DG Comp fines shipping and auto parts cartels
The European Commission has handed four car parts and car shipping cartels a total of €564 million in fines, after reaching settlements with all the companies accused of participating in the cartels. Among them, NYK, K Line, WWL EUKOR and CSAV were fined €346 million for participating in a roll-on roll-off vehicle shipping cartel. The […]
Joint Seminar of PETERKA & PARTNERS Bulgaria and TMF Services Bulgaria
PETERKA & PARTNERS Bulgaria and TMF Services organized a joint seminar held on 20 February in Sofia. The speaker from our side was Plamen Peev, Partner and Director of the Bulgarian office, who acquainted the audience with topical issues related to the abuse of commercial negotiations. Stefan Dimitrov, Managing Director of TMF Services Bulgaria, enlightened […]
New stabilization procedure in Bulgaria for traders in financial distress
Svetlana Todorova, Senior Associate at PETERKA & PARTNERS and member of the Litigation and Insolvency Practice, has written an article focusing on amendments to the Bulgarian Commerce Act related to traders experiencing financial difficulties. The opportunity to undergo a procedure for restructuring of their obligations has been available since 1 July 2017 and it reflects […]
Invitation to next business breakfast at Prague office
The Czech office of PETERKA & PARTNERS is pleased to invite you to our first business breakfast of the new year: “Selected issues of conflict of laws in matters of matrimonial property regimes, in particular with regard to the Council Regulations (EU) No. 2016/1103 and No. 2016/1104”. The breakfast will be held on 25 January […]
MLI: how and when will double tax treaties be modified?
An article by Rostislav Frelich, Tax Advisor and Member of the PETERKA & PARTNERS Tax Desk will be published in the TerraLex Connections January/February 2018 General Topic Edition. In the article Mr. Frelich describes how and when double tax treaties will be modified by the Multilateral Instrument (MLI) which was signed by 70 jurisdictions. Over […]
New article in November edition of Online Gambling Lawyer
Zdenek Beranek, Partner and Leader of the PETERKA & PARTNERS Sport, Media and Gaming sector group, published the another article, this time focused on new guidelines on gambling bonuses published by the Czech Ministry of Finance in the November edition of Online Gambling Lawyer (please see this link). PETERKA & PARTNERS advises clients in this […]
Will Class Actions be introduced in the Czech Republic?
Class actions, as of yet not included in the procedural system, may well be introduced in the Czech Republic to enable claimants’ groups the use of collective proceedings in order to assert their claims efficiently against a respondent. In September 2017, the Minister of Justice presented a proposal to introduce class actions into Czech law. […]
Invitation to the business breakfast: “Pursuing and Enforcement of Claims in the Countries of CEE”
We are pleased to invite you to the business breakfast “Pursuing and Enforcement of Claims in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe – Practical Aspects” for which the Belgian Business Chamber is a partner. The breakfast will be held on 11 January 2018, at 10:00 a.m., at the PETERKA & PARTNERS premises on Śniadeckich […]
Article by Jiří Černý on introducing efficient processes to prevent and resolve disputes
An article by Jiří Černý, Partner and Leader of the Litigation and Insolvency practice has been published in the “Czech Exporter” monthly supplement to the newspaper Hospodářské noviny. In the article Mr. Černý describes certain legal risks connected with entering foreign markets. In this context, it is necessary to introduce efficient internal processes in order […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS among largest international law firms in Slovakia
According to the rankings prepared by The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia’s only English-language newspaper, PETERKA & PARTNERS is among the largest international law firms in Slovakia. “When compiling the ranking, we used three criteria which are used the most abroad and which speak objectively about the size of law firms: number of people with a law […]