Real estate and construction

Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Evan Lazar
Hall of fameDentons
Evan Z. Lazar is Co-Chairman of the Global Real Estate Group at Dentons. He also is a Member of the Global Board and Global Vice Chair of Dentons around the world. Evan is widely recognized as a top tier real estate lawyer specializing in multi-country property investment, joint ventures, and finance matters. He has over 30 years of experience acting as lead partner on major institutional real estate transactions involving from single assets to large portfolios in Europe and globally in the logistics, data center, residential, office, retail and hotel sectors. He has built an excellent, institutional client base, which includes major leading investors, Private Equity and pension funds, insurance companies, borrowers and developers. His clients include Corebridge Real Estate Investors (formerly AIG Global Real Estate), Blackstone, GIC, Harrison Street, Heimstaden Bostad, Heitman International, Round Hill Capital and Starwood Capital Group, to name a few.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Jiří Stržínek
Dentons
Jiří Stržínek is the Czech Republic Co-Managing Partner. He is Partner and Co-Head of the Real Estate Practice Group in Dentons’ Prague office. Jiří has almost 20 years of transactional experience and is recognized as one of the top M&A Real Estate lawyers in the Czech Republic. He focuses on real estate acquisitions and disposals as well as real estate financing. Jiří has also extensive experience in real estate development, asset management and leasing work, as well as hotel management agreements. He has worked as a lead lawyer on a number of transactions in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Russia.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Monika Kajanková
Dentons
Monika Kajanková is a partner in Dentons’ Prague office and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Monika focuses on various areas of real estate legal advice, including in particular real estate acquisitions, sales and lease agreements, asset management matters, title and W&I insurance. She also coordinates and manages real estate title due diligence processes for a number of investor clients and has an excellent corporate/M&A background. In the course of her more than 8 years of legal experience, Monika has been involved in numerous top-tier real estate projects in the Czech Republic. She has advised, among others, the following clients: Tesco, GLL/Macquarie, Penta, Reico, Dual Asset / MA, Savills, Flow East, Portland Trust, Cushman & Wakefield/Tetris and Generali RE.
Jana Matisková
Dentons
Jana Matisková is a senior Counsel and a member of the Real Estate practice group in the Dentons Prague office with over 20 years of legal experience. She is active in all fields of real estate with focuses on development, construction and construction related environmental law, leasing and property management as well as related dispute resolution. Jana has led or has been involved in numerous projects of development, sale and acquisition and lease of real estate, including R&D, hotel, logistic, industrial, office and multifunctional centers, as well as environmental technologies and engineering networks. She is particularly strong in advising on all types of construction contracts (including FIDIC), development management agreements, leases and property (facility) management agreements. In addition, Jana has advised on the regulatory issues (especially on monumental protection, construction (zoning and building permits) and/or environmental aspects (IPPC, LEED or BREEAM)) of the construction, reconstruction and development of hotels, R&D centres, greenfield logistics and production facilities. She also has experience in advising clients on or representing in related dispute resolution.
Markéta Tvrdá
Dentons
Markéta Tvrdá is Partner and Co-Head of the Real Estate Practice Group in Dentons' Prague office. She focuses her practice on real estate acquisitions and disposals as well as corporate M&A and commercial law. She has extensive experience advising major institutional investors and developers on a number of complex transactions in commercial, office space and logistics sectors. She also advises private equity clients on different M&A transactions.
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Veronika Chrobok
DELTA legal
Associate. Veronika specializes on M&A and other corporate transactions, corporate governance, real estate, consumer protection and health law. She is actively involved in pro-bono work and CSR and has written several law-related articles.

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