Mgr. Ondrej Čurilla

Counsel

Email:
ondrej.curilla@havelpartners.cz

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Ondrej Čurilla specialises in public sector law, specifically in public procurement, PPP projects and concessions, general commercial law and corporate law, legal audits and due diligence investigations, and transport and logistics law.

In the area of public sector, particularly public procurement and concessions, he specialises primarily on advising clients (both contracting authorities and contractors) in connection with the administration of tender procedures, public procurement and concession procedures, including advisory on the preparation and organisation of complex transport, energy and technology projects, participation of contractors in those proceedings, and drafting related expert opinions and legal analyses.

In the area of commercial law and corporate law, he participated in legal audits performed in connection with several transactions (on both the sell and the buy sides), and also advises clients on legal issues related to the liquidation of business companies.

In the area of transport and logistics, Ondrej primarily focuses on the regulatory issues related to railway and road transport an support mainly to foreign clients in connection with the implementation of their transport projects in the Czech Republic.

Before joining our law firm, he worked at the Czech-German Chamber of Industry and Trade, where he focused on providing advisory to German investors.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Czech Bar Association

Languages
Slovak, Czech, English, German

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2008), Mgr. (Master of Laws)

  • comprehensive legal advice to a municipal authority in awarding a public contract for the insurance of property, liability and cars of the municipal authority of the capital city and its subordinated organisations worth several billions of CZK
  • advising a state organisation in the area of rail transport in connection with the preparation of a public tender for the selection of an author of a feasibility study on a high-speed railway line; an investment worth tens of billions of CZK
  • comprehensive legal advice to a sector contracting authority on the selection of a building contractor in the field of power engineering worth several billions of Czech crowns in the form of a negotiation procedure with publication
  • comprehensive legal advice to a municipal authority in awarding a public contract for the analysis of non-compliance with GDPR and implementation of necessary measures in the form of a negotiation procedure with publication
  • comprehensive legal advice on a selection procedure for the award of a quasi-concession including a competitive dialogue – a pilot PPP project in the Czech Republic
  • comprehensive legal advice a sector contracting authority on the implementation of a concession procedure for the selection of a provider of ancillary public transport services
  • advising a sector contracting authority on the purchase or high-voltage power by means of an electronic auction worth several billions of Czech crowns
  • advising a contracting authority (a municipality) as the central contracting authority on the organization of an award procedure for the selection of an insurer for the contracting authority and its subordinated agencies including the use of an electronic auction
  • advising a major international IT company in connection with their participation in procurement procedures
  • advising the largest European air carrier on the contemplated acquisition of the Czech national airlines via privatisation
  • advising a German carrier in connection with its participation in a selection procedure for the provision of passenger railway transport and acting for the carrier in negotiations on contractual documentation with the client and advice relating to railway regulation
  • advising a leading German manufacturing company on the review of the contracting authority’s conduct in proceedings (including court proceedings)
  • advising a major Swiss financial institution in connection with the financing of a project of acquisition of railway trains by a Czech private railway transport operator
  • advising a German manufacturer and supplier of metallurgic equipment
  • advising clients, mainly from Germany, in connection with liquidation of their subsidiaries in the Czech Republic

Press releases

Ondřej Majer and Jan Šturm named equity partners and Josef Adam a new partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS
HAVEL & PARTNERS, the largest Czech and Slovak law firm, has promoted a total of 14 lawyers… read more »

New Year's promotions at HAVEL & PARTNERS: Ludvík Juřička, to the position of equity partner; Veronika Ryšávková, to the position of partner; and seven other attorneys to senior and leading positions
Starting from the New Year, HAVEL & PARTNERS, the largest Czech-Slovak law firm (until 31 Dece… read more »

Publications and newsletters

CJEU decision alters the framework agreement awarding practice
Authors: Ondrej Čurilla, Adéla Havlová The Court of Justice of the EU published a judgment that … read more »

Significant Matters

HAVEL & PARTNERS acted as legal advisor to the Czech Ministry of Defence in connection with the purchase of the SPYDER Israeli air defence system
HAVEL & PARTNERS’ professional team provided long-term legal advice to the Ministry of Defence … read more »