Legislation

LEGISLATION practice group

• our specialised legislation team comprises seven top lawyers managed by František Korbel
• all team members have unique legislative experience from the Government’s Legislative Council and its working committees, the Czech Government Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Czech Parliament and their several committees, the Czech National Bank, the Office for the Protection of Competition, and the European Commission’s DG Competition
• our lawyers are leading experts in all major areas of public as well as private law
• we maintain frequent working contacts with public authorities, with whom we have worked on a long-term basis

LEGISLATION services

• proposing and drafting bills of law and subordinate regulations, and motions to amend bills
• preparing consultation papers, explanatory memoranda, and regulatory impact analyses (RIA)
• legal opinions on existing and proposed legislation
• discussing and promoting draft bills through the entire legislative process
• filing complaints with the European Commission against defective implementation of EU law into Czech legislation, and claiming damages
• advice on the EU legislative process
• drafts and audits of internal policies, directives and methodologies
• analyses of legislation’s compliance with the Czech constitutional order, with EU law, and with the case-law of the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights
• monitoring and assessing the impacts of legislation on competition and business
• preparing constitutional complaints, motions for abrogation of laws or their sections

Our clients

• ministries and other central state administration bodies
• governmental agencies and subdivisions, state corporations, contributory organisations etc.
• municipalities and regions
• professional associations and chambers
• national and multinational corporations