Prague

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Czech Republic
Karolinská 707/7
186 00 Prague 8 Karlín
Czech Republic +420 226 030 500 +420 226 030 599

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Ivan Sagál

Partner
Czech Republic

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Accolades

"Bird & Bird has really begun to find its groove in the Czech Republic and is now challenging the hegemony of the country's long-established IP boutiques. The local team upholds the international standards of excellence for which the firm is renowned."

WTR, Czech Republic, 2013

Sources say: "Working with them is very refreshing as they are advisers in the true sense of the word: business-oriented and always a few steps ahead of you, with solutions for any situation."

Chambers Europe, 2012

Sources say: "It feels like they are our in-house counsel, rather than external."

Chambers Europe, 2012

"The spread and consistent quality of this team ensure it can run deals out of Eastern European centres such as Prague and Warsaw, in addition to the busy hubs farther west."

Chambers Global, 2011

Our team has been repeatedly recognised in various fields of legal expertise, as documented in the most reputable international legal directories.

Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate: Legal 500 (2012, 2013); TMT (Communications): Legal 500, Chambers Europe (2010 - 2013); Intellectual Property: Chambers Europe (2010 - 2013); Trademark prosecution: Managing Intellectual Property (2011 - 2013); World Trademark Review: Leading law firm (2011 - 2013); IAM Patents: Recommended law firm (2013) and Recommended individuals: Ivan Sagál: Corporate/ M&A, Vladimír Nyč: Real Estate, Vojtěch Chloupek: Intellectual Property, TMT; World Trademark Review (GOLD Tier 2013); IAM Patents (2013)

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Work Highlights

Bird & Bird advised Hotel Praha on the sale of the hotel to a foreign based company. This is one of the largest hotel transactions in Czech history.

Work Highlights

Bird & Bird team had advised a globally active research pharmaceuticals company on the sale of a branded product portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The transaction represents the biggest M&A project in the company’s history. Apart from the teams from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia, the deal required significant cooperation and coordination of work with our best friend companies in Russia, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia.

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Luxembourg real estate fund: Advising the client on massive complex development of residential and non-residential projects in the Czech Republic.

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We provide complex IP advice to an International energy drink producer in particular in relation to their anti-counterfeiting activities in the Czech Republic (having been involved in almost 200 seizures in less than 2 years), helping them prosecute trade marks and challenge colliding trade mark applications by filing oppositions. We are proud to have become the exclusive IP adviser to one of the fastest growing energy drink brands in the world.

Work Highlights

We assisted a leading consumer credit company active in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia on a variety of issues relating to software copyright issues. In particular, we advised on acquisition of rights to the core IT system, helped with several software licence agreements and provided an in-depth analysis of open source software issues.