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PETERKA & PARTNERS advised J&T VENTURES CG SICAV in Choice investment

05/03/2024 PETERKA & PARTNERS advised J&T VENTURES CG SICAV in Choice investment
The Prague office of PETERKA & PARTNERS, together with Polish and Ukrainian offices, advised J&T Ventures in their investment in Choice.
Choice offers a wide range of tools for restaurants, including a digital menu, a website for pick up and delivery, table reservations, QR codes, and more. Thanks to this investment, Choice is going to expand across Europe. Read more about it: Ondrej Dusek´s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ondrej--dusek_investment-founder-activity-7168644980863938562-OLFj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop EN website: https://startupkitchen.community/digitizing-restaurant-customers-choice-raised-2-5m-and-reports-300-growth/ CZ website: https://cc.cz/zprostredkoval-objednavky-jidel-za-miliardu-choice-rychle-dobyva-evropu-a-nabira-desitky-milionu/

PETERKA & PARTNERS Czech Republic assisted V-Sharp Ventures Alpha

13/02/2024 PETERKA & PARTNERS Czech Republic assisted V-Sharp Ventures Alpha
The Prague office of PETERKA & PARTNERS advised V-Sharp Ventures Alpha SE, a venture studio, on its investment in Leya AI, a Lithuanian start up operating an innovative and research-based English learning app featuring an AI-Tutor, fun games, personalized lessons and a guided learning path. More information is available here in English (https://leyaai.com/blog/leya-preseed-round-closed/) and here in Czech (https://cc.cz/umela-inteligence-jako-kouc-ktery-vas-nauci-vse-co-potrebujete-do-litevskeho-startupu-investuji-i-cesi).

Transactional Advice in Bulgaria

08/02/2024 Transactional Advice in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian team of PETERKA&PARTNERS advised one of the subsidiaries of a US based Nasdaq and Fortune 1000 tech group on corporate, IP and employment aspects related to an asset transaction in Bulgaria.

PETERKA & PARTNERS among Airlines for Europe members

02/02/2024 PETERKA & PARTNERS among Airlines for Europe members
In January 2024, our law firm became a member of the Airlines for Europe (A4E) association. The main goals of the A4E are to ensure the sustainable growth of aviation and contribute to the socioeconomic development of European nations, and to support, and build up, business relationships among enterprises operating in the aviation sector in Europe.
Martyna Ryś-Wilgus, Senior Associate, and Leader of the Aviation Practice, has been handling cases for clients from the aviation sector for several years, and since January 2024, she has also been the coordinator of the firm's cooperation with Airlines for Europe.
PETERKA & PARTNERS has significant experience with the aviation industry and offers comprehensive legal advisory to entities in this field throughout the entire CEE region. For several years now, our Aviation Team have been representing a large air carrier in litigations initiated by passengers (or large companies buying passenger claims) for compensation for delayed flights. Our Litigation Department provides comprehensive legal analysis regarding our clients’ operations on the CEE market, including compliance with the obligatory requirements under applicable law (including advisory on general PNR and API data transmission obligations). The advisory covers also full legal assistance in disputes with passengers related to delayed or cancelled flights and other consumer disputes.

Succesful asisstance regarding a recent market entry in Romania, provided by our Bucharest office

01/02/2024 Succesful asisstance regarding a recent market entry in Romania, provided by our Bucharest office
PETERKA & PARTNERS Romania provided legal assistance to a consultancy and advisory group focused primarily on legal requirements on EU market in case of products (articles), mixtures and chemical substances, hazard and risk assessment in connection with its entry onto the Romanian market by means of incorporation of a limited liability company. Our assistance consisted in providing advice on the relevant applicable corporate legislation to preparing all relevant corporate documents and carrying out the registration formalities with the Romanian authorities.

Updates on computation of fines and leniency and immunity from fines introduced by recent amendments to Romanian Competition Law

25/01/2024 Updates on computation of fines and leniency and immunity from fines introduced by recent amendments to Romanian Competition Law
Government Emergency Ordinance no. 108/2023 amending and supplementing Competition Law no. 21/1996 (“Competition Law”), as well as other normative acts (“GEO 108/2023”), was published in the Official Gazette on December 6, 2023 with certain provisions entering into force within 30 days after the publication.
It is an important legislative change, through which Romania has completed the transposition process of the European Directive 2019/1 and aligns with the policy of empowering its competition authority to be a more effective enforcer and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market.
The main amendments brought to the Romanian Competition Law, together with valuable insights envisaging the business climate onto this market are briefly summarized on our blog, by following this link .

An article by Markéta Hanzlíková on the proposed amendment of the Czech Civil Code in matters of family law.

17/01/2024 An article by Markéta Hanzlíková on the proposed amendment of the Czech Civil Code in matters of family law.
More simple and faster divorce proceedings in the Czech Republic? The amendment of Czech Civil Code currently under debates and if approved, shall be efficient as of January 1, 2025. The main objectives of the proposed amendment include simplifying divorce proceedings, promoting amicable divorces, removing unnecessary sources of escalating conflicts between divorcing spouses that burden both family relations and the courts, and eliminating some already overdone formalities. Only partial changes are thus proposed, with the existing concept of divorce based on the principle of matrimonial breakdown remaining. However, the proposal does introduce certain restrictions on divorce formalities and, in particular, the possibility of combining divorce proceedings with proceedings for the custody of minors if the spouses have agreed on all aspects of the divorce. This would remove the current need for two court hearings even in the case of an agreed divorce. This should also result in a speeding up of divorce proceedings. There have been a number of comments on the proposed amendments and more changes can be expected, but if it is adopted in its current form, it will not mean a revolution in divorce proceedings; for example, it will not be possible to divorce in Czech Republic before a notary in the case of fully agreed divorce. Read the full article regarding the above and further changes in family law that may be adopted in Czech here.