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Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelár

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Deloitte Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář’s rapidly growing TMT practice covers both the transactional and day-to-day elements of the field, and has a fine track record in handling regulatory concerns within the electronic communications space. The group is active both locally and across the CEE region, and routinely advises on the set-up of software transactions, data privacy and cybersecurity issues, and digital transformation projects. The team utilises a multidisciplinary approach, collaborating with the firm's tax and corporate branches. Martin Bohuslav regularly assists tech companies, manufacturers and foreign developers, and leads the team alongside Hana Gawlasová, who focuses on regulatory work. At the associate level, Petra Věžníková covers the competition law elements of the telecoms space, and David Sýkora handles commercial contracts and projects.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is very responsive to our requests and accommodates around our internal deadlines well. I appreciate the "manager-friendly" communication of the senior staff.’

  • ‘I love working with Hana Gawlasová. She is a good listener, gets to the core of the problem very quickly and finds business viable solutions.’

  • ‘The team is very professional, and it is a pleasure to work with them on both the work and personal side. There is a huge flexibility on their side and the team is able to cover a vast majority of legal issues we deal with internally as well as to cover multiple jurisdictions.’

  • ‘All members really do care and are able to accommodate our needs. They listen and understand how the whole legal support should be structured and communicated.’

Key clients

  • FTMO Holding a.s. / FTMO s.r.o.
  • ATACCAMA Group SE / Ataccama Software s.r.o.
  • Manta Software, Inc. / Manta Tools, s.r.o.
  • SatoshiLabs Group a.s. / Trezor Company s.r.o.
  • ELT Management Company Czech Republic s.r.o.
  • 3dsense s.r.o.
  • RWS Moravia (Moravia IT)
  • Infor Global Solutions (Infor Česká republika)
  • EDUin

Work highlights

  • Advised Ataccama on an entry of a strategic shareholder.
  • Advised RWS (formerly Moravia IT) in connection with intellectual property licensing issues spanning jurisdictions on three continents.

Lawyers

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Hana Gawlasová

Hana Gawlasová

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Hana Gawlasová is a partner and head of the digital (formerly TMT) law practice group at Deloitte Legal in Prague. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of information technology and telecommunications law. She has significant experience with regulatory and compliance advisory work in the TMT sector (telecommunications, media, technology), as well as transactional work. She advised a British telecommunications operator on the acquisition of a Czech and Romanian mobile operator, a consortium of investors on the financing of a Czech infrastructure operator and a Slovak investment group on the launch of a unique telecommunications operator providing fixed and mobile services within one technology and one network. Before working at Deloitte Legal, she led a regional TMT team at a British law firm, which focused on coordinated advice to foreign and Czech investors in the TMT sector in the CEE region. Before working at Deloitte Legal, she founded a practice called People & Technology, which primarily deals with legal advice in areas where a human element (humanware) is decisive, such as advice in the field of copyright, privacy, personal data protection, compliance programmes for employees and internal investigations involving employees, suppliers and customers.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Martin Bohuslav, Hana Gawlasová

Other key lawyers

Petra Věžníková, David Sýkora