Brussels Office Established

KŠB, together with leading Central European law firms, the Polish Wardyński & Partners and the Slovak Čechová & Partners, has established an office in Brussels. Andrea Löfflerová, an attorney from KŠB, works in the Brussels office and is, together with Jiří Balaštík, entered in the list of foreign attorneys of the Brussels Bar Associations with the empowerment to provide legal services in Community Law. Senior attorney Morvan Le Berre, a specialist in European and Community Law, also works at the Brussels branch. In matters of legal representation of clients before European institutions, the Brussels office cooperates with the renowned London-based barrister office Brick Court Chambers.

KŠB established the Brussels branch with the objective to extend the services spectrum by comprehensive legal assistance in the area of Community Law, and as of January 1, 2003 it began offering clients legal services in various areas; in particular in the fields of competition, state aid, public procurement, antidumping and in particular regulated markets, primarily telecommunications, food industry, transportation, energy sectors, life science and consumer goods industry.

KŠB provides consultancy connected with performance of the Europe Agreement - an agreement on an association concluded between the Czech Republic and the member states of the EU - and consultancy for implementation of national projects co-financed from the funds of the European Communities, i.a. in the area of infrastructure, environment, agriculture and R&D.

KŠB provides legal assistance in matters of Community Law not only at a theoretical level but also through legal representation of clients at European institutions, including prospective representation in proceedings before the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance.