Dušan Sedláček

Partner

Email:
dusan.sedlacek@havelpartners.cz

Practice Areas:

Dušan Sedláček specialises in litigation and arbitration, insolvency proceedings, corporate restructurings and mergers and acquisitions.

Dušan has represented Czech and foreign clients in various litigation and arbitration proceedings, both as claimants and defendants. In addition, he serves as an arbitrator and also as an expert in expertise proceedings under the ICC Rules.

In the field of insolvency and restructuring, he has recently been involved in numerous cases, representing creditors in insolvency proceedings, advising companies in financial difficulties, etc. Before joining our law firm, Dušan worked for eight years with leading international law firms in the Czech Republic.

Recommendations of international publications

The international publication Chambers & Partners recommends Dušan as a leading expert in dispute resolution and insolvency law. He has also been recommended as a litigation expert by Legal 500.

Membership in professional associations

Czech Bar Association

Languages
Czech, English

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (1997), Mgr. (Master of Laws)

  • representing a major Czech bank as the petitioner and largest creditor in an insolvency proceeding against an insolvent real estate developer
  • representing a light industry company on its restructuring and court-approved reorganization, including the drafting of a reorganization plan
  • advising an international bank on the insolvency of a key player in the woodworking industry
  • representing an international bank in handling its claims against the Czech Republic’s lottery operator
  • advising a major construction company on the means of defense against vexatious insolvency petitions
  • representing a public corporation (municipality) in disputes concerning the privatization of flats
  • representing a Czech sports federation in disputes under sports law
  • representing a foreign textile company in an international arbitration concerning the purchase price for an interest in a Czech business company

Press releases

The partners of HAVEL & PARTNERS nominated by the Moderní advokacie platform succeeded and were elected members of the Board of Directors and other bodies of the Czech Bar Association
At their assembly, attorneys-at-law elected all four representatives of the law firm HAVEL & PA… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS forms a unique financing, restructuring and insolvency team in response to the economic aftermath of the crisis
HAVEL & PARTNERS, the largest and most successful Czech-Slovak law firm, reacts to the current … read more »

Dušan Sedláček is a co-author of Transformace a restrukturalizace, a brand new book from C. H. Beck Publishing
In March of this year, C. H. Beck Publishing has published a new book called Transformace … read more »

Publications and newsletters

End of extraordinary protection of debtors’ management members - restoration of the obligation to file a timely insolvency petition
Authors: Dušan Sedláček, Jan Králíček In response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 disease e… read more »

Extraordinary changes to the Insolvency Act, alias Lex Covid Justice II, providing further assistance to businesses in crisis
Authors: Dušan Sedláček, Jan Králíček Initially, Act No. 191/2020 Coll., also known as Lex Covid… read more »

Extraordinary changes to the Insolvency Act and Lex Covid as a helping hand in a time of crisis
The current crisis caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus can be seen as a very abnormal situation. Measure… read more »

02-2019 Litigation Flash, PDF document
(The upcoming end for intra-EU investment arbitrations) … read more »

CJEU rules against investment arbitrations based on intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
Authors: Dušan Sedláček, Petr Sprinz, René Cienciala Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the … read more »

Articles and Interviews

The upcoming end for intra-EU investment arbitrations
The representatives of EU Member States signed a joint declaration on 15 January 2019 (“Declaration… read more »

Arbitration committee of an association in the Czech Republic
Authors: Dušan Sedláček, Adam ForstSource: Lexology In general, the law of associations is not i… read more »