Pavelka

Mgr. Jan Pavelka, LL.M.

Partner

+420 733 677 768

jan.pavelka@pavelkapartners.cz

Jan Pavelka is the founding partner of Pavelka s.r.o., law office, with more than 15 years of experience.

Jan has on a long-term basis focused on corporate law, with an emphasis on transformations and divestitures, finance law, and international tax planning. He has been involved in numerous complex restructurings of major local as well as international holding groups of companies.

Apart from mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, legal advice on transactions with a strong tax aspect, and EU law, Jan also specialises in providing comprehensive legal advice to private clients and family business. His favorite discipline is the intergenerational handover of assets and architecture of trust funds.

Upon completing his studies, he worked for three years as a junior associate at Novák & Sabolová, a czech law firm associated with the Tacoma advisory group. In 2008 he joined the czech law firm Havel, Holásek & Partners, initially as a junior associate. In 2009, after passing the Bar examination, Jan became associate, and subsequently a managing associate. Until 2015, he worked there mainly in the corporate law department, especially in private and VIP clients of the office.

Since 2015 he has been working exclusively within Pavelka s.r.o., a law firm.

Membership in professional organisations

Czech Bar Association, reg. no. 12885

Association for the Support and Development of Trust Funds (a recognised trustee)Chairman of the Family Business Association

Chairman of the Family Business Association

Education

University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Law,
Plzeň (2005, Master of Laws – Mgr.)

Postgraduate course:
Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III,
Aix-en-Provence, European Business Law
(2008, Master of Laws – LL.M.)

Languages

Czech
English
German

Mgr. Ondřej Plánička

Partner

+420 776 767 551

ondrej.planicka@pavelkapartners.cz

Ondřej Plánička has been a partner at Pavelka s.r.o. law office since July 2016.

He specialises in corporate law, group restructurings, transformations and divestitures, and the related matters of acquisition, post-acquisition and corporate financing.

Ondřej has experience with projects in the Czech Republic and abroad. He has advised clients on complex cases of legal and tax structuring.

As part of advising private clients, Ondřej also handles the structuring and transfers of family assets, liability of managers, and manager incentive schemes.

Upon completing his studies, he worked as a junior associate at the international law firm Dentons. Later, in 2011, he joined PwC Legal where he worked for more than 3 years, initially as a junior associate, and after passing the Bar examination in 2014 as associate.

Membership in professional organisations

Czech Bar Association, reg. no. 15665

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague
(2011, Master of Laws – Mgr.)

Languages

Czech
English

Mgr. Barbora Masařová

Attorney

+420 739 664 697

barbora.masarova@pavelkapartners.cz

Barbora is a senior associate at Pavelka s.r.o. law office since June 2017.

Barbora specializes in transformations, sale and purchase of companies (asset / share deals) (M&A), Real Estate, Banking & Finance and Corporate Law. Barbora has been engaged in both domestic and international projects.

Barbora has more than 6 years of practice in structure and management of various types of local and international projects, joint ventures, share and asset deals, acquisitions, disposals and restructuring, including preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation, due diligence (specializing in energy and real estate), both sellers’ and buyers’ side, and related matters of acquisition, post-acquisition and corporate financing. Barbora has also advised banks and other financial institutions in real estate and corporate financing, including syndicated loan transactions.

Before Pavelka s.r.o. law office, Barbora worked in Clifford Chance, PwC Legal and Wilsons.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Czech Bar Association, reg. no. 16858

EDUCATION

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague

LANGUAGES

Czech, English

Mgr. Radomír Pivoda

Attorney

+420 777 272 261

radomir.pivoda@pavelkapartners.cz

Radomír Pivoda has been an associate at Pavelka s.r.o. law office since March 2017.

He specialises in intellectual property law, copyright law and artistic and IP/IT licenses.

Radomír has experience with the film and music industry and international coproduction. He has advised clients on complex cases of intellectual property infringement.

Radomír also focuses on protection of personal rights and privacy, entertainment law, collective rights and trademarks. Radomír participated in architecture and establishment of structures for preservation and effective maintenance of intellectual property rights known as “IP Boxes”.

Upon completing his studies, he worked as a junior associate at the international law firm PwC Legal and Havel, Holásek & Partners. He also has experience with management in the music industry and publishing. After passing the Bar examination he started his sole practice with focus on intellectual property rights.

MEMBERSHIP in PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Czech Bar Association, reg. no. 17172

Member of ALAI Czech Republic – national group of the international learned society devoted to the study of author’s rights

EDUCATION

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague
(2012, Master of Laws – Mgr.)

LANGUAGES

Czech
English

Mgr. Karel Rada, LL.M.

ATTORNEY

+420 603 291 734

karel.rada@pavelkapartners.cz

Karel Rada has been an associate at Pavelka s.r.o. law office since May 2018. Karel specializes in the field of trust funds and related issues of administration, protection and intergenerational transfer of property. As part of his practice, he also focuses on corporate law, law of obligations and real estate law.

He has experience in the preparation and implementation of restructuring projects both within the Czech Republic and abroad, the construction of international holding structures and related legal and tax consultancy.

Prior to joining Pavelka s.r.o. law office Karel worked at Žižlavský law firm specializing in insolvency law, where he dealt mainly with insolvency proceedings and the related agenda.

Membership in professional organisations

Czech Bar Association, reg. no. 40510

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law,
Prague (2014, Master of Laws – Mgr.)

Postgraduate course:
Eötvös Loránd University,
Budapest, European and International Business Law
(2017, Master of Laws – LL.M.)

Languages

Czech
English

Mgr. Bc. Matěj Sýkora

ATTORNEY

+420 731 613 195

matej.sykora@pavelkapartners.cz

Matěj joined Pavelka s.r.o., law office as a attorney in October 2019.

He specializes in commercial law and civil law, in particular obligation law, corporate law and M&A. He has also gained experience in the field of dispute resolution including arbitration proceedings.

He mainly focuses on group restructurings and related transformations (mergers, demergers) of business corporations, corporate governance of holding structures settings and implementations of management incentive schemes.

Both theoretically and practically, Matěj also deals with intellectual property law, focusing on copyright law. He is also a co-author of publication “Selected Issues of Art Law” (Masaryk University Brno, 2017).

Before he joined Pavelka s.r.o., law office, Matěj worked as a law clerk in law firm BBH.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Czech Bar Association, reg. no. 41524

EDUCATION

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts (Bc.)
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law (Mgr.)

LANGUAGES

Czech, English

Tomáš Pitra

JUNIOR ASSOCIATE

+420 728 193 219

tomas.pitra@pavelkapartners.cz

Tomas Pitra is a part of our team since May 2019.

He specialises in civil law, in particular in the area of the law of business corporations and mergers and acquisitions. He gained his experience especially during his four year practice in Havel & Partners, where he worked as a legal assistant of corporate law and acquisition teams.

He has been engaged in numerous local and international acquisition projects carried out by both private and public subjects. He also participated on investigation and forensic audit projects of multinational corporations.

LANGUAGES

Czech, English

Karolína Denemarková

JUNIOR ASSOCIATE

+420 722 749 789

karolina.denemarkova@pavelkapartners.cz

Karolína joined Pavelka s.r.o., law office in September 2017 as a legal assistent. After successful graduation in autumn 2019 she became a junior associate.

Karolína specializes in law of obligations, litigation, corporate law and intellectual property law.

Before Karolína joined Pavelka s.r.o. she earned work experience during her two-year practice in law and mediation office Purkyt & Co. where she focused mainly on civil and restitutional disputes. After that, she became a paralegal in law firm KF Legal s.r.o. where she concentrated on civil, corporate and environmental law.

EDUCATION

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague

LANGUAGES

Czech
English
German

Ondřej Snopek

PARALEGAL

+420 724 163 245

ondrej.snopek@pavelkapartners.cz

Ondřej Snopek joined the Pavelka s.r.o., law office, in February 2017 as a legal assistant. Ondřej is in the fifth year of his studies at the Faculty of Law at the Charles University in Prague. During his studies he has been focusing on international and corporate law. Ondřej earned experience during his two years practice in the law firm Havel, Holásek & Partners where he focused mainly on corporate law concretely on acquisitions. After that he became legal assistant in the law firm Brož, Sedlatý where he worked in the civil and corporate law team.

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague

Languages

Czech, English

Kateřina Bartošová

Paralegal

+420 728 756 968

katerina.bartosova@pavelkapartners.cz

Kateřina Bartošová joined the Pavelka s.r.o., law office, in July 2018 as a legal assistant. Kateřina is in the third year of her studies at the Faculty of Law at the Masaryk University in Brno.

During her studies she participated in several summer ELSA law schools. Thanks to this Kateřina had the opportunity to study the intellectual property law in Georgia and the business law in Azerbaijan.

In her legal practice she would like to focus on commercial law,  labour law and civil  law.

Vzdělání

Masaryk University, Brno

Jazyky

Czech, English

Daniela Radikovská

Paralegal

+420 775 975 412

daniela.radikovska@pavelkapartners.cz

Daniela joined the Pavelka s.r.o., law office, in July 2018 as a legal assistant, when she returned from Netherlands where she was a part of study program on HAN University of Applied Sciences.

She is a student at Faculty of law of the Charles University and at the same time she studies at University of Economics where her field of study is Accounting and taxation. In the future she would like to focus on the area of taxation.

EDUCATION

Charles University, Faculty of law, Prague

University of Economics, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Prague

LANGUAGES

Czech, English

Petr Kuta

PARALEGAL

+420 721 056 880

petr.kuta@pavelkapartners.cz

Petr Kuta joined our team in March 2018 and works as a legal assistant. Petr is a second-year student at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague, where he devotes himself to a wide range of academic activities. In addition to being an active member of the international student association ELSA, he also works as a research assistant at the Institute of Legal History and has contributed to the publication of several scientific publications on minority legal issues.

He gained certain work experience during his time at Havel & Partners, where he held a student position as an office support. Subsequently, he worked in the ARROWS advisory group office as a grant department consultant.

In the future, he would like to focus on European and International law.

EDUCATION

Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague

Languages

Czech, English, French

Blanka Kucerova De Bernardi di Valserra

Of Counsel

+39 3486879994

+420 608 479 791

legalduse@iol.it

Has been cooperating with law firm Pavelka s.r.o as of counsel since 2015

Is an Italian and Czech lawyer specializes in International Real Estate, M&A business, International Cooperation Finance and Banking and International Art business.

She worked until 2012 in Italy – Milan area, is admitted to Italian High Court ( Cassazione )

Year 2012 has establish her activity in Prague as “established EU lawyer”

Since year 2015 is also integrated Czech lawyer

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Since 2012 Italian and Czech Bar Association as established EU lawyer

Since 2015 Czech integrated lawyer and Italian lawyer register in Prague reg.no 16073

EDUCATION

“Università Statale” Milano Italy – Faculty of Law year 1984

LANGUAGES

Czech, Italian, German, English, French