Kocián Solc Balastík

Real Estate, Aviation

Partner

Jiří Horník is a partner at Kocián Šolc Balaštík, specialising in real estate, project finance, and uniquely in the Czech legal market, also in air and space law. With more than two decades of experience, he advises leading domestic and international clients on high-value real estate transactions, infrastructure development, and aviation and satellite-related regulatory matters.

He advised on the EUR 113.2 million sale of a real estate portfolio by ARETE INVEST CEE II to Cromwell European REIT, and represented J&T Banka in the CZK 2.1 billion acquisition of the Rustonka office complex in Prague. He also advised J&T Real Estate on the acquisition of a large-scale agricultural land portfolio exceeding 3,000 hectares.

Jiří provides ongoing legal support to VGP Group, a leading pan-European logistics developer, and advises MS-INVEST on residential and mixed-use development projects, including co-development models and complex negotiations with local stakeholders and environmental groups.

He also represents Letiště Praha (Prague Airport) in regulatory and planning matters, including zoning changes for the planned parallel runway, and acts as legal counsel to the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, particularly on the EGNOS project, advising on procurement and deployment of monitoring stations across multiple jurisdictions.

Jiří is ranked among the leading real estate lawyers in the Czech Republic by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, and is repeatedly listed by Who's Who Legal: Transport as a top expert in aviation law.

He holds law degrees from Masaryk University and Charles University in Prague (JUDr.), and an LL.M. from McGill University in Montreal, where he focused on air and space law. He is a member of the Czech Bar Association, the European Air Law Association (Executive Committee), the Czech Company for Transportation Law, and the International Bar Association.

English

Czech Bar Association

International Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

European Air Law Association

Faculty of Law, Masaryk University (1998 - Mgr.)  with additional doctoral studies at the Law Faculty of Charles University (1999 - JUDr.). Jiří Horník also completed graduate law studies at McGill University in Montreal (2001 - LL.M.). He has been an advocate since 2005.