Member Profiles

K&A was founded as a spin–off firm from Foxconn group in the Czech Republic. Its founder, Jiří Kučera, worked for Foxconn as its Legal Counsel for EMEA and Head of Legal in the Czech Republic since the beginning of Foxconn’s presence within the Czech Republic in the year of 2000. Before joining Foxconn, he gathered experience with one of the leading law firm in the Czech Republic – KSB. His close ties with global IT manufacturing & logistics industry helped K&A to gain profound expertise in subjects as Foreign Investments, Corporate and Contractual law, Construction law, Administrative law, Labour and Employment law, Logistics and International Trade. Following the spin – off, the firm further extended its practise area to Public Procurement and Litigations, which now form important part of its expertise as well. Jiří Kučera has gained more than fifteen years of legal experience. He is a member of Czech Bar Association and Prague Business Club.

Ludmila is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Palacký University in Olomouc and passed her bar examination in 2001. She is an expert in corporate law and M&A, bank regulation and media law, and also specialises in unfair competition, resolution of disputes and arbitrations. She has gained rich experience in consulting for Czech as well as international clients and can provide her services in Czech and English. In her spare time, Ludmila enjoys playing golf. The Firm We are a new law office that was established in 2015 by its three partners, Ludmila Kutějová, Jan Maršál and Michal Briaský. While Ludmila and Jan had previously been long-time associates as part of a team providing legal services to prominent Czech and international clients, Michal brought in skills and experience in insolvency and restructuring. We focus primarily on corporate clients to whom we offer comprehensive services in all areas of law according to their current needs. We take maximum care to ensure highly professional services for our clients and to tailor our services to their specific requirements and workflow. We pride ourselves on being able to offer bespoke legal solutions perfectly suited to our client’s business plans. We have assembled a team of experts, many of whom have been our long-term associates and are ready to provide legal services in a wide variety of legal fields. We also co-operate with professionals in related fields such as tax advisors, accountants, court-appointed experts, notaries and others. Our lawyers are fluent in English and German.

TRAPLOVÁ HAKR KUBÁT Law and Patent Offices (THK) are a traditional law boutique specialized in intellectual property and related matters with long lasting experience. THK ‘s professional team members think globally, and are able to legally support their clients in the course of their business not only in regards to IP matters, but also in regards to domain names, company names, e-commerce, or social media portals and products. Moreover, THK also recognizes the necessity to look at their client’s products and services from perspective mass media and advertising. THK have a well-balanced team of highly qualified and experienced team of attorneys-at-law, lawyers and patent attorneys. They are currently ranked among well-known leading offices specialized in IP and related business law in the Czech Republic. Close cooperation between attorneys-at-law and patent attorneys allows THK to provide their clients complex services in the field of IP and the ability to provide IP protection and enforcement strategy.

Lumir graduated in 2000 from the Masaryk University Law School in Brno. After graduation he started his career as a lawyer and compliance officer in ATLANTIK financial services Inc. and CYRRUS Inc. In 2004 he joint Gabriela Dudasova Law Firm as a law clerk. After passing his bar examination in 2007 Lumir started his own law firm. Lumir is a member of the legislation committee of Czech Capital Market Association and a member of Czech Compliance Institute. He specialises in securities law, financial markets law and compliance. Lumir has dealt with securities traders permits, licences for payment institutions or investment companies. He works on projects funded by corporate bonds and represented clients in licence and penalty proceedings before Czech National Bank.

Peter Schradieck is head of our Dispute Resolution team. His practice is exclusively centred on preparing and negotiating major litigation and arbitration proceedings in the areas of management responsibility, banking and finance, post M&A disputes, IP and marketing law. He also prepares and conducts major legal inquiries. Peter has broad experience from conducting more than 150 litigation and arbitration proceedings and has been involved in negotiating some of the biggest litigation and arbitration cases in Denmark. Peter conducts litigation before the ordinary courts of law, including injunction proceedings before the enforcement courts, as well as arbitration proceedings before the Danish Institute of Arbitration (DIA), the Danish Arbitration Board for Building and Construction and before international arbitration institutions such as the ICC, the LCIA and the SCC. Peter is also a certified arbitrator and is regularly appointed an arbitrator. Peter previously worked for six years in the practice areas IP law and Life Science. Peter also holds a Master's degree in strategy, finance and corporate governance from the Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and he is co-author of the annotated Danish Act on Measures to Prevent Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (The Anti-Money Laundering Act) (2020). Highlights Greenland Minerals - counsel to the Australian mining company Greenland Minerals in an international arbitration concerning governmental interference with the mining project Kvanefjeld in Greenland, the world's second-largest mining project for rare earth minerals with a conservatively assessed value of USD 3 billion.  Metro construction arbitration - representation of a contractor as lead counsel in a DKK multi-billion construction dispute  Lead counsel - in arbitration proceedings before ICC regarding the termination of agreements on delivery of ingredients and raw materials – value of DKK 250 million Lead counsel for a bank - in a lawsuit regarding the conclusion of SWAP agreements – value of DKK 100 million Lead counsel - in a lawsuit regarding the cancellation of a share trade – value of DKK 250 million Co-counsel in arbitration proceedings before DIA regarding the termination of an exclusive distribution agreement – value of DKK 1 billion Lead-counsel - in arbitration proceedings before DIA regarding an M&A transaction – value of DKK 300 million Lead counsel - in group arbitration proceedings before DIA and ICC regarding the termination of agreements on delivery of marine engines – value of DKK 150 million Lead counsel to the employer - regarding the interpretation of FIDIC contracts for the construction and delivery of wind turbines – value of DKK 100 million