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Anytime. Anywhere.
Why Forlex?
FLEXIBILITY
At times, proper immediate action must be taken when delay or compromise are not options. At your service at any time, we are deeply committed to and enthusiastic about our work.
Why Forlex?
OPENNESS
Openness to new challenges, openness to new practices, openness among colleagues and towards clients – these are the basic principles that shape our business approach.
Why Forlex?
RESOLVE
Quick, clear and eff ective response and recommendation are the goals of all our activities.
Why Forlex?
LOYALITY
We respect our moral and ethical obligations to our clients. Clients trust us for our loyalty, our individual approach, and for not creating obstacles where none exist.
Why Forlex?
EXPERTISE
We are a top legal team that draws on our experience from more than 20 years in commercial advocacy. We are the fi rst choice of successful international and local clients to deal with their demanding legal and business matters. In our work, we strive both to provide excellence in law and good orientation in our clients’ businesses and industry.
What is new?
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The Czech Supreme Court recently addressed the question of whether an employee is entitled to severance pay where their employment was terminated by mutual agreement on organisational grounds that did not actually exist.
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Disguised employment agency services as a criminal offence? A change that could have a major impact on the employment agency market
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Our services
CORPORATE LAW
- Mergers, acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures
- Corporate advisory services
- Corporate finance
- Investments
- Corporate restructuring, reorganisation and insolvency
- Corporate governance
- Venture capital, start-up advisory, alternative investment structures
Our services
BANKING & FINANCE
- Credit financing, acquisition financing
- Real estate financing, project financing, leasing
- Collateralisation of receivables in commercial relations
- Factoring and other forms of receivables financing
- Debt securities and other investment instruments
- Multilateral credit relations (club deals and syndications; assis-tance in adjusting creditor relationships)
- Investment models and structuring of investments
- Crisis finance, international financial relations
- Receivables transactions
Our services
REAL ESTATE
- Preparation and review of contractual documentation (work contracts, purchase contracts, engineering)
- Representation before cadastral and building authorities
- Facility management and rental of offices, production plants, administrative buildings, housing blocks and shop-ping centres
- Legal advice in specific administrative procedures (e.g. zon-ing, building proceedings or subsequent approvals of build-ings)
- Financing of real estate transactions, including security
- Legal support for the planning, construction and use of buildings
- Preparation of contractual documentation according to FIDIC
Our services
PRIVATE CLIENTS
- Structuring and management of private and family assets
- Legal support in private investments
- Family matters and inheritance
- Prevention and mitigation of personal liability
- Legal support for senior management
- Services related to clients’ other personal needs
Our services
EMPLOYMENT LAW
- Preparation and review of employment documentation
- Legal advice on termination of employment relationships
- Remuneration and benefits systems, incentive programmes
- Internal regulations and collective agreements
- Employment disputes
- Representation in negotiations with the labour office or labour inspectorate
- Support in the employment of foreigners and the posting of employees abroad
- Employee training, regular seminars for clients and moni-toring of legislative changes
- Complete legal coverage of HR
Our services
CORPORATE COMPLIANCE
- Prevention of criminal and administrative liability of companies
- Codes of ethics
- GDPR, whistleblowing, other systems to protect vulnerable parties
- Implementation of esg rules
- AML, internal security and anti-corruption systems
- Competition compliance and unfair competition prevention
- Cybersecurity rules and systems
Our services
IT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Copyright, software and internet law
- Licensing agreements, franchising
- Trademarks, design
- Employee works, contracts for work
- Protection of unregistered know-how
- Judicial enforcement of intellectual property rights
Our services
BUSINESS RELATIONS
- Supplier and distribution agreements, general terms and conditions
- Commercial disputes and damages, liability and guarantees, complaints procedure
- Operational lease, finance lease
- Consulting and counselling agreements, outsourcing
- International trade, incoterms
- EPC/ EPCM contracts, turnkey projects, FIDIC
- E-commerce and online services
Our services
DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION
- Representation at civil courts, arbitration courts or media-tions in the czech republic and abroad
- Representation in administrative proceedings
- Representation in insolvency proceedings, protection against fraudulent insolvency petitions, debt recovery
- Representation of injured corporations in criminal proceedings
- Representation in employment disputes
- Representation in complex disputes involving supplier-custom-er relationships
- International litigation and international arbitration
Our services
REGULATORY AND PUBLIC SECTOR
- Administrative proceedings
- Judicial reviews of administrative decisions
- Assistance in permit proceedings
- Analysis of risks, costs and alternatives to public regu-lation at municipal and regional level
- Protection against inaction of administrative authorities
- Competition, public aid
- Energy, construction law
- Health, environment
- Grant projects
- Taxes, fees and duties
Our services are appreciated by all clients
References
Our services are appreciated by all clients. These include leading Czech companies, major global investors present in the Czech Republic and some of the leading domestic investors.
We also provide top-notch services through our branch in Brno.
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About us
Regularly recommended as a leading law firm in the Czech Republic
We are a modern law firm operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. As well, thanks to our long-standing working relationships with major independent law fi rms, we provide legal services to our clients across the EU and in a number of other countries around the world (particularly in other European countries, including Ukraine, the USA, various CIS, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Asia).
With more than 20 years of experience in commercial law practice with a commitment to the highest standards, we are your reliable partner. Our main goal is to achieve success for our clients. Your satisfaction is our priority.
We provide legal services with an international standard and a high degree of specialisation at a fair price that is appropriate for our region. Our team faces challenges with determination and can meet even the most demanding client requirements with the utmost satisfaction and without compromise.
We regularly provide services in English, German, French, Russian and other world languages, as well as legal services under Slovak law in Slovak.
Highly recommended and recommended regional law firm of the year 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
