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The new issue of Schaffer News 2012-2
20. 2. 2012

The new issue of Schaffer News  2012-2 is available. Find more information under Publication.

 
Seminar on "Tax News 2012 & Communication with the Financial Authority during an inspection"
9. 2. 2012

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

 
Published article dealing with new legislation on inheritance law
19. 1. 2012

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.

 
Schaffer & Partner in Slovakia
19. 1. 2012

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 2012-1
19. 1. 2012

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

  • 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