Property & Real Estate Law Firm of the Year

Richard Gürlich attorney at law

Politických veznu 19, 110 00 Prague, Czech republic Phone No: +420222101591 Fax No: +420222101590 Email: info@akrg.cz Website: www.akrg.cz

ABOUT GÜRLICH & CO

The law office GÜRLICH & Co was founded on 1st February 2002. All members of the firm are experienced lawyers possessing outstanding professional expertise in various branches of law.

Currently, the firm consists of many lawyers who are supported by a qualified office staff. Besides, on a case to case basis, we would invite for cooperation many other external specialists and free-lance lawyers. This law firm is fully capable of offering legal services to both individuals and legal entities in almost all fields of civil and commercial law, all over the territory

of the Czech Republic. We are capable of providing legal services in the Czech and English languages.

In the event of cross-border transactions and litigation, this office hires its cooperating international law offices as well as external foreign lawyers. Still, this Law Firm remains a purely Czech legal office free of any financial or other influence exerted by foreign and/or local nationals. This allows the firm to provide its services in compliance with law, professionally and independently.

Private Equity Lawyer of the Year

Cermák a spol. Elišky Peškové 15, 150 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic

Tel.: +420 296 167 111 Fax: +420 224 946 724 Email: intelprop@apk.cz Website: www.cermakaspol.com

FIRM PROFILE Cermák a spol. is a law and patent office specialising

in Intellectual Property Law. Our services are highly sought after particularly in this area, especially when industrial property law matters, such as Trade Marks and Patents. Cermák a spol. provides advice and representation in general Commercial and Civil Law matters. Formally Cermák a spol. is incorporated as a public commercial company of attorneys and thus provides legal advice according to the Act no. 85/1996 Coll., on Attorneys, as amended. This means that the clients are assured that they will be provided with best available advice by qualified and registered practitioners, that their matters will be maintained confidential, and that we will not act against their interests. Cermák a spol. has been active since 1990 and in that time has acquired invaluable in-house knowledge that is not available to less specialised firms.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE: • Representing clients before administrative courts and the Constitutional Court of the Czech and Slovak Republics;

• Representing clients before European courts and the European Court of Human Rights;

• Representing clients in administrative proceedings, before the Czech Competition Authority (UOHS) and before the Advertising Council;

• Representing clients before the courts in civil and commercial disputes;

• Drafting and reviewing Licence Agreements and other legal agreements;

• Providing legal opinions and memoranda.

Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Trade Marks, Designation of Origin and Geographical Indications, Semiconductor Topographies as well as Copyright and related rights, are all part of Intellectual Property Law. In a wider sense Unfair Competition and Trade Name protection can also be included. With over 20 years of experience we have become one of the leaders in this

Trade Marks Law Firm of the Year

SCOPE OF LEGAL SERVICES: • Business Transactions

• Civil Law • Intellectual Property • Corporate Law and Business Law • Public Procurement • Labour Law • Real Estate • Litigation

CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY

CZECH REPUBLIC

highly specialized area of law in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We have advised and represented the leading international companies from fields as diverse as telecommunication, IT, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, chemical companies as well as banks. We regularly handle the most prominent IP litigation in patent and trademark matters, both in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia.

We provide advice, assistance and representation in achieving legal protection and then maintain and enforce the rights once registered. We can prosecute complex applications for protection, maintain vast portfolios of rights, and then effectively enforce these in both the Czech Republic, Slovakia and internationally.

PRACTICE AREAS: Intellectual Property Law, Industrial Property Rights, Inventions – Patents, Utility Models, Brand Protection/ Trade Marks, Designs, Unfair Competition, Commercial Law, Civil Law

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