Vladimir Hejduk

Work Highlights

• Provided tax advisory services to EGEM, the landlord, in negotiating the lease of part of a plant, and in the preparation of transaction

documentation.

• For the client ASE, prepared tax Due Diligence of target entities and tax advisory services in the preparation of transaction

documentation.

• Provision of comprehensive tax and accounting administration for Hotel Paris.

• Representation of the Ministry of Agriculture in an administrative action against the tax administrator’s decision to impose a levy for

breach of budgetary discipline due to an alleged violation of the Public Procurement Act.

• Representation of AAA AUTO Group N.V. in an administrative action for the annulment of a decision on the appeal against an income

tax assessment for 2012. The dispute involved a cross-border tax loss carry forward within the EU.

• Long-term comprehensive tax administration for hotels and restaurants.

• Provision of tax advice in a dispute over the validity of a VAT assessment for alleged involvement in a fraudulent company carousel.

• Provision of exclusive tax advice on acquisitions, mergers and other transformations, and divestments for a group managing one

Czech and one foreign private equity fund with a total value in excess of CZK 3 billion, plus provision of tax advice to the portfolio

companies of these funds.

• Representation in a dispute with the tax authorities concerning the correctness of the assessment of expenses for holding shares in

subsidiaries.

• Provision of tax advice on minimizing the tax burden on a technology startup in developing new software and bringing in new i

investors.

• Preparation of a forensic audit of the client’s accounting for the past three years, including quantification of damages caused by an

employee’s fraudulent conduct. The services also encompassed assessing compliance with accounting and tax obligations, reviewing

the adequacy of the internal control system, and designing new control procedures to enhance accounting and tax compliance.

Practice Areas

Vladimír Hejduk is a specialist in tax, corporate law and accounting. He provides comprehensive legal, tax and accounting advice to commercial corporations, state-owned enterprises, non-profit entities and state-owned enterprises. He is a sought-after and recommended specialist in providing discretionary tax advice to individuals.

Career

Vladimír Hejduk has long-term experience in the tax, accounting and corporate aspects of mergers and acquisitions, and in operations with business plants in a number of large projects in the automotive, hotel, ICT, water, waste management, energy, etc. sectors, the value of which has reached hundreds of millions to billions of crowns. Vladimír has a significant specialization in tax litigation and is dedicated to representing clients in tax proceedings (tax audits, appeals etc.), as well as in the administrative justice system. He also provides individualized discrete tax advice to high-net-worth individuals, and is an expert in trusts and trusteeships.

Other areas of law in which Vladimir is actively involved, include the legal, tax and accounting aspects of the development, provision and use of software and other intangible assets.

Vladimír Hejduk is also active in publications and the preparation of legislation for accounting and taxation. He has also published extensively.

Professional Memberships

Chamber of Tax Advisors of the Czech Republic

Member of the Czech National Multilateral Forum for Electronic Invoicing

Member of the Taxation Practise Group of the Multilaw

Publications

• PICHRT, Jan et al.: Sport and (not only) labour law, 2014. Prague: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80-7478-655-6

• PICHRT, Jan et al.: Agency employment in complex contexts, 2013. Prague: C. H. Beck. ISBN 978-80-7400-481-0.

Languages Spoken

English – actively, high level of proficiency, C1

German – passive, intermediate level of proficiency, B2