Career
Miloš Olík has many years of experience in arbitration proceedings under the rules of various international institutions, such as ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCC, ICSID, or the rules of UNCITRAL, or the Czech Arbitration Court. He has led legal teams representing states in investment disputes and multinational companies in international commercial arbitrations.
Miloš Olík has also acted as an arbitrator in more than 200 arbitration proceedings, including investment disputes (incl. two cases under ICSID rules). He is registered on the list of Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic and leading international institutions (e.g. SIAC, CIETAC, LCIA, VIAC, HKIAC, MIAC). Miloš is the vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Czech Republic, chairman of the Arbitration Council of the Football Association of the Czech Republic, member of the Board of the National Court of Arbitration for Sport and a member of many other professional associations and organizations.
Miloš Olík is listed in the Arbitration Ranking jointly organized by Who's Who Legal and GAR (Global Arbitration Review). He has been ranked by the prestigious international ranking Chambers Global in Band 2 for dispute resolution and arbitration in the Czech Republic.
Miloš Olík is also the author or co-author of numerous professional publications, such as the Commentary to the New York Convention, the Commentary to the Arbitration Act, and the prestigious chapter for the Czech Republic in the ICCA Handbook on Commercial Arbitration.
Professional Memberships
Czech Bar Association
The Slovak Bar Association
ICCA – International Council for Commercial Arbitration
ICC Czech Republic – Chairman of ICC Czech Republic
The Czech Society for International Law
Football Association of the Czech Republic – Chairman of the Council of Arbitrators
The Commission on Arbitration and ADR at the International Chamber of Commerce
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
CZIPRA – Czech Institute for Popularization and Revitalization of Arbitration
Austrian Arbitration Association
AIADR – Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Fellow)
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Czech Bar Association
LCIA European Users' Councils
Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC)
ArbCEE - Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe
Publications
• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk Margarita, 20. 3. 2024. Do the ICC Rules need to be attached to the arbitration clause? Requirements
and practice in the Czech legal environment. Online. epravo.cz
• Olík, Miloš; Duffek, Lukáš; Karešová Kucharčuk Margarita, 19. 10. 2022.: Commercial mediation: a way to quickly resolve disputes
between construction company and client. Online. estav.cz
• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 5. 4. 2022. Can you lawfully offer goods and services under a domain name that is
interchangeable with a third party's protected designation?, epravo.cz 4/2022.
• Olík, Miloš; Coufalová, Linda, 2021. Mediation as a tool for dispute resolution in commercial relations, Private Law Vol. 9, č. 6, Wolters
Kluwer Inc.
• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 8. 2. 2021. Czech Republic: Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International
Arbitration? (co-author), ICCA Report, edited by J. Hosking, Y.Lahlou, G.R.Elgueta,
• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 2020. Towards the implementation of the UNCITRAL Model Act for International
Commercial Arbitration into the Czech legal system (co-author), Commercial Law Vol. 28, No. 9. Prague: Wolters Kluwer ČR, Inc.
• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita; Halfar, František, 27. 5. 2020. F., E-hearings in arbitration, Online. epravo.cz
• Olík, Miloš, 8. 6. 2020. After the coronacrisis, international arbitrations could accelerate. Rowan Legal wants "e-hearings" in the Czech
Republic. Online. INFO.CZ
• Olík, Miloš; Čáp, Michal; Heyduk, Jaroslav, 2019. Investment Arbitration in the Czech Republic, in Investment Arbitration in Central and
Eastern Europe, Law and Practice, Elgar Arbitration Law and Practice series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
• Olík, Miloš; Karešová Kucharčuk, Margarita, 2019. Czech arbitration under the ICC Rules: the obligation to attach arbitration rules to
the arbitration agreement, Soukromé právo 7-8/2019, Wolters Kluwer Inc., Prague.
