Dentons

Criminal law, Employment and Labor, Litigation and Dispute resolution

Ladislav Smejkal is the Czech Republic Co-Managing Partner. He is Partner and Head of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice that covers also the Criminal law practice of Dentons’ Prague office. Ladislav has more than 20 years’ experience advising clients on litigation and criminal law cases. In litigation, Ladislav advises and represents clients in particular in the area of commercial disputes, unfair dismissal claims and other employees-related litigation cases as well as in construction litigation. In criminal law matters, he represents clients in criminal cases as defense counsel or advises clients in the areas including white collar crime, anti-corruption, criminal compliance, and both internal and governmental investigations.

Ladislav is licensed as attorney (advokát) both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Ladislav provides legal advice to both individual and corporate clients from a wide range of sectors, with a focus on the manufacturing, construction, IT/media, financial services, automotive, health care and pharmaceutical sectors.

Before joining Dentons in 2014, Ladislav worked as Associate (2008 – 2011) and Local partner (2012 – 2014) with the Prague office of White & Case. Prior to this he cooperated with Kocián Šolc Balaštík.

English, German and Czech

Czech Bar Association

Charles University in Prague, 2007, Doctor of Law - JUDr. Charles University in Prague, 2001, Master of Laws - Mgr.