As part of the New Year’s promotions at HAVEL & PARTNERS, the law firm’s top management has been expanded by two new members – Štěpán Štarha, partner co-responsible for the Slovak office and for the team specialising in IP/IT law, became an equity partner as of 1 January 2023. Jiří Kunášek, a leading expert in corporate, commercial, and financial law and advisory services for private clients, became a partner as of the same date. Seven other lawyers have been promoted to more senior positions.
“At HAVEL & PARTNERS, we pride ourselves on continuously maintaining a work environment that enables rapid career growth for all colleagues who demonstrate exceptional erudition in legal or tax areas, a high level of work commitment and are sensitive to specific needs of each client,” Jaroslav Havel, the managing partner of the firm, commented on the firm’s HR policy. “Štěpán and Jiří have provided long-standing support to our legal teams, which is why I am pleased that starting from January, they will be even more intensely involved in the management of the firm, as well as its sales and marketing activities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,” Havel commented on the latest changes.
Štěpán Štarha (37) has 14 years of experience; he has been working at HAVEL & PARTNERS since 2009, and has been gradually promoted to his current position as an equity partner of the firm. He is co-responsible for the management of the Slovak office and for the teams specialising in IP/IT and automotive law. In addition, he is also engaged in the management of the Brno office. In his new position, he will primarily continue to focus on the development of the Slovak team, customer care for the growing number of local clients, as well as advice to Czech clients eager to do business in and expand to the Slovak market. Štěpán advises a number of private companies, including the largest banks, as well as public administration bodies. He specialises in information systems and telecommunications law, IP and industrial property law, personal data protection, law of contract, and the conflict of law provisions. He also advises private clients in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on legal protection of personal and family property, and with intergenerational capital transfers.
Jiří Kunášek (34) has over 10 years of experience. He focuses on commercial and corporate law, particularly corporate litigations, corporate transformations, and holding structures. He also provides comprehensive legal advice to private clients and assists them with the protection and management of personal and family property as well as private assets and intergenerational capital transfers. He has taken part in building a dedicated family property law group and also provides support to a successful inheritance law team that represents clients in broad and complex inheritance disputes and settlements. He also focuses onfinancial law and capital markets and provides companies with comprehensive advice on IPOs. Prior to joining HAVEL & PARTNERS, he worked in the company čech partners.
Adam Forst, David Šmída and Jaroslav Šuchman have been promoted to the position of counsels in the law firm. Vojtěch Katzer joined the team of managing associates while Josef Bouchal, Martin Pecha and Pavlína Petráčková were promoted to the position of senior associates as of 1 January.
As for promotions in non-legal positions, Radka Rainová became the new PR Manager of HAVEL & PARTNERS as of the same date.
