Czech Republic: Corporate/Commercial Law

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The Czech Republic is undergoing a period of transition, marked by a modest economic recovery and a sectoral transformation towards a more diversified and innovation-driven market...

March 2025 – Our lawyers understood early on that interactive entertainment has been one of the fastest growing industries in the Central & Eastern Europe, Southern Balkans and Central Asia...

Czechia has implemented a prohibition on employer-imposed pay secrecy clauses as part of its partial transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, while broader implementing legislation remains under development. Employers operating in Czechia must immediately review employment agreements and confidentiality policies to ensure compliance with the current restrictions, while preparing for comprehensive pay transparency requirements expected to take effect between 2027 and 2031.

The European Union's new Anti-Corruption Directive represents the most significant modernization of anti-corruption enforcement in over two decades, substantially expanding corporate exposure through harmonized offences...

The German Supreme Court ("BGH") has annulled the resolution of the general meeting of Volkswagen AG ("VW AG") in the so-called "Dieselgate" scandal...

The European Union's new Anti-Corruption Directive represents the most significant modernization of anti-corruption enforcement in over two decades, substantially expanding corporate exposure through harmonized offences...

The European Commission recently published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act. Although the document is non-binding and still open for feedback, the draft guidelines provide the clearest indication to date of how the Commission is likely to interpret one of the most debated aspects of the AI Act in practice: what actually qualifies as a “high-risk AI system”?

The Stop-the-Clock Directive (Directive (EU) 2025/794), which postpones the application of certain provisions of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)...

The European Union's new Anti-Corruption Directive represents the most significant modernization of anti-corruption enforcement in over two decades, substantially expanding corporate exposure through harmonized offences...

The European Commission recently published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act. Although the document is non-binding and still open for feedback, the draft guidelines provide the clearest indication to date of how the Commission is likely to interpret one of the most debated aspects of the AI Act in practice: what actually qualifies as a “high-risk AI system”?

The Stop-the-Clock Directive (Directive (EU) 2025/794), which postpones the application of certain provisions of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)...