May 2017 - New Head of Prague’s Dispute Resolution Practice and the ICT sector further strengthens position of emerging Europe’s and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm.
Zdeněk Kučera is joining Kinstellar as a Managing Associate. He brings more than 10 years of experience to the firm, having previously worked as a senior lawyer at Baker & McKenzie where he focused mainly on dispute resolution and legal work for the ICT (TMT) sector and has acquired an extensive track record in both these areas. In Kinstellar, he will be head of dispute resolution and TMT practice.
Zdeněk is known for providing hands-on and highly qualified advice. In his practice, he focuses primarly on dispute resolution, information technology advice as well as trade and commerce.
He specialises in electronic contracting negotiations for technology contracts, internet liability and online marketing legislation. He also advises on public contract issues, namely in the technology sector. He has participated in legal assessments of IT products, acquisitions of companies, online projects structuring as well as representing clients in various kind of disputes. Recently, he assisted a global engineering company with commercial and litigation issues, a Czech bank with a complex outsourcing project or a defense industry client on agreements with the Ministry of Defense.
Zdeněk is also a university lecturer and participates in other academic activities pertaining to IT law at the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague and the Information Technologies Faculty of the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is a regular guest lecturer at the Institute of Economic Studies of Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno and elsewhere.
Zdeněk is recommended by Chambers Europe and in 2016 he was listed as one of the most innovative lawyers in the Czech Republic.
“We believe that Zdeněk joining our firm will further strengthen our excellent position in the Czech market,” said Lukáš Ševčík, Managing Partner of Kinstellar’s Prague office. “ We see great potential in the dispute resolution area and the ICT sector and believe Zdeněk will help us achieve our ambition of becoming a leading firm also in these areas.”
For more details please contact Luděk Wojnar, Marketing & Business Development Manager, .