Petr Opluštil specialises in real estate and construction law, environmental law and regulatory matters, in particular public procurement and state aid regulation.

He has experience with legal matters arising during the re-development of brownfield sites, with a particular emphasis on environmental matters, including environmental licensing, transfer of liabilities for environmental damage and related state aid issues. Petr also regularly advises clients on construction law matters, including the preparation of contractual documentation under international standards, and on related public procurement aspects.

Petr won the prestigious “Talent of the Year” award in the Czech Republic’s legal competition “Lawyer of the Year”, organised jointly by the Czech Bar Association and the internet-based Czech company EPRAVO.CZ, for his paper analysing the “polluter pays” principle in relation to the rehabilitation of brownfield sites.

Before joining our law firm, Petr worked as a lawyer at the Office of the Government in the department of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.

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The prestigious publication PLC Cross-border “Environment Handbook 2010” named Petr Opluštil as a recommended expert in the Czech Republic for environmental law.

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Languages
Czech, English

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2004), Mgr. (Master of Laws)
 	University of Limerick, Ireland (2003/2004)

advising the contracting authority on a governmental pilot PPP project for the construction, operation and financing of an accommodation and parking facility
advising the contracting authority on the preparation and implementation of a public tender for the construction and operation of an exposition pavilion at an international exhibition
advising several foreign investors on the start-up of their business in the Czech Republic, including advisory on the construction of an industrial facility and investment incentives
advising a foreign investor on the real estate, environmental and state aid aspects of the acquisition of an airline carrier
drafting a legal analysis and related methodology for a governmental agency on the “polluter pays” principle in the context of the Community guidelines for state aid for environmental protection, for the purposes of a brownfield regeneration programme
advising the private sector and the public sector on the rehabilitation of several brownfield sites
advising the contracting authority on a concession proceeding concerning the operation of water mains and sewage
advising investors, financial institutions and contractors on the preparation and implementation of projects involving the construction and delivery of industrial facilities

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Ondřej Florián becomes an equity partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS, the firm also has 5 new partners and promotes a total of 21 lawyers

HAVEL & PARTNERS traditionally announces internal promotions at the beginning of the second half of the year. Ondřej Florián, the partner responsible for leading the firm’s corporate and private client services team, becomes an equity partner as of 1 July. Kateřina Slavíková, Jaroslav Baier, Ondrej Čurilla, Petr Opluštil and Miroslav Vozáb have been promoted to […]

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The European Commission has published another draft set of technical screening criteria under the EU Taxonomy

Authors: Petr Opluštil, Lívia Djukić On 5 April 2023, the European Commission published the long-awaited draft technical screening criteria for the remaining 4 environmental objectives of the EU Taxonomy (the Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act – the “Delegated Act”). What is their purpose and what activities do they apply to? What is the purpose of […]

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HAVEL & PARTNERS again promotes internally – Filip Čabart and Juraj Steinecker become new partners, three other lawyers promoted to the position of counsel

Since the New Year the largest, and according to the Law Firm of the Year competition, the most successful Czech-Slovak law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS has again significantly extended the number of attorneys in its top management. With effect from 1 January 2019, Filip Čabart and, in Slovakia, Juraj Steinecker were promoted to the position […]

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