Vladimír Čížek

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legal areas & industries

corporate & reorganisations · mergers & acquisitions · compliance & internal investigations · crisis response · banking & financial services regulatory · capital markets · finance & corporate finance · special situations · venture capital · start-ups · financial institutions · energy

admitted to the bar

2011, Czech Republic

with schoenherr since

2013

"He is extremely knowledgeable, has a solution-finding mentality and is very customer-oriented."

— Chambers Europe

education

University of West Bohemia, Pilsen/Czech Republic (JUDr. 2007)
University of West Bohemia, Pilsen/Czech Republic (Mgr. 2006)
Manchester Metropolity University, Faculty of Law, Manchester/United Kingdom (2005–2006)

work experience

International Law Firm, Associate/Attorney at Law, Prague/Czech Republic (2006 - 2013)
International Law Firm, Intern, Manchester/United Kingdom (2006)
National Law Firm, Paralegal, Prague/Czech Republic (2005)
Legislative Department of Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of Czech Republic, Intern, Prague/Czech Republic (2005)
National Law Firm, Paralegal, Prague/Czech Republic (2005)
International Law Firm, Paralegal, Prague/Czech Republic (2003 – 2004)

languages

Czech, English

Contribution into Doing business 2017: equal opportunity for all: comparing business regulation for domestic firms in 190 economies. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2016. Print.
Contribution into Doing business 2016: measuring regulatory quality and efficiency: comparing business regulation for domestic firms in 189 economies: a World Bank Group flagship report. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2016. Print.
Transfer of enterprise: acquisiton of ownership right, Právní rozhledy 8/2016
Employee share incentive plans: basic hurdles from capital markets perspective, Právní rozhledy, 2015/5
Collective statutory body in a business corporation: authorization to deal with employees, Ob-chodněprávní revue, 2015/1
Vladimir Cizek, Rudolf Bicek, 'Czech Republic' (2015), pp. 1–38, in Anthony Colman (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation (Kluwer Law International BV, Netherlands)
Securing debt of close persons under Business Corporations Act, Obchodněprávní revue, 11-12/2013
"Securing the debts of related parties: have arm's length terms really been abandoned?", p. 79 et seq., Jurisprudence, 2012/7-8
"End of Plays with Registered Seat – owners leasing their properties now have an effective instrument to fight fictive seats", EURO, no. 24/2011 (co-author)
"Power of Attorney granted by Head of Branch: Indeed Impossible? ", p. 8 et seq., Jurisprudence, 2010/3
Contribution to Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation (Czech Republic), Wolters Kluwer, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017
Contribution into IFC/World Bank Investing Across Borders (Czech Republic), The World Bank, 2010
"Take–over Act – Squeeze-out simplification? ", EURO, no. 9/2008
"Investment firms do not need to always execute clients’ instructions", Capital Market Act novel (MiFID directive), Hospodářské noviny, and ČSOB website, 2008
"Commercial Code novel" (Second directive novel), EURO – Hyde Park, no. 36/2008
"Supreme Court on Guarantee in Corporate Groups: Successful Second Attempt? ", p. 17 et seq. Jurisprudence, 2009/8