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The new issue of Schaffer News 2012-2 is available. Find more information under Publication.
Schaffer & Partner invites you to seminar concerning "Tax News 2012 & Communication with Financial Authority during an inspection" which takes place on February 14 , 2012, at 8:30 a.m. in hotel Majestic Plaza, Prague. More information about the seminar, including an application are available here.
Note: The application is available in Czech language only. To apply, please contact us at info@schaffer-partner.cz
Mgr. Dagmar Horáková and Mgr. Aleš Eppinger have recently published an article dealing with new legislation on inheritance law in a trade journal EURO. Find more information under Publication.
LEON Tax company became new member of Schaffer & Partner consultancy group. Schaffer & Partner extends its offer of services to Slovak market where its tax, audit or outsourcing services will be provided via the company LEON Tax. The Slovak division of Schaffer & Partner consultancy group leads Mr. Ing. Milan Černák.
The new issue of Schaffer News is available. Find more information under Publication.
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Commercial (Corporate) Law
- Establishment and registration of companies
- Establishment and registration of foreign entity’s subsidiaries
- Comprehensive support in obtaining permissions for business activities (trade license, and other public licenses)
- Mergers and acquisitions / corporate transformations, including cross-border corporate transactions
- Joint-ventures, shareholder agreements
- Protection of business competition
- Legal and tax restructuring
- Legal due diligence – pre-transactional, post-transactional, buyer-side, seller-side
- Legal support for corporate governance
- Creation of an incentive system for the statutory bodies of companies (option share plan)
- Contracts between the company and its shareholders (funding, contribution outside the registered capital, the use of community property for business purposes)
- Contracts between shareholders / stockholders (transfers and lien of business shares and shares)
- Changes to registered capital
- Legal support for changes of statutory and others bodies’ members (executives, board of directors, supervisory board etc.)
- Preparation and organization of general meetings
- Comprehensive agenda (representation) in the matters of Commercial Register (incorporation, changes of registration, deletion in the Commercial Register)
- Arranging for expert appraisal required by law (especially in terms of concern law)
- Advisory with respect to economic competition and protection against unfair competition
- Providing of complete services with respect to dissolution of companies in liquidation, including the execution of the liquidations
- Monitoring of legislative and judicatory development (according to client's choice in a monthly / bi-annual / annual periodicity)
Contractual Rights and Obligations
- Pre-contractual legal assistance - legal and tax analysis of assumptions for successful implementation of business case
- Complete contractual agenda in a civil and commercial law, including contracts with an international element
- Preparation / modification of general / special terms & conditions
- Securing legal instruments – warranty, pledge, transfers of rights by way of security, guaranty
- Legal representation in disputes arising from commercial contracts
- Consumer protection
Labour Law
- Comprehensive legal advisory on labor and social security law
- Preparation of employment documentation’s patterns and tailor made employment documentation
- Legal analyses and assistance in the matter of determination of accountability and determination of mechanism for remuneration of managers at labor-law positions, including tax implications
- Preparation of internal regulations of the employer
Real Estate Law
- Complex preparation of contractual documentation - contracts for the transfer of real estate, lease contracts on residential and non-residential premises, pledge contracts etc.
- Due diligence of the legal defects in the acquisition of property
- Non-monetary contribution in the registered capital of companies (of ownership or other rights to immovables), including selecting and implementation of the tax optimal solution
- Support in process of funding
- Coordination and cooperation by expert valuation of real estate
Energy Law
- Legal research and analyses of projects in accordance with relevant provisions of energy law
- Legal support on the preparation and due diligence of projects, especially with respect to power plants from renewable energy sources (RES)
- Comprehensive legal advisory at various phases of the project
- Complete preparation of contractual documentation for projects in the area of energetics
- Optimization of models for ensuring the power plants owners’ (transfer of ownership rights, easement on real estate or rights arising from lease contract)
- Legal representation in administrative proceedings, particularly in front of Energy Regulatory Office in connection with obtaining licenses for the production of electric power from RES
Investment Legal Advisory
- Greenfield/ Brownfield investment projects
- Selecting and establishing appropriate project company (including the provision of ready-made company)
- Comprehensive legal advisory on obtaining investment incentives
- Legal advisory on real property acquisition, recruitment and implementation of know-how into the project company (IP/IT rights)
- Legal assistance in administrative procedures (trade licenses, special licenses, building control procedure etc.)
IP/ IT Law
- Registration of trademarks, patents and utility patterns and administration of necessary researches of interchangeability before the commencement of proceedings itself
- Representation in front of Patent and Trademark Office
- Legal support in the field of copyright law, protection of know-how, software products and IT technologies
- Advisory in the field of industrial rights’ protection, with emphasis on protection within the EU and on the international level
- Legal advisory in the area of information technologies
- Solving of the legal issues affecting the internet and internet domains
- Preparation of contractual documentation, particularly licensing contracts, in cooperation with the specialized tax advisors
Personal Data Protection
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Contracts on processing of personal data
- Internal directives of administrators and processors of personal data
- Proposals and analysis of complex legal documentation on protection and processing of personal data
- Analysis and experts’ opinions
- Legal representation in administrative proceedings in front of the Office for Personal Data Protection
Insurance Law
- Preparation of contractual documentation (insurance contract, master insurance contract, accession to basic insurance contract, general and special insurance terms & conditions)
- Comprehensive legal advisory on registration of insurance brokers and independent liquidators of insured events
- Legal representation in front of the Czech National Bank in the process of registration of insurance brokers and independent liquidators of insured events
Administrative Law
- Trade law
- Personal data protection
- Customs law
- Legal representation in front of administrative authorities and court
Tax Law
- Pre-action analyses of impacts of decision in tax proceedings (before initiating of proceedings)
- Specialized tax advisory in cooperation with experienced tax advisors
- Judicial and administrative proceedings against tax authorities’ decisions
Insolvency Law
- Preparation of applications on initiation of insolvency proceedings from the perspective of both – debtor and creditor
- Legal representation of creditors in insolvency proceedings
- Comprehensive legal advisory on the acquisition of assets from debtor’s assets within the insolvency proceedings, including preparation of contractual documentation
- Legal advisory to the debtor/ insolvency administrator
- Legal assistance in the reorganization proceedings
Dispute Resolution
- Legal representation in civil proceedings initiated by filing an action or
- Legal representation in administrative courts proceedings
- Debt enforcement
Law In The Nonprofit Sector
- Establishment of foundations, public benefit organizations, associations of citizens and other nonprofit sector’s subjects
- Optimization of the relations between business and the benefits of nonprofit sector
- Preparation of internal documents for the subject of nonprofit sector
Outsourcing of Legal Services
- Administration of complete / partial legal service according to client’s option, in his office and in the selected time interval
- Provision of legal services to client’s employees based on the agreement with the client as a benefit granted by the client to the employees



