The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends act Řanda Havel Legal and its lawyers.

Thanks to the partnership collaboration of act legal offices from Czechia (act Řanda Havel Legal) andPoland (act BSWW) that provided legal services during the procurement procedure and negotiations, Doosan Škoda Power s.r.o. struck an EPC agreement with Orlen S.A. for modernization of TG-4 and TG-5 turbine generator sets of 55 MW each at Orlen’s combined heat and power plant in Płock, as well as a long-term service agreement (LTSA).

act Řanda Havel Legal defended her win in this year's prestigious Law Firm of the Year award, organised by EPRAVO.CZ, in the category Environmental law. As well as wins in the Energy and Energy projects, Employment Law and Telecommunications and Media categories in past years, it now has another top award. In addition to this, act Řanda Havel Legal was successful in another 16 categories.

The prestigious rating agency IFLR1000 has ranked act Řanda Havel Legal among notable law firms in the Czech Republic for the past 12 years. In 2023, once again act Řanda Havel Legal is one of the recommended law firms in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency and Project development.

act legal, one of the leading European law firms, is thrilled to announce the addition of two prestigious offices.

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends act Řanda Havel Legal and its lawyers.

act Řanda Havel Legal won this year's prestigious Law Firm of the Year award, organised by EPRAVO.CZ, in the category Environmental law. As well as wins in the Energy and Energy projects, Employment Law and Telecommunications and Media categories in past years, it now has another top award. In addition to this, act Řanda Havel Legal was successful in another 16 categories.

The media-monitored case of Seznam.cz and its investigative reporters, represented by lawyers from act Řanda Havel Legal, vs Jan Hamáček regarding the articles on the topic of the ex-minister's planned trip to Moscow is over.

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends act Řanda Havel Legal and its lawyers.

Lenka Droscová was named a partner of act ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL on 1 January 2022. In addition to being a member of Czech Bar Association, Lenka is a member of the State Bar of California, USA.

Jan Havel, partner of act Řanda Havel Legal, took part in 15th international expert conference and exhibition focused on power investment units all for power 2021. Jan gave a paper on BAT and BREF for large combustion plants (LCP) in a part dedicated to the investment plans on upgrade of existing conventional power plants and district heating plants. Further, he spoke about reviewing of integrated permits based on the Commission Decision on BAT Conclusions for LCP and also about legal conditions for granting an exception from BAT.

act Řanda Havel Legal won this year's prestigious Law Firm of the Year award, organised by EPRAVO.CZ, in the category Energy and Energy Projects. It first stood on the top step for the Energy in 2018, when the category was introduced. As well as wins in the Employment Law and Telecommunications and Media categories in past years, it now has another top award. In addition to this, act Řanda Havel Legal was successful in another 16 categories.

Members of act Řanda Havel Legal and representatives of the Moderní advokacie platform, Martin Řanda, Jan Havel and Tomáš Rydvan, were successful in elections to association bodies that were held at the 8th congress of the CBA on 22 October 2021 at the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague.

Mgr. Ing. Jan Havel, an expert in Energy law and a Senior Partner at act Řanda Havel Legal, spoke at the 27th edition of the conference with accompanying exhibition The District Heating and Energy Days that was hold in Olomouc on September 14th – 15th 2021.

Law firm act Řanda Havel Legal provided legal advice to the Sokolov chemical company, which is part of the global chemical group Synthomer, in connection with the planned transition to a new source, which should be more environmentally friendly.

What’s happening on the  real estate market in Central and Eastern Europe? How the pandemic has impacted this market? All you need to know about Real Estate in CEE.

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends act Řanda Havel Legal and its lawyers.

Chambers & Partners, the prestigious rating agency that maps out the quality of legal services in Europe, named act Řanda Havel Legal as a “Recommended firm” in the Dispute Resolution and Employment categories in its 2020 ratings.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL won the Labour Law category in EPRAVO.CZ’s prestigious “Law Firm of the Year“ ratings, adding another victory on top of the previous year’s wins in the Telecommunications and Media and Energy and Energy Projects categories. In addition, ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL placed highly in the other fourteen categories.

Mgr. Ing. Jan Havel, an expert in Energy law and a Senior Partner at ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, spoke at the jubilee 26th edition of the conference with accompanying exhibition The District Heating and Energy Days that was hold traditionally at the Congress, Exhibition and Social Centrum ALDIS in Hradec Králové on September 8th – 9th 2020.

The specialist guide to the world’s leading firms for media law, Media Law International, has ranked ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL among its recommended law firms in  the Czech Republic.

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL and its lawyers.

Especially in difficult situations we stand by our clients 100%. Across Europe and with full power. Together with you, we develop the fastest and best defence against the serious economic consequences of the Corona Pandemic. Together with you, we seek the opportunities that arise from this.

Chambers & Partners, the prestigious rating agency that maps out the quality of legal services in Europe, named ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL as a  “Recommended firm” in the Dispute Resolution category and a “Recognised firm” in  the Labour Law category in its 2020 ratings.

Ladislav Peterka was named a partner of ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL on 1 February 2020. Ladislav has been working at ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL since 2008. Currently he focuses on dispute resolution and the recovery of receivables.

As of 1st of January Botezatu Estrade Partners joins act legal, a European alliance of law firms, thusbecoming act | Botezatu Estrade Partners.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL won the Telecommunications & Media category in EPRAVO.CZ’s prestigious “Law Firm of the Year“ ratings, adding another victory on top of last year’s win in the Energy and Energy Projects category. In addition, ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL placed highly in the thirteen other categories.

Jan Havel and Jan Ožana successfully passed the mediator exam and since June 19, 2019, have been included in the list of mediators maintained by the Ministry of Justice.

RANDA HAVEL LEGAL provided JUFA Investment Group with legal services in connection with its acquisition of five solar parks with a total capacity of 12 megawatts. JUFA purchased the photovoltaics from the Polish Fund EQUES Fotovoltaica, brining the group’s portfolio to 32 photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 82 MW. This transaction makes Jufa Investment Group second amongst all owners of photovoltaic power plants in the Czech Republic.

Michal Pálinkás was named a partner of ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL on 1 April 2019. Michal has been working at ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL since 2008. Currently he focuses on corporate law and M&A. 

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL and its lawyers.

Chambers & Partners, the prestigious rating agency that maps out the quality of legal services in Europe, named RANDA HAVEL LEGAL as a “Leading firm” in the Dispute Resolution category and a “Recognised firm” in the Labour Law category in its 2019 ratings.

RANDA HAVEL LEGAL has become one of the partners of all for power 2018, an international conference on energy investment projects. Alois Šatava, a partner at RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, will present his contribution at the conference in the category"Exporting of Investment Units".

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL won the new category of Energy and Energy Projects in this year’s prestigious ratings of law firms „Law Firm of the Year“ by EPRAVO.CZ. In addition to energy, ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL has placed highly in the other 12 categories.

CEE Legal Matters sat down with Sven Tischendorf of act legal Germany, AC Tischendorf Rechtsanwälte to learn more about the alliance’s plans.

Mgr. Ing. Jan Havel, a partner at RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, spoke at the "THE UKRAINE – WE WANT YOU TO KNOW” conference, which took place at Hilton Hotel on October 26, 2018. The conference was organised by the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Ukrainian law firm Golaw.

Lawyers from RANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented the owners of JANUS spol. s r.o., a distributor of Kyocera brand products in the CR and SR, in the sale of 100% of their shares to the Dutch company KYOCERA Document Solutions Europe B.V. In doing so, JANUS will be renamed to KYOCERA Document Solutions Czech and, after several decades of successful partnership, will become the 18th sales unit of KYOCERA Document Solutions Europe.

act legal has a clear roadmap. It has started at the heart of Europe with the clear intention to cover more or less all economically relevant countries in Europe within the next few years. Now, as of September 26, 2018, a renowned medium-sized Spanish law firm is joining the European alliance: DA Lawyers from Spain.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Alois Šatava and Michal Pálinkás, represented four owners in the sale of their stake in New Presence Jewels s.r.o., a company that operates the famous chain of jewellery stores, Présence, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL and its lawyers.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Alois Šatava and Michal Pálinkás, represented the owners of ASTRATEX in the sale of their majority stake to the investment group Hartenberg Holding. With its acquisition of ASTRATEX, Hartenberg Holding enters the e-commerce business. The transaction value is in the order of several hundreds of millions of crowns.

act legal has quickly put its expansion plans in place. As of March 8, 2018, two additional law firms are joining the European alliance: Fort Advocaten (“FORT”) from the Netherlands and Bán Karika from Hungary. act legal now operates 13 offices in the economic heart of Europe.

Tomáš Slabý was named a partner of ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL on 1 January 2018. From the same date, Lucie Siebertová is a new asset for the legal team.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Alois Šatava and Matyáš Kužela, represented the Jufa Investment Group in its acquisition of two large solar power plants with a total capacity of 17 megawatts.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Matyáš Kužela, represented  Jufa Investment Group in connection with the purchase of one of the largest Czech solar parks, the photovoltaic power plant Brno Tuřany. This transaction moved Jufa’s investment group up to third amongst owners of photovoltaic power plants in the Czech Republic.

EPRAVO.CZ, the prestigious Czech online legal journal, has recommended ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL in eleven of sixteen categories in its Law Firm of the Year 2017 ranking. This result puts us among the best law firms in the Czech Republic.

For the third year now, ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL has partnered with the European Centre for Career Education (ECCE), which focuses on providing additional and needed know-how and experience that is otherwise impossible to get at a university.

Jan Havel, a partner of RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, took part in a panel discussion at the All For Power Export Days 2017 conference with the topic "Export Financing Options, Support for Export, Legislative Issues, and Interdisciplinary Exchange of Export Experience."

Matyáš Kužela was named a partner of ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL on 1 May 2017. Matyáš has been working at ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL since 2008 and as a Head Senior Associate since 2013. Currently he focuses on data protection and privacy, competition law, M&A and commercial law. 

RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Tomáš Rydvan and Matyáš Kužela, represented the American investment group Blackstone in connection with its sale of the Hilton Prague Old Town hotel and the adjoining Gestin Centrumbuilding to M&L Hospitality Trust.

RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Alois Šatava and Michal Pálinkás, represented the shareholders of the company KLIMA a.s. during the sale to the strategic investor.

EPRAVO.CZ, the prestigious Czech online legal journal, has recommended ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL in six categories in its Law Firm of the Year 2016 ranking.

The prestigious rating agency IFLR1000 has ranked RANDA HAVEL LEGAL among notable law firms in the Czech Republic for the past 6 years. In 2017, RANDA HAVEL LEGAL will once again be one of the recommended law firms in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Project Financing, Restructuring, Energy and Infrastructure.

On September 27, 2016, the christening ceremony for the calendar produced by Kateřina Sokolová‘s AutTalk Foundation took place in Malostranská Beseda under the auspices of Prague City Hall councillor Daniel Hodek and in cooperation with the calendar’s major partner, ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL.

A team from RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Iva Javorská and Matyáš Kužela, represented Adexpres.com, s.r.o. in connection with its acquisition of the agency INBORN, s.r.o. As a result of the merger, Adexpres took over INBORN’s clients and agency team and significantly strengthened its position in the field of performance marketing.

RANDA HAVEL LEGAL, under the leadership of Alois Šatava and Michal Pálinkás, represented the Dutch company BRONSWERK HEAT TRANSFER Holding B.V. in the sale of its Czech subsidiary BRONSWERK HEAT TRANSFER spol. s.r.o.

A team from RANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented the sellers in the sale of the technology companies HSI spol. s r.o. and Enlogit s.r.o. to Unicorn Systems a.s. and Servodata a.s., respectively.

The prestigious rating agency, The Legal 500, once again recommends ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL and its lawyers.

Mgr. Iva Javorská, LL.M., partner at ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, attended an international conference in Cape Town organized by LAWorld, a network of law firms from 40 states worldwide. 

A team from RANDA HAVEL LEGAL under the leadership of Iva Javorská and Matyáš Kužela represented Mr. Jan Galgonek, in connection with the consolidation and subsequent sale of Adexpres Group to the multinational media agency Dentsu Aegis Network. The sale was completed on March 3, 2016.

RANDA HAVEL LEGAL provided legal services in connection with the execution of the agreement to acquire HAMÉ by the company ORKLA.

EPRAVO.CZ, the prestigious Czech online legal journal, has recommended RANDA HAVEL LEGAL in the area of Information Technologies in its Law Firm of the Year 2015 ranking.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL attended a Gala dinner on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the founding The Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.

The IFLR1000 international rating publication has again included ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL amongst recommended Czech law firms in the areas of banking law, mergers and acquisitions and now also energy law.

On October 8, 2015, the Euro Business Club held another in its series of exclusive “Euro Magazine Celebrities of the Month” meetings, with ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL as a partner.

Iva Javorská represented ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL at the regional meeting of LAWorld, the international network of law firms, which took place in Milan on September 17 through 19, 2015.

The new edition of The Legal 500, a guide to the world’s leading law firms, once again recommends ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented the stakeholders of EKOL, a leading Czech manufacturer of turbines with sales in the last year of 1.5 billion CZK, in connection with sale of a majority share in the company and an agreement on strategic cooperation with the Chinese engineering firm Xi'An Shaangu Power.

​The IFLR1000 international rating publication has once again included ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL amongst recommended Czech law firms in the areas of banking law, project financing, and mergers and acquisitions.

EPRAVO.CZ, the prestigious Czech online legal journal, has recommended RANDA HAVEL LEGAL in the area of Intellectual Property in its Law Firm of the Year 2014 ranking.

​The law firm ŘANDA HAVELLEGAL represented Malaysian company Aspirasi Pertiwi Sdn. Bhd. in connection with an agreement on strategic cooperation and investment with the leading Czech aircraft manufacturer Evektor from Kunovice.

​Comprehensibility, quality, pragmatism, and effectiveness are the values of the law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL that guide its team also in internal and external communication and are expressed in a new visual identity of the company.

​The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East &Africa 2013 edition ranked and repeatedly recommended ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL in the areas of:

​The law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented Bochemie group in selling the traditional Czech hair cosmetics brand LYBAR to OBRA group.

The law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented managers of e-plast s.r.o. during a management buyout of an 80% ownership interest in the company from a Spanish partner.

​Prominent rating publication IFLR1000 ranked ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL amongst notable law firms in the fields of Banking and Project Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions.

The law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented Seznam.cz, a.s. and its subsidiary Mapy.cz, s.r.o. during acquisition of the digital division of PLANstudio, spol. s r.o.

The law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL provided legal services to BENSON OAK CAPITAL during the sale of ETA, a. s.

​LAWorld is an international legal network of 43 independent law firms covering most of the major commercial centers around the world.

​ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL won the prestigious Corporate INTL Magazine 2011 Legal Award for Energy Law Firm of the year in the Czech Republic.

The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2011 edition, recommended ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL in the area of real estate and construction in the Czech Republic.

​ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL was ranked by the 2011 edition of The Legal500: Europe, Middle East & Africa and recommended in the area of dispute resolution in the Czech Republic.

The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2011 edition, recommended ​ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL in the area of corporate and M&A in the Czech Republic.

The law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL provided complex legal services to the BOCHEMIE group during acquisition of the company Lybar, a.s.

​The law firm ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL represented Seznam.cz a.s., Czech internet market leader, during an acquisition of the company GLOBAL INSPIRATION, s.r.o., which operates the well known web video portal www.stream.cz.

​ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL was ranked by the 2010 edition of Legal500: Europe, Middle East & Africa and recommended in the area of dispute resolution in the Czech Republic. Martin Randa is the key partner, whose presence is ‘a guarantee of legal work of the highest standard’, clients say.

​ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL was ranked by the 2010 edition of the Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa and recommended in the area of corporate and M&A in the Czech Republic.

​JVS GROUP CZ, a.s. successfully purchased 100% shares in GiTy, a.s. Comprehensive legal advice on this transaction was provided by the law firm Řanda Havel Legal s.r.o.

​ŠKODA POWER a.s. successfully completed negotiations with ŠKODA PRAHA Invest s.r.o., one of the members of the ČEZ group, and entered into a contract for work on delivery for a steam turbine with equipment for the 880 MW steam-gas source in the power plant Počerady. Legal advice on this transaction was provided by Řanda Havel Legal s.r.o.

​ZAT, a.s. successfully purchased a 100% stake in Severočeské elektrotechnické závody s.r.o.. Legal advice on this transaction was provided by law firm Řanda Havel Legal s.r.o.

​ŠKODA POWER a.s. successfully completed negotiations with Slovenské elektrárne a.s. and concluded a contract for work for delivery of  steam turbines for completing the 3rd and 4th block in the nuclear power plant Mochovce (JEMO) in Slovakia.

​ŠKODA POWER a.s. successfully completed negotiations with ČEZ a.s. and concluded a contract for work for delivery of spare parts for the low-pressure part of the steam turbine rotors for the 1st unit of the nuclear power plant Temelín. Legal advice on this transaction was provided by Řanda Havel Legal s.r.o.

​ŠKODA POWER a.s. successfully completed negotiations with ČKD Praha DIZ a.s. and concluded a contract for work on delivery of a steam turbine with equipment for construction of blocks K7 and TG3 in Pilsen for the investor, Plzeňská teplárenská a.s. Legal advice on this transaction was provided by Řanda Havel Legal s.r.o.

​ŠKODA POWER a.s. successfully completed negotiations with a Finnish company Kuopion Energia and concluded a contract for the delivery of a steam turbine with equipment for the heating plant project in Kuopio in Finland.

​ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL provided legal advice for ŠKODA POWER a.s. on the successfully completed negotiations with Sherrit Power and concluded a contract for work for delivery of a steam turbine with equipment for the steam-gas power plant project in Boca de Jaruco, Cuba.

ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL became a partner of the 8th Annual conference “Effective Purchase 2008” arranged by the Controller Institute in Prague.