators

The Commission on Arbitration and ADR at the International Chamber of Commerce

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

CZIPRA – Czech Institute for Popularization and Revitalization of Arbitration

Austrian Arbitration Association

AIADR – Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Fellow)

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Czech Bar Association

LCIA European Users' Councils

Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC)

ArbCEE - Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe

Publications

• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk Margarita, 20. 3. 2024. Do the ICC Rules need to be attached to the arbitration clause? Requirements

and practice in the Czech legal environment. Online. epravo.cz

• Olík, Miloš; Duffek, Lukáš; Karešová Kucharčuk Margarita, 19. 10. 2022.: Commercial mediation: a way to quickly resolve disputes

between construction company and client. Online. estav.cz

• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 5. 4. 2022. Can you lawfully offer goods and services under a domain name that is

interchangeable with a third party's protected designation?, epravo.cz 4/2022.

• Olík, Miloš; Coufalová, Linda, 2021. Mediation as a tool for dispute resolution in commercial relations, Private Law Vol. 9, č. 6, Wolters

Kluwer Inc.

• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 8. 2. 2021. Czech Republic: Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International

Arbitration? (co-author), ICCA Report, edited by J. Hosking, Y.Lahlou, G.R.Elgueta,

• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 2020. Towards the implementation of the UNCITRAL Model Act for International

Commercial Arbitration into the Czech legal system (co-author), Commercial Law Vol. 28, No. 9. Prague: Wolters Kluwer ČR, Inc.

• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita; Halfar, František, 27. 5. 2020. F., E-hearings in arbitration, Online. epravo.cz

• Olík, Miloš, 8. 6. 2020. After the coronacrisis, international arbitrations could accelerate. Rowan Legal wants "e-hearings" in the Czech

Republic. Online. INFO.CZ

• Olík, Miloš; Čáp, Michal; Heyduk, Jaroslav, 2019. Investment Arbitration in the Czech Republic, in Investment Arbitration in Central and

Eastern Europe, Law and Practice, Elgar Arbitration Law and Practice series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 2019. Czech arbitration under the ICC Rules: the obligation to attach arbitration rules to

the arbitration agreement, Soukromé právo 7-8/2019, Wolters Kluwer Inc., Prague.

Work Highlights

• He was appointed as an arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings under the ICSID Rules – ADDIKO BANK AG and ADDIKO

BANK d.d. v. Republic of Croatia.

• Represented a leading car manufacturer in a dispute with a former supplier worth tens of millions of CZK.

• Represented a major Czech mobile operator in two disputes concerning claims for compensation against two former sales

representatives.

• Represented a client, the City of Prague, in a number of disputes arising out of the Opencard project.

• Represented the State in the international investment arbitration EUREKO (ACHMEA) B.V. v. THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC under

UNCITRAL rules in a case involving an alleged violation of the investor's rights due to a change in legislation concerning health

insurance concerning almost EUR 65 million.

• Represented a client WPB Capital, a credit union, in several court proceedings, including an administrative action against the

regulator's decision to revoke its license to operate as a credit union and a EUR 60 million damages claim for maladministration. The

procedural defense also included several constitutional complaints.

• He represented the Slovak Republic against A. J. Oostergetel and T. Laurentius in arbitration proceedings under the UNCITRAL rules

in the industrial sector, with a dispute value of EUR 300 million.

• Represented a Russian manufacturer in an international arbitration against a bank in an export financing dispute with a value

exceeding EUR 26 million.

• Represented a Czech insurance company in arbitration proceedings before the Arbitration Court of the Czech Chamber of Commerce

and the Czech Chamber of Agrarian Affairs against a bank in a dispute arising from an insurance contract worth CZK 100 million.

Languages Spoken

English – active, proficient user

Russian: active, advanced degree of proficiency

Czech – native speaker

Slovak – proficiency at the level of a native speaker

Education