Vlastimil Pihera

Practice Areas

Securities and Capital Markets

Investment Funds

Public Finance and Regulation

Private Equity

Trust Law

Estate Planning

Career

Vlastimil Pihera is a partner of KŠB. He specializes primarily in securities and capital markets, investment funds and companies, collective investment and public regulation of financial institutions. He is a frequent contributor to the professional press, was a member of the expert commission of the Ministry of Justice for the preparation of the Act on Business Corporations and a member of the expert group of the Commission for the application of new civil legislation of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic. He currently works at the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and as a member of the Appeals Commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, a member of the Ethics Committee of the Association for Capital Markets and a member of the Ethics Committee of the Czech Association of Financial Advisory and Mediation Companies.

Professional Memberships

Czech Bar Association

Association for Capital Markets (Member of the Ethics Committee)

Member of the Appeals Commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

Czech Association of Financial Advisory and Mediation Companies (Member of the Ethics Committee)

Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Department of Private Law)

Work Highlights

Legal advice on several dozen public bond issues (e.g. for J&T Group, RN Solutions, MSI, M&M Reality), and representation before the Czech National Bank in prospectus approval proceedings.

Advising clients (such as J&T Banka, Česká spořitelna, mBank, Amundi, Roklen, Bank Gutmann, the Czech Association of Financial Advisory and Mediation Companies) on financial market regulation and on licensing proceedings before the Czech National Bank (e.g. Banka Creditas, Zonky, Zaplo, Walteran Company, GECO) and in proceedings before the financial arbitrator (e.g. Ferratum Bank, OVB Allfinanz, NWD Asset Management).

Advice on private equity financial structures (e.g. Rockaway, Nation 1, AI Startup Incubator), including qualified investor investment funds (e.g. Arete Group, J&T Thein SICAV, NWD SICAV) and investment crowdfunding platforms (Fundlift).

Advice on settling a number of trusts for the administration of family assets, including dealing with relevant aspects of inheritance law and related contractual arrangements.

Languages Spoken

English

German