rutland & partners

Employment relationship is one of the most intriguing. Czech labor law is rather rigid and is not well adapted to the modern dynamic world. The employee is well protected in terms of termination, but the law gives also the employer many powers over employee’s time and activity. When both the employer and the employee are satisfied in the relationship, they usually put little attention to the exact fulfilment of all rules, but in case the satisfaction disappears, the disputes can be exhausting.

rutland & partners offers assistance to clients with their real estate matters in the Czech Republic. We offer complete legal services connected to real estate, where our lawyers have more than 25 years experience on the Czech market. Our services are effective and affordable. rutland & partners also provides one stop shop solutions for acquisition and management of your real estate in the Czech Republic from purchase, through management, to its disposal (apartments, houses, plots of land for construction, commercial real estate, including hotels). We are also experienced in leasing of offices and apartments in the Czech Republic and we can arrange asset management of your real estate in Prague (leasing, rent collection, condominium fee payments, representation at condominium meetings and other matters.

rutland & partners legal team has a long track record of providing its clients with top-quality services in a broad variety of family law cases with a high success ratio. Most of our family law clients are expats living in the Czech Republic who appreciate our understanding of the Czech family law, laws of the European Union and relevant international agreements and transmission of this understanding onto our clients who are usually confronted with completely different legal system and institutes then they know from their country of origin. Clients also praise our ability to negotiate a good agreement provided there is a potential to avoid confrontation in front of the court and overall pro-deal attitude. In case the negotiation fails we are prepared to fight for rights of our client in the court proceeding and proactively look for all available ways to achieve their goals.

rutland & partners family law team can provide you with guidance throughout all issues arising from the family law and represent you in all kinds of family law proceedings.

Areas of family law:

• divorce
• property settlement
• custody and alimony
• prenuptial agreement and adjustment of the property regime during marriage
• fathership
• marriage

The frequent relocation of citizens of different countries and the dispersed location of assets connected to them, mainly but not limited to real estate, creates numerous inheritance issues. It is common nowadays to live in one country and own assets all over the world. This should be considered when writing a will or transferring assets to a trust. Also, in case your relative passes away, it is necessary to make sure that the inheritance proceeding is well taken care of.

It is always uncomfortable when a relationship ends up in a dispute. In these situations, people must fight their former business partners, landlords, employers, neighbours or even family members. The dispute can concern money, ownership of real estate, disposition with personal property (movables), compensation of damage etc. Very often the emotions are high and the disputes escalate. Good lawyer always tries to facilitate mutually acceptable solution which prevents lengthy court proceeding. If that is not possible, it is necessary to have a professional who can navigate the client through the procedurally complicated court proceeding and provide the court with both clear summary of client’s case and convincing legal argumentation why client’s claim should be confirmed.

Granting of the Czech citizenship to a foreigner is the culmination of his or her immigration and assimilation process in the Czech society. There are several completely different ways to acquire the Czech citizenship:

The Czech Republic offers outstanding opportunities to build partnerships in dynamic, high-potential industrial, financial and information technology sectors. rutland & partners attorneys have extensive experience in the Czech Republic and abroad, and the knowledge to assist their clients in the full range of transactions involving privatization, mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring of corporate entities. Our team is prepared to guide our clients from initial exploration of the possibilities for investment to the full realization of profitable, advantageously structured operations in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Central Europe.

We know how to anticipate the key issues that will arise and take care of them in as timely and cost-effective manner as possible. We can effectively assist in small, simple transactions as well as large, multimillion-dollar projects impacted by complex national and international regulatory and tax issues due to the fact that lawyers in our team completed over two hundred M&A transactions in the Czech Republic in course of their practice.

rutland & partners are fully prepared to stand up to defend the rights of their clients in the products of their hard work and creative endeavors. To that end, they are skilled and experienced in all forms of intellectual property rights law with substantial specialization in IT client Czech legal issues. In a related area, rutland & partners can defend their clients from unfair competition by competitors through measures available under Czech and EU law, as well as provide advice to avoid running afoul of such laws.