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Baker McKenzie Earns 270 Practice Rankings and 318 Lawyer Rankings in the Legal 500 EMEA Guide, 2026
Overview
Baker McKenzie’s Prague office advises clients on high-profile transactions, complex regulatory issues and strategic cross-border mandates in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and across Central Europe. Combining deep Czech market knowledge with Baker McKenzie’s global platform, our lawyers support multinational corporations, financial institutions, investors and leading Czech businesses on high-value matters requiring local insight and international coordination.
Our Prague lawyers are consistently involved in significant and complex matters in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the wider Central European region. Recent work includes representing the liquidator and insolvency trustee of Sberbank CZ in the liquidation of the entire banking operation of Sberbank CZ, the largest insolvency case in the modern history of the Czech justice system. We also advised ČSOB Leasing, a member of KBC Group, on its strategic acquisition of a 100% share in car leasing and fleet management services provider BUSINESS LEASE in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and provided legal and tax advice to global healthcare company Novo Nordisk on its US$200 million acquisition of a production facility in the Czech Republic.
The strength of our Czech legal practice is reflected in top-tier Legal 500 rankings across key service areas, including Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Intellectual Property, Tax and TMT. Clients value our ability to deliver commercially focused, pragmatic legal advice in complex, regulated and fast-evolving business environments.
With approximately 40 lawyers in Prague working seamlessly with colleagues across Baker McKenzie’s global network, we provide integrated legal and tax support for clients operating in and through the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Central Europe.
Connect With Our Prague Office
Offices
Prague
Praha City CenterKlimentská 46
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
With more than 30 years of experience in the Czech market, Baker McKenzie’s Prague team advises on a full spectrum of complex legal and tax matters. We combine deep local knowledge with cross-border capability, supporting clients doing business in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the wider Central European region, particularly in regulated, highly competitive and fast-evolving sectors.
We are trusted advisors to multinational corporations, financial institutions, investors and Czech businesses on sophisticated financing, M&A and restructuring transactions. Our Banking & Finance team supports lenders and borrowers on a wide range of structures, including syndicated facilities, acquisition finance and cross-border financings, while our Corporate/M&A practice guides clients through the full lifecycle of domestic and cross-border transactions — from structuring and negotiation to regulatory clearance and completion.
Our Dispute Resolution team represents clients in complex litigation, arbitration and cross-border disputes, often spanning multiple jurisdictions. We help clients assess risk, manage exposure and pursue effective dispute strategies, working closely with insolvency, restructuring and finance specialists on distressed situations and enforcement matters.
Our Restructuring & Insolvency practice is widely recognized for its leading role in the Czech Republic’s largest and most complex insolvency and restructuring mandates. We act for major creditors, banks, insolvency administrators, debtors, distressed investors and industry leaders, with a strong track record in headline cases and unprecedented cross-border distressed situations.
We also advise on Intellectual Property and Data, Technology, Privacy & Cybersecurity matters, helping clients protect, commercialize and enforce IP rights and manage technology, data protection, privacy and cybersecurity issues. Our experience includes innovative technology-driven transactions and products, reflecting the growing importance of digital transformation across industries in the Czech Republic and Central Europe.
Beyond these core strengths, we provide integrated advice across the following areas — ensuring clients receive coordinated support across all aspects of their operations:
- Antitrust & Competition
- Capital Markets
- Employment & Compensation
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Environment & Climate Change
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- International Commercial & Trade
- Investigations, Compliance & Ethics
- Real Estate
- Tax
As part of Baker McKenzie’s global network, our Prague office provides clients with a single, coordinated team for Czech, Slovak, Central European and international legal matters.
We attend job fairs organized by the main law faculties in the Czech Republic to give students the opportunity to meet lawyers from the Firm and discover what it’s like to work at Baker McKenzie. Our objective is to give our lawyers the platform to advance their careers by providing the resources they need for personal and professional development.
How to report through the internal reporting channel and through external channels
The whistleblower is entitled to submit a notification to the designated person via the internal notification system established by the company, i.e. verbally by calling the designated person's telephone number: +420 236 045 001, in writing via the designated person's e-mail address: or via a personal meeting. If the whistleblower prefers to make the notification by means of a face-to-face meeting, they must do so by sending their request to the e-mail address of the designated person or by communicating their request for a face-to-face meeting by telephone. Upon receipt of the whistleblower's request, the designated person will contact the whistleblower to arrange a meeting within 14 days of receipt of the request.
A whistleblower is entitled to submit a notification of a possible violation (except for a notification of a violation of obligations under the Act no. 253/2008 Coll.) through the external notification system established by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic. In such a case, the whistleblower may make a notification using the form available here: https://oznamovatel.justice.cz/chci-podat-oznameni/, by e-mail: oznamovatel@msp.justice.cz, orally by telephone: +420 221 997 840, or by requesting a personal meeting at the above e-mail address or telephone number.
A whistleblower may submit a notification of a breach of obligations under the Act no. 253/2008 Coll. in the notification system established by the Czech Bar Association.
Identification of the designated person(s), their telephone number(s) and e-mail or other delivery address(es)
Managing Partner
phone: +420 236 045 001
e-mail: Oznameni@bakermckenzie.com
address: Klimentská 1216/46, Nové Město, 110 00 Praha 1
HR Manager
phone: +420 236 045 001
e-mail: Oznameni@bakermckenzie.com
address: Klimentská 1216/46, Nové Město, 110 00 Praha 1
Exclusion of certain notifications
Baker & McKenzie s.r.o., advokátní kancelář hereby excludes receiving notifications from a person who does not perform work or other similar activity for the obliged entity as referred to in Article 2(3)(a), (b), (h) or (i) of the Act no. 171/2023 Coll. on protection of whistleblowers. Notifications from individuals that are acting for Baker & McKenzie s.r.o., advokátní kancelář otherwise than in a basic employment relationship are, in accordance with Section 21 (6) (b) of the Act no. 253/2008 Coll., not excluded.
Key Contacts
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Managing Partner
Tomáš Skoumal
Partner- Prague
+ 420 236 045 001 Email -
Pavel Brouček
Marketing and Business Development Manager- Prague
+ 420 236 045 001 Email