Association for Foreign Investment

Noerr

A. Business

Noerr is an international partnership of lawyers, tax advisors and auditors. More than 450 professionals in 12 offices advise companies, financial institutions and the public sector over all areas of commercial law.

The businesses which benefit from our comprehensive and client-oriented service range from international groups to medium sized companies.

We have 5 offices in Germany, and 7 in Central and Eastern Europe. Our colleagues in our New York office maintain contact with clients, law firms and investment bankers in the USA. Our clients also avail of a longstanding network with our cooperating law firms worldwide.

The Prague office was established as soon as 1990. Today, with more than 30 professionals, and almost 75 team members, is belongs among the top ten law firms in the Czech market.

B. Services Offered

• Corporate law and M&A
• Restructurings, privatization
• Legal, tax and financial due diligence
• Competition and antitrust law
• Banking law, financial services, regulatory issues
• Capital markets law, securities, project finance
• General commercial law
• Distribution agreements
• Labour law
• Tax law
• Auditing
• Real estate law, construction, greenfield and brownfield investments
• Infrastructure law, environmental law
• Insolvency law
• Intellectual property
• IT, Telecommunication Law, New Technologies
• Media law, Entertainment law
• Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
• Power, Energy and Resources
• Litigation and Arbitration

C. Representatives

• Silvia Sparfeld, M.A., Managing Partner
• Libor Prokeš - Partner
• Barbara Kusak - Partner
• Philip Smitka - Partner
• Dita Šulcová - Partner

D. References

• Československá obchodní banka, a. s.
• Deutsche Börse AG
• Hannover Leasing GmbH & Co. KG
• Investkredit Bank AG
• Niederösterreichische Landesbank-Hypothekenbank AG
• ŠKODA AUTO a.s.
• Theo Müller Group

Independent Comment

Noerr is highly regarded by independent parties, such as Legal500, PLC Publications and Law Firms in Europe especially in the areas of M&A, Banking and Finance and Life Sciences. The Prague office of Noerr is recommended by the current Legal500 edition for the following areas: Corporate and M&A, Banking, finance and capital markets, Dispute resolution, Real estate and construction, and Tax. Libor Prokeš is listed in the European Life Science Industry Report as one of the top 500 European attorneys in the field of „Life Science“.Barbara Kusak’s expertise in cross-border corporate transactions was recognised in the current edition of The Chambers.

E. Other Information

Noerr is founding member of the German-Czech Chamber of Commerce, member of the Czech Franchising Association, the British Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic, the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic,the Chamber of Commerce Swiss - Czech Republic, PPP Association, ICC Czech Republic and CVCA – The Czech Private Equity&Venture Capital Association.