Dušan has represented Czech and foreign clients in various litigation and arbitration proceedings, both as claimants and defendants. In addition, he serves as an arbitrator and also as an expert in expertise proceedings under the ICC Rules.

In the field of insolvency and restructuring, he has recently been involved in numerous cases, representing creditors in insolvency proceedings, advising companies in financial difficulties, etc. Before joining our law firm, Dušan worked for eight years with leading international law firms in the Czech Republic.

Recommendations of international publications

The international publication Chambers & Partners recommends Dušan as a leading expert in dispute resolution and insolvency law. He has also been recommended as a litigation expert by Legal 500.

Membership in professional associations

Czech Bar Association

Languages
Czech, English

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (1997), Mgr. (Master of Laws)

representing a major Czech bank as the petitioner and largest creditor in an insolvency proceeding against an insolvent real estate developer
representing a light industry company on its restructuring and court-approved reorganization, including the drafting of a reorganization plan
advising an international bank on the insolvency of a key player in the woodworking industry
representing an international bank in handling its claims against the Czech Republic’s lottery operator
advising a major construction company on the means of defense against vexatious insolvency petitions
representing a public corporation (municipality) in disputes concerning the privatization of flats
representing a Czech sports federation in disputes under sports law
representing a foreign textile company in an international arbitration concerning the purchase price for an interest in a Czech business company

Press releases

HAVEL & PARTNERS’ Dispute Resolution team receives top ranking from The Legal 500

Mezinárodní žebříček The Legal 500 zařadil tým pro řešení soudních sporů a arbitráží v HAVEL & PARTNERS do nejvyšší kategorie – tzv. Tier 1 – v České republice v období 2024/2025.

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The partners of HAVEL & PARTNERS nominated by the Moderní advokacie platform succeeded and were elected members of the Board of Directors and other bodies of the Czech Bar Association

At their assembly, attorneys-at-law elected all four representatives of the law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS, nominees of the Moderní advokacie platform, to the supreme bodies of the Czech Bar Association. For the next four years, František Korbel, a partner in the law firm, will be a member of the Board of Directors of the Czech […]

Publications and newsletters

End of extraordinary protection of debtors’ management members – restoration of the obligation to file a timely insolvency petition

Authors: Dušan Sedláček, Jan Králíček In response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 disease epidemic, the so-called Lex Covid Justice was enacted, followed by Lex Covid Justice II, which introduced a number of significant changes, including in the field of insolvency law. We have discussed these laws in detail in previous articles available here […]

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Extraordinary changes to the Insolvency Act, alias Lex Covid Justice II, providing further assistance to businesses in crisis

Authors: Dušan Sedláček, Jan Králíček Initially, Act No. 191/2020 Coll., also known as Lex Covid Justice, responded to the crisis caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus. The Act caused a number of significant changes in the field of insolvency law. We published a basic overview of information on this law in our article of 1 […]

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HAVEL & PARTNERS forms a unique financing, restructuring and insolvency team in response to the economic aftermath of the crisis

HAVEL & PARTNERS, the largest and most successful Czech-Slovak law firm, reacts to the current plunge of the Czech economy that has caused severe financial difficulties for a number of companies. The firm has merged a team of finance and banking experts with a team specialising in restructuring and insolvencies. The largest professional team of […]

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Extraordinary changes to the Insolvency Act and Lex Covid as a helping hand in a time of crisis

The current crisis caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus can be seen as a very abnormal situation. Measures adopted to prevent acceleration of the infection spreading may even have a devastating impact on a number of companies that are healthy in normal circumstances. The main problem to be faced by many entrepreneurs within a relatively […]

Articles and Interviews

The upcoming end for intra-EU investment arbitrations

The representatives of EU Member States signed a joint declaration on 15 January 2019 (“Declaration”) on the legal consequences of the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the Achmea case and on the upcoming end of foreign investment protection in the EU based on bilateral investment treaties concluded between […]

Publications and newsletters

02-2019 Litigation Flash, PDF document

(The upcoming end for intra-EU investment arbitrations)

Dušan Sedláček

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