Jaroslav Šuchman specialises in the law of contracts, personal data protection, EU law, gaming law, consumer protection, advertising law and other regulatory areas, and law-making advisory.

Currently, he is leading the firm’s data protection expert team. In addition to this role, he serves as Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Whistleblowing Officer (WBO) for several companies through his work with the sister company, Fairdata Professionals a.s. Jaroslav continuously develops his legal expertise by integrating the aspects of privacy law and GDPR compliance into his other areas of practice.

Prior to joining our law firm in 2010, he received his LL.M. degree at the Columbia Law School in New York. Before the post-graduate course he worked for five years at the Parliament of the Czech Republic as Head of the European Union Unit, Senate Chancellery, where he was instrumental in building mechanisms and providing for the daily parliamentary monitoring of the EU legislative procedure following the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, and building and developing a framework for the interaction between the Senate, the Czech Government and EU institutions. He was co-responsible for the contents and course of the parliamentary dimension of the Czech Republic’s first Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2009.

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Czech Bar Association
Czech Society for European and Comparative Law

Languages
Czech, English, French, Spanish

Education

Columbia Law School, New York (2010), LL.M. (Fulbright Scholarship, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar distinction)
 	Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2004), Mgr. (Master of Laws)
 	Short-term specialized courses: École nationale d’administration, Paris, France (2008); European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2007) Diploma in the Law of the European Union; Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (2006) Diploma with distinction Magna Cum Laude

performing a large number of GDPR adaptation projects in a wide range of sectors and sizes of data controllers, from a car importer, a member of a global network of a drugstores, kitchen appliances distributor, automotive parts manufacturer, a travel agency, to a foundation, a start-up offering products and services comparison engines to consumers, or an on-line marketing company
advising in strategic and ad hoc projects on personal data processing compliance in various traditional as well as highly innovative business sectors (configuring individual procedures regarding processing, evaluation and compliance with the duty to inform on data breaches, support during inspections or representation in administrative proceedings)
drafting comprehensive contracts for the development and follow-up of client’s serial production of innovative energy storage solutions
numerous cases of advising clients when contracting with their business partners and localizing of customer documentation for the purposes of offering products and services in the Czech Republic
supporting a foreign provider of an on-line lottery as the first such foreign entity to acquire regulatory permission in the Czech Republic
advising a major international company in the gaming system testing and verification business when applying for an authorisation in the Czech Republic
various cases of legal assistance rendered to stakeholders on specific matters (companies, non-profit organisations, public authorities) when drafting amendments, preparing analyses and comments, as well as legal-technical advisory

Press releases

In line with its New Year’s tradition, the law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS announces internal promotions – Štěpán Štarha becomes an equity partner, Jiří Kunášek becomes a partner; in total, 9 lawyers have been promoted

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 […]

Publications and newsletters

Whistleblowing in the Czech Republic – the state and state-owned companies will have to comply with the rules of the Directive irrespective of the absent Czech law

Authors: Robert Nešpůrek, Vojtěch Bartoš, Jaroslav Šuchman The deadline for the adoption of a Czech whistleblowing act will expire before the year-end – and most likely due to neglect. Nevertheless, the state, regions, municipalities and their subordinate organisations and companies should prepare for the application of the rules of the European Whistleblowing Directive immediately after […]

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DIGITISATION OF ACCOUNTING AND TAX DOCUMENTS UNDER THE APPLICABLE LEGISLATION

Authors: David Krch, Jaroslav Šuchman, Martina Sumerauerová Thanks to the development of IT technology, the possibilities of digitising accounting and tax documents have increased significantly over the last few years. Until a few years ago, only some of our clients worked with digitised documents, now we hardly know anyone who does not use this option […]

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