Commercial and Corporate Law - IT law - Energy - Corporate law - Commercial obligations/contractual relationships - Real estate - Labor law - Personality protection - Compensation for damages and unjust enrichment - Advisory services to individuals and n

Corporate law

• agreements between a company and partners (financing, raising/lowering capital), including the common assets of marriage within the framework of a business
• mutual agreements between partners (transferring or pledging commercial shares or stock)
• capital markets from the everyday life of the company (changing members of the statutory bodies, organizing general meetings)
• corporate governance and transparency (rules of corporate management and transparency)
• monitoring (monthly/semi-annual/annual) of legislative and juridical changes
• corporate calendar - overview of principle deadlines (submitting tax returns, drawing up and approving the closing of accounts, voting for members of the statutory bodies, etc.)
• representation before registration court and in legal proceedings

CEAG’s target is to provide companies with comprehensive service, so that they are not burdened by obstacles and complications seen in commercial, trade and tax legislation and have to solve the problems that could arise otherwise, even on the level of criminal law. And, should a company have already run into such difficulties, CEAG is prepared to defend the interests of its clients also in criminal proceedings.

Commercial obligations/contractual relationships

• pre-contractual advisory service (negotiating conditions of the transaction, verifying the origin of the goods and even vetting the contractual partners)
• assistance in negotiating the conditions of the commercial agreements and their preparation and revision (contracts with suppliers, sub-suppliers, distributors, customers, and service contracts)
• ensuring commercial obligations (pledge agreements, guarantees, contractual penalties, bank guarantees)
• agreements with banks (loans and credit, bank guarantees, letters of credit, documentary payments)
• representation in commercial contract disputes
• debt collection

Once an offer is pronounced it is difficult in the course of negotiations to alter it; therefore, it is always advantageous to check the origin of the goods and even vet the contractual partners (risk management audit, legal due diligence), and that on both the national and international level. In connection to this, an emphasis is placed before all else on the commercial and financial context of the negotiations with the goal of minimizing the financial burden on the client. Being aware of such information, the client can be forewarned of tactical and technical mistakes during negotiations with the other side.

Labor law

• preparation of standard-form and specific labor law documentation (employment agreements, agreements outside the employment relationship, internal rules and regulations, considerations of employment relationships, and also managerial contracts, MBI and MBO, and agreements on acquiring employee stock, etc.)
• personal data protection
• training of management and members of the statutory bodies of the company
• representing employers and employees in labor-law disputes (compensation for damages, invalidity of the severance of the labor relationship, etc.)
• representation before authorities and administrative bodies (employment office, workplace inspection, social security and health insurance administrations)

CEAG represents both large international concerns and small employers, as well as employees and individuals. The advantage of CEAG in representing employers, management and employees is the up-to-date knowledge it has at its disposal from all angles of labor-law problems.

IT law

• System Integration
• SW and HW licensing
• Open-source licensing
• Software development contracts
• VAN agreements
• Data security

Within the framework of providing comprehensive legal services and business solutions, Central European Advisory Group created a specialized IT legal and practice team focusing on IT activities for regional and international firms. CEAG provides a whole series of legal services concentrating on specific aspects of convergence in the IT market, including e-Commerce, information technology, and data processing and protection.

From our experience, we have found a growing number of projects and transactions in this area of the market demanding extensive knowledge and proficiency along with a creative combination of legal and business qualifications. Our services include legal counseling, business strategies and structural analyses, negotiations and legal assistance, including the preparation of all the documentation needed for implementing projects and carrying out successful transactions in the IT area. For companies wishing to optimize the use of their intellectual property and data or to ensure that they fulfill regulatory requirements, we also offer standard audits of their intellectual property rights and data protection measures.

Energy

• project analysis in relationship to energy laws of the Czech Republic and the EU
• preparation or audit of contractual documentation
• preparation of new projects in the electro-energy and heating industry
• project support for utilizing renewable energy sources
• agreements on the procurement, development or renewal of technology in the electro-energy sector

Energy is a sector demanding long-term decisions and long-term investment, where thorough preparation of your project will pay off in the end.

Real estate

• pre-agreement advisory service (negotiating the conditions of the transaction, vetting the origin of the real estate and even the contractual partners)
• assistance in negotiating the conditions of the agreement and other documentation, their preparation and revision (in particular transfer agreements, exchanges, pledges, easements and rights of usage, purchase options)
• construction rights, utilities, negotiations with the pertinent administrative bodies and authorities
• renting the property
• settling common property of marriage and shares of co-ownership in relation to the real estate
• representation in disputes over legal interests and leasing rights to the property
• representation in matters of construction, cadastre, taxation and related proceedings

Once an offer is pronounced it is difficult in the course of negotiations to alter it; therefore, it is always advantageous to check the origin of the real estate and even vet the contractual partners (risk management audit, legal due diligence), and that on both the national and international level. In connection to this, an emphasis is placed before all else on the commercial and financial context of the negotiations with the goal of minimizing the financial burden on the client. Being aware of such information, the client can be forewarned of tactical and technical mistakes during negotiations with the other side.

CEAG considers as part of its key know-how in this area its knowledge of the current (and often contradictory) adjudication of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, the Highest Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, and the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic in relation to the transfer and encumbrance of real estate (whether by pledges, easements and rights of usage or lease agreements) in connection to construction or land-planning proceedings.

Personality protection

• personality protection of natural persons
• character protection of legal entities

CEAG safeguards the protection of natural persons against trespasses to their honor, self-respect, privacy (verbal and non-verbal attacks, unauthorized photography, stalking) and seeks for its clients through the administration of justice compensation for damages caused for the individual and his family.

CEAG is engaged in both of the main areas of protection of the character of legal entities, protection of its good reputation and its rights against unfair competition, which CEAG utilizes in the defense of its clients.

Compensation for damages and unjust enrichment

• as to property/tangible objects
• to one’s health
• from the state
• representation in disputes over compensation for damages including their application and enforcement in criminal proceedings (adhesion proceedings)

CEAG’s advisory services in the area of compensation for damages includes, besides the standard disputes, also support in recovering compensation for damages to health and claims against the state, caused by the state or its authorities as the result of improper steps being taken or illegal bureaucratic decisions, even unlawful court decisions.

Advisory services to individuals and non-businesses

Although the predominant portion of CEAG’s clients are multinational entities, from mid to large size companies in the Czech Republic, CEAG also provides advisory services to many individuals and non-businesses.