Vít Hrnčiřík

• is our Attorney-at-law registered with the Czech Bar Association since 2007 as a legal associate and with full membership since 2010. Vit graduated both Ph.D. programs in Theoretical Legal Sciences and M.A. program in Law and Legal Sciences at the Charles University School of Law. He also holds an LL.M. degree from the Universität Bayreuth in Germany
• in his previous practical experience Vit worked with an international law firm while serving Czech and German-speaking clients
• he gained professional knowledge at universities in Germany (Hamburg, Bayreuth), Austria (Innsbruck) and Ireland (Cork)
• Vit delivers legal advice in Czech, German and English languages

Reference projects
Vít has excelled while providing his expertise, among others, in the following key projects:

• providing industrial design protection in the field of gastronomy. Simultaneously preventing design deletion, initiating customs interventions and winning financial compensation for unfair competition and industrial property rights violations (similarly in a case relating to a water-heating-gas trade mark and building material patent)
• Counseling and representing shareholders and joint-stock holders in general meeting annulment proceedings in the areas of real estate, agriculture and manufacturing industries (correspondingly in cases of home-unit-owners associations)
• Advising on real estate legal disputes in connection with the land boundaries, communal areas, as well as easements and rental issues for developers and home-unit-owners
• Achieving dismissals and aquitals of criminal accusations towards various clients, in particular from tax avoidance, DUIs, racketeering, property damage, theft, violations of fiduciary duties, misappropriation, fraud and insurance and subsidy fraud.
• Advising on the acquisitions of multiple companies including architecture and design firms, development companies, and clothing enterprises
• Securing compensation for health damage caused to a client due to malpractice at a hospital and another due to injury during construction works
• Representing a publishing house and author in defending their article, concerning irregularities in public procurements and expert opinions
• Successfully bringing a case of breach of imaging rights against a major national brewery on behalf of a performing artist and music star
• Representing tenants and intermediaries against a shopping centers claim for a commission return
• Counseling a client in a dispute over the validity of a transfer of real estate (related to insolvency proceedings and alleged creditor evasion), securing preliminary court orders
• Drawing up legal documentation for a Liechtenstein insurance company and contracts regarding securities for an Austrian bank
• Representing a client in a dispute for compensation against an unlawful ministerial decision and for inappropriate police conduct resulting in client’s injury