Jan Topinka leads the banking, finance and capital market group at our law firm.
He focuses on debt financing on the part of creditors and debtors, regulation of financial services as well as transactions in capital markets.
Most recently, he has been active in particular in the field of implementing regulations in the financial market, licensing procedures at the Czech National Bank, projects combining financial services with technologies and legal aspects of trading financial instruments.
He also has experience with selling, buying and restructuring companies. In the area of sales and purchases, during the past five years he has been involved in numerous transactions both on the sell side and the buy side, mainly in the banking and finance sector, the construction industry and private equity.
He is an active member of the Tax and Legal Committee of the Czech Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and a member of the Czech National Bank’s Appellate Committee (advisory body for drafting decisions of the Bank Board in administrative proceedings).
Before joining our law firm, Jan worked for five years in various positions at the Czech Securities Commission (a body previously supervising the capital market; its functions are currently performed by the Czech National Bank), ultimately serving as a unit head leading the project of preparing the Czech Securities Commission for EU accession, and he has also co-authored policy and methodological documents on financial market regulation.
The Chambers and Partners ranking agency says: Jan Topinka has a broad practice spanning debt financing, corporate finance, capital markets and regulatory matters within the financial services sector. Clients highlight his experience in the industry. The IFLR1000 agency classifies him as Highly Regarded.
Czech Bar Association
Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) – member of the Tax and Legal Committee
Member of the appellate committee of the Czech National Bank
