Michal Sylla

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution, General Corporate Law, Banking and Finance,

Career

Michal Sylla is an Associate Partner specializing in dispute resolution, general

corporate law, banking and finance. He holds a Master’s degree in law from the Faculty

of Law of Charles University in Prague. In 2002-2003 he studied at the faculty of law at

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany.

Michal joined PRK Partners as an associate in 2009. He was admitted to the Czech Bar

Association as an attorney at law in 2012. He is the bar association’s representative in the

Collegium of Experts for the execution of judgments of the European Court for Human

Rights. He is fluent in Czech, German and English.

Michal represents clients before ordinary courts at all levels, as well as in arbitration

proceedings. He specializes in class actions and defending against them, which is why he

was engaged in various stages of the legislative process in the drafting of the Law on Civil

Class Proceedings.

Michal is the author of the following academic articles:

- in the journal Právní rozhledy (Legal Perspectives) – Collective Enforcement of

Law in the European Union?; On the Law on Associations and Limits on Prohibition

of Retroactivity (under the EU Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and

Freedoms); Development of ECJ Case Law in the Field of International Company

Law

- on the professional law website epravo.cz – Proceedings before the Constitutional

Court and the Right to be Judged by a Statutory Judge; Non-Statutory Judge Not

Allowed to Enter Brno; Strasbourg Scepticism; Brno judgment for recognition in

counterclaims; Class Actions 3.0

Professional Memberships

• Attorney at law of the Czech Bar Association

• Member of the Collegium of Experts for the execution of judgments of the European Court for Human Rights.

Publications

Michal has published several professional articles: on class actions, on topics of Czech procedural law and on proceedings before the Constitutional Court. Michal, along with other members of PRK Partners’ team, is the exclusive author of the Czech Republic chapters in the following Chambers Global Practice Guides:

• Enforcement of Judgments 2021

• Collective Redress & Class Actions 2023

• Collective Redress & Class Actions 2024.

Michal's articles in the law magazine Právní rozhledy (Legal Perspectives) are:

• Collective Enforcement of Law in the European Union?

• On the Law on Associations and Limits on Prohibition of Retroactivity (under the EU Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms)

• Development of ECJ Case Law in the Field of International Company Law.

Michal's contributions on the website epravo.cz are:

• Proceedings before the Constitutional Court and the Right to be Judged by a Statutory Judge

• Non-Statutory Judge Not Allowed to Enter Brno

• Strasbourg Scepticism

• Brno judgment for recognition in counterclaims

• Class Actions 3.0

• Class actions when the lights come on

• Why? Because that's why

• Set-off of claims under the Civil Procedure Code

• Procedural context of one court finding

• Legislative changes in the area of consumer loans.

Clients

• VW Group (incl. ŠKODA AUTO)

• TESCO SW a.s.

• RPG Industries Limited

Experience

Michal's dedication to the field of litigation is most profoundly exemplified by his consistent presence in the courtroom, participating in an average of two court hearings per week.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

• Czech

Languages Spoken

Michal is fluent in Czech, German and English.

Work Highlights

Unfortunately, we are bound by the principle of professional confidentiality regarding most of his mandates. However, from his recent mandates, we can mention, e. g,• Provided legal advice to members of VW Group (incl. ŠKODA AUTO) in connection with the VW engine emissions problem ("Dieselgate") and its potential consequences for VW customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

• Represented RPG Industries Limited, as the defendant, in a dispute over damages connected with flats formerly owned by OKD, a.s.

Education

Awards