The dispute resolution team at PETERKA & PARTNERS pairs the bench strength of offices in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Slovenia (which opened in December 2024) with the experience of its team to represent domestic and multinational corporates involved in complex, multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration matters. The group's client base spans such sectors as energy, IT, aviation, sports, engineering, construction, transport and aerospace. The team is headed by litigation specialist Jiří Černý, who regularly represents clients before Czech and international courts. Hynek Peroutka also brings litigation and arbitration expertise.
Testimonials
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‘Very experienced, very professional. It is a pleasure to work with them.’
‘Jiri Czernik is the go-to lawyer in the Czech Republic.'
Key clients
- Prvni brnenska strojirna Velka Bites
- PBS Group
- Channel Crossings Ltd.
- F. REYHER Nchfg. GmbH & CO. KG (DE)
- Touax
- Skanska
- Zasahova sluzba
- PBS ENERGO
- Viktoria Plzen 1911
- Derichebourg Propreté
Work highlights
- Representing Touax, a Czech producer of temporary modal solutions and a member of a significant French group, in a dispute with its former business partner regarding a penalty for a breach of a contract.
- Representing F. REYHER Nchfg. GmbH & Co. KG, a trading company in the field of ironware, ship items and tools, as the plaintiff in a dispute related to its claims resulting from the supply of defective face masks by its Czech supplier.
- Representing the Czech subsidiaries of PBS Group, before Czech courts in proceedings on a refusal of recognition and enforcement of an English judgment based on a Czech public order exception.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jiří Černý