Jakub Lichnovský

Career

Jakub Lichnovsky is a recognised specialist in complex long-term industrial development

projects, projects in infrastructure, energy and healthcare, incl. negotiation of EPC

contracts, PPP projects and public procurement. His experience and understanding of

the complex procedures required for development of project in real estate (manufacturing

sites, residential buildings, commercial properties) and energy sector (both conventional

and renewable energy projects). Jakub is recognized for his ability to manage complex

project, assist with demanding permitting procedures (incl. environmental aspects), and

negotiate effectively with both private and public entities involved in the process. Jakub

has helped to guide both individual investors and large multinationals in making their

investments in the Czech Republic and abroad.

Jakub has managed to successfully conclude numerous major development projects in the

Czech Republic, including the development of a large greenfield industrial campus that

involved a state subsidy for innovation, job creation and investment placement, industrial

brownfield redevelopment and numerous other industrial and commercial projects,

including the development of strategic industrial zones and the handling of environmental

and construction law issues.

Jakub also regularly takes part in negotiations of complex EPC contracts in the field of

construction of strategically important projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors.

He has also worked on management of extensive employment-related reorganisation

projects, including outsourcing, management relations, personal data protection,

investment incentives, compensation-benefit and collective-bargaining issues.

Jakub graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague and has been

working at PRK Partners for over twenty years. He became a partner in 2009.

Jakub is fluent in Czech and English, and is an attorney at law of the Czech Bar

Association. He is also a member of the managing board of Randa’s Foundation and ViceChairman of the Supervisory Board of the of Association for Foreign Investment (AFI).

Jakub completed the Lex Mundi Foundation Management Program in California, USA, in

2009 and the Lex Mundi Business Management Program in Cambridge in 2015. Jakub

has also received two awards from the Czech Bar Association as part of its publication

competition.

Jakub splits his working time between Prague and Ostrava, where he is the head of our

Moravian-Silesian regional office. The Ostrava office has eight dedicated staff members

who closely cooperate with our Prague office.

Jakub is listed and recommended as a leading practitioner in projects and energy, real

estate and environment law in various directories and publications, including Chambers

Europe (Projects & Energy – Band 3), IFLR - International Financial Law Review (Highly

Regarded lawyer), The European Legal 500 and PLC Which Lawyer?.

Practice Areas

Industrial Development, Projects, Projects in Infrastructure, Energy and Healthcare, incl. Negotiation of EPC

Contracts, PPP Projects and Public Procurement