PARTNERS
Mgr. Jiří Kaňka
is admitted to the Czech Bar Association and holds the position of managing partner of the law office KAŇKA & ŠAFKA.
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Education Professional Career |
Expertise
Jiří Kaňka focuses mainly on the corporate and contractual law, as well as on the labor and real estate law. His recent experience includes following projects:
Corporate Law
• Founding and liquidation of companies;
• Representing clients in commercial register matters;
• Implementation of various company transformations (mergers,
divisions etc.);
• Advising on increasing and decreasing of registered capital of
various
companies and provision of contribution outside the
registered capital;
• Advising a client in connection with arrangements for a cross
boarder
merger;
• Providing legal services in connection with implementation of a
transformation of a company to a European company ;
• Providing legal services in connection with various negotiations
of
contractual relationship between shareholders of a
joint-stock company
resp. members of a limited liability company;
• Providing legal services in connection with setting up
relationships
between members of a statutory body of a company and
the company;
• Advising clients on convening a general meetings
Contractual Agenda
• Acting on all kinds of contractual agenda in connection with
implementation of client’s transactions
Real Estate Law
• Providing legal services in connection with development of a
shopping
centre including consecutive retail leases;
• Providing legal services in connection development of a
residential
complex including consecutive sale of the flats;
• Advising client in connection with reconstruction of a building
with flats
and non-residential units, drafting a condominium
agreement for
reconstruction and change of the flats and
non-residential units;
• Enforcement of unpaid rent and service charges;
• Representing a client in a court dispute relating to increase of
the value
of properties
Financing
• Providing legal assistance in connection with refinancing of a
hotel
development loan facility
Acquisitions
• Advising client on acquisition of a Czech real estate SPVs;
• Advising client on acquisition of a company producing building
components
Arbitration and Litigation
• Representing clients in arbitration proceedings filed with the
Arbitration
Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech
Republic and
Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic;
• Representing clients in arbitration proceedings filed with
regular courts
Mgr. Jiří Šafka
is admitted to the Czech Bar Association and holds the position of partner of the law office KAŇKA & ŠAFKA.
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Education Professional Career |
Expertise
Jiří Šafka focuses mainly on the real estate law, as well as on the corporate and contractual law, financing including litigation and arbitration. His recent experience includes following major projects:
Real Estate Law
• Advising client on complete lease of a new office building in
Prague;
• Providing legal services to a foreign investment fund in
connection with
investment into development of an office building;
• Advising clients in various large scale construction projects
(addition of
a major shopping centre, reconstruction of a large
property in Prague
city centre etc.);
• Providing legal analysis concerning claims out of a FIDIC
contract for
work for development of traffic infrastructure;
• Advising client in connection with objections raised by
environmental
associations and owners of the neighboring properties
within building
proceedings and in consecutive court proceedings based
on law suits
challenging the issued construction permit;
• Acting on transformation of a building into a condominium and
concluding consecutive condominium agreement on changes
of the
individual flats and non-residential units;
• Enforcement of unpaid rent and service charges;
• Representing clients in disputes regarding the removal of
constructions
on plots owned by other persons;
• Representing clients against eviction claims;
• Advising clients on purchasing of shopping centers and office
buildings
Financing
• Drafting loan documentation for development loan facilities
granted by
various leading Czech banks and branches of foreign
banks in the
Czech Republic;
• Acting on syndicated LMA loan facility for a leading Czech bank
Acquisitions
• Advising client on acquisitions of various companies;
• Providing legal services in connection with sale of petrol
stations
network;
• Acting on various real estate SPV acquisitions
Arbitration and Litigation
• Representing clients in arbitration proceedings filed with the
Arbitration
Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech
Republic and
Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic;
• Representing clients in arbitration proceedings filed with
regular courts;
• Representing client in proceedings before the Energy Regulatory
Office;
• Tax litigation
Corporate Law
• Representing clients in commercial register matters;
• Implementation of various company transformations (mergers,
divisions etc.);
• Founding of companies;
• Advising on increasing and decreasing of registered capital of
various
companies and provision of contribution outside the
registered capital
Contractual Agenda
• Acting on all kinds of contractual agenda in connection with
implementation of client’s transactions