VELIČKA LEGAL
As a Czech law firm we advise both Czech and foreign clients from all lines of business and all industries on all aspects of Czech law. We also specialize in advising private individuals on Czech law who have particular demands in terms of the quality of legal services and customer service.
We lay stress on excellent legal expertise, first rate client service, hands-on approach, understanding of the commercial aspects of the client’s business and emphasis on efficiency, promtness and optimal results for the client. As a part of our advisory services, we are also able to address related Czech tax issues, with the objective to achieve optimal results for our client. We provide our services in Czech and English.
David Velička (J.D.)
David Velička finished his studies at Palacky University in Olomouc in 2006, whereas during the studies he also studied law at University of Graz in Austria. Prior to founding law firm he was working for several years at prominent local and international law firm in Prague.
David Velička has assisted among others in legal advisory to many financial subjects undertaking business in the Czech market in connection with acquisition and property financing and solving related financial and regulatory issues. He has also provided complex legal advisory to Czech and foreign developers in connection with the acquisition and construction of resident and non – resident projects in the Czech Republic. David Velička has also advised foreign investors on their entry into the Czech market.
David Velička has been lately focused on advisory to corporations and natural persons in connection with complex disputes or in situations involving insolvency aspects, and also advisory on bulk sale or collection of debt portfolios.
David Velička is an attorney at law and member of the Czech Bar Association (evidence number 13 321).
Languages
Czech, English
Specialization
Corporate and Commercial Law, Civil Law, Real Estate, Construction, Litigation, Debt Collection
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Corporate and Commercial Law |
Insolvency and Restructuring |
Litigation and Debt Collection |
Real Estate and Construction |
Investment and Foreign Clients |
- Complex advice on incorporation of companies and all related legal issues.
- Legal guidance on day-to-day operations.
- Advice on increases and decreases of registered share capital.
- Advice on corporate dissolution and liquidation and all related legal issues.
- Registration of trademarks.
- Drafting agreements for board members and other top managers.
- Complex legal assistance in financing matters, including representing clients in negotiations with financing institutions and drafting instruments.
- Preparation of security instruments in connection with financing.
- Complex legal assistance in connection with re-financing of existing structures, including negotiation and preparation of contractual documents.
- Comprehensive legal advice to businesses in financial difficulty.
- Drafting insolvency filings.
- Representation of creditors in insolvency proceedings, including filing claims and acting on committees.
- Representation in matters arising from insolvency filings.
- Full dispute resolution service arising from civil and commercial dealings.
- Preliminary review of all legal and factual evidence, assessing validity and likely success of claims and complicating factors.
- Advice and representation in initial phases of dispute, including detailing of procedural steps and strategy.
- Drafting all litigation documents, including claims and counter-claims, requests for injunctions, appeals and extraordinary appeals, etc.
- Representation of clients at all tiers of the national judicial system.
- Representation in administrative proceedings.
- Full services related to out-of-court dispute resolution, including drafting and negotiating settlement agreements and all related documents.
- Representation at all stages of arbitration.
- Complex legal services in connection with debt collection.
- Legal assistance to natural persons in managing real estate portfolios and private property investments.
- Comprehensive assistance to investors and developers at all stages of land development projects, including negotiations with general contractors, architects, project managers, banks and government and municipal authorities.
- Drafting standard agreements on the sale of residential and commercial units within development projects.
- Advice on the lease of commercial premises.
- Representing clients in negotiations with individual tenants.
- Complex due diligence of individual properties and projects, including title verification, as well as due diligence of project - related companies (SPV).
- Representation of developers, investors and construction companies at all stages of planning and construction proceedings, including arranging permits and other certifications with construction authorities.
- Creation of optimal structures for real estate transactions and projects.
- Legal assistance with construction-related administrative proceedings, including environment impact assessments (EIA) and later judicial review.
- Comprehensive legal assessment of pre-existing ecological burdens and waste disposal issues.
- Advice on the protection of heritage sites and cultural and archaeological artefacts.
- Representation of parties in disputes arising from development and construction contracts.
- General and tailored advice on real estate transactions, including the acquisition and sale of individual properties.
- Creation of optimal structures for real estate transactions and projects.
- Complex legal assistance in real estate financing matters, including representing clients in negotiations with financing institutions and drafting instruments.
- Drafting security instruments for real estate transactions in line with the requirements of investors and financing banks (e.g. bank guarantees, mortgage agreements, pre-emption rights agreements, share pledge agreements, agreements on pledge of receivables, agreements on pledges over bank accounts, etc.).
- Obtaining business licenses and foundation of companies in the Czech Republic (including tax services).
- Purchase and sale of real estate (including property purchases and sales through the ownership of SPVs).
- Advice regarding property leases.
- Advice regarding employment agreements and labor – law disputes.
- Construction law, proceedings before administrative bodies.
- Advice regarding immigration law (business immigration to the Czech Republic, obtaining business visa and work permits, family reunification, nostrification of diploma, Czech citizenship, appeals of visa rejection, asylum appeals).
- Litigation and dispute resolution.
Fees
The remuneration for the legal services rendered by us is always based on mutual agreement with a specific client, and depending on the expertise and the time complexity of legal services (the contractual fee). The reward is usually expressed in terms of hourly rate. We inform the client about the maximum range of anticipated acts in his matter, and he subsequently gets a detailed specification of legal services provided.
The non – contractual fee is governed by the relevant provisions of the Regulation of the Ministry of Justice. In this case, the client pays the acts of legal services as defined by the Lawyer’s tariff in the amount set out by the Lawyer´s tariff as well.
With regular cooperation with our office, it is possible to arrange a flat monthly fee according to the anticipated range of used services. The amount of the flat-rate remuneration and other conditions of the cooperation in this case is determined on the basis of an individual agreement with the client.
The statutory VAT is always added to the fee for the legal services.
When beginning a new case we ask the client to make an advance payment. The advance payment shall be deducted against the first invoice. If only a one-time consultation is required, no retainer is needed.
David Velička (J.D.)
Law Firm
Karla Engliše 3221/2
150 00 Prague 5
Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 725 895 895
Email: dvelicka@velickalegal.com
Web: www.velickalegal.com
For parking, you can use parking spots at business centre Nový Smíchov.
THE NEW CIVIL CODE AND THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
On 1 January 2014, the new Civil Code, the Business Corporations Act and a number of other regulations came into effect. This recodification of private law is the most substantial change in the Czech legal environment in the past decades. The changes affect all spheres of private life and business.
On the whole, this brings new opportunities to all spheres of life and business as well as new risks for those who are not familiar with the new law, who are not prepared, or who do not react to the new legislation.
In this respect, we are able to provide our clients with top-quality legal services in the area of private-law recodification. Our law office is prepared to become your guide to the transition from the old to the new legal world. In this connection we offer:
- General legal consultations
- Legal positions, expert opinions
- Revision and amendment of contracts and other documentation
- Revision of other documents or company processes
In case of your interest, please contact us at dvelicka@velickalegal.com or phone number +420 725 895 895.
READY-MADE COMPANIES
Our law office is able to secure immediately in cooperation with our business partner ready-made companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and the Great Britain, including providing seats and accounting.
- the fastest way to start up your business
- all without unwanted stress
- large selection of company names and seats
In case of your interest, please contact us at dvelicka@velickalegal.com or phone number +420 725 895 895.