Hynek Peroutka > PETERKA & PARTNERS > Prague, Czech Republic > Lawyer Profile

PETERKA & PARTNERS
Karlovo náměstí 671/24
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic

Position

Partner, Leader of Intellectual Property

Career

Hynek has been with the firm since its establishment and became a Partner in 2001.

He is the Leader of the Intellectual Property practice at PETERKA & PARTNERS, focusing mainly on litigations in this area.

Hynek focuses mainly on litigation and arbitration, banking and finance (mainly export financing), and corporate and public contracts (especially in regards to intellectual property). His wide experience across multiple areas of law and business sectors over the course of his twenty years of practice throughout Central and Eastern Europe enables him to hand both domestic and cross-border transactional and litigation matters efficiently.

He has acted as a counsel in arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, Vienna International Arbitration Centre and the Arbitration Court attached to the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic.

In the area of intellectual property, Hynek advises and represents clients on all aspects of intellectual property creation, protection, exploitation, and the enforcement of clients’ intellectual property rights and defence against third parties’ intellectual property-based claims, and focuses especially on intellectual property related litigations.

Languages

Czech, English, French

Memberships

Czech Bar Association

Slovak Bar Association

Sofia Bar Asociation (registered European lawyer)

Bucharest Bar Association (registered European lawyer)

District Bar Association in Warsaw (registered European lawyer)

Croatian Bar Association (registered European lawyer)

Budapest Bar Association (registered European lawyer)

Education

Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Lycée Carnot in Dijon, France

Lawyer Rankings

Czech Republic > TMT

PETERKA & PARTNERS’ TMT practice operates across both the local Czech market and the wider CEE region. With experience in the domestic media law sphere, the firm focuses on the negotiation of media rights agreements and on TMT-related litigation. The offering is co-led by Hynek Peroutka, who handles IP litigation and represents clients from the pharmaceutical and construction industries, and Zdeněk Beránek, who covers sports, media, and gaming matters.

Czech Republic > Dispute resolution

PETERKA & PARTNERS‘ dispute resolution department represents clients before courts and arbitration bodies in a variety of complex commercial and insolvency cases. Benefitting from the combined strengths of the firm’s offices across the CEE region, the team is well equipped to advise on cases which involve a cross-border element. The group’s clientele includes major corporations from industries including gaming, project development, utilities and energy. Jiří Černý heads up the practice, capably supported by Barbora Urbancová and Hynek Peroutka.