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Provided by HAVEL & PARTNERS s.r.o., advokátní kancelář
Our competition law team is the largest in Czechia and Slovakia. We offer one comprehensive solution for both countries. Due to the location of our main offices (Praha, Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc, Pilsen, Bratislava), we are prepared to provide quick assistance to our clients in case of dawn raids regardless of the client location.
The competition team’s practice results have not only been recognized by our clients, but also market insiders. Aside from being awarded by Chambers and Partners – Europe for Competition/Antitrust as Band 1 both in Czechia and Slovakia with Robert Neruda as Band 1 and Lenka Štiková Gachová and Petr Kadlec as Band 3 ranked individuals and Tomáš Varšo as an Associate to watch, our competition team has become the absolute winner of its category in the Czech Law Firm of the Year Awards (2025, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013) and has been ranked among the highly recommended law firms in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
We and our members have also been awarded for our practice in Czechia and Slovakia by GCR 100 – The Global Elite and by The Legal 500 as EU and Competition top-tier law firm. In 2025 (as well as in 2024, 2023 and 2022) we have become the absolute winner of the Slovak Law Firm of the Year Awards in the Competition Law category. Our Slovak competition law practice was awarded as the largest in Slovakia in The Slovak Spectator review for the fifth year in a row.
The team is led by Robert Neruda, partner and former Vice-Chair of the Czech NCA.
