HAVEL & PARTNERS once again generated excellent economic results in 2024. The total turnover of the law firm in 2024 grew by 8% year-on-year and amounted to CZK 1.5 billion. The turnover of the entire group, comprising the Cash Collectors collection agency and other specialised services, reached CZK 1.7 billion.
“The results reaffirm our exceptional long-term economic stability, which is the result of a well-thought-out strategy, investment in innovation, and systematic development of strong teams. In 2024, we managed not only to maintain but even to strengthen our position as the largest independent law firm in Central Europe. We have expanded our international presence, which is essential in the age of globalisation - we have opened a direct representation in Frankfurt, Germany,” said managing partner Jaroslav Havel.
HAVEL & PARTNERS has won the main prize in the International Law Firm category of the Law Firm of the Year competition in Slovakia for the fourth time in a row. Our teams in Slovakia also won in the Competition and Mergers & Acquisitions categories.
In 14 other categories, we are among the highly recommended and recommended firms in Slovakia. The results thus confirm the high standard and exceptional complexity of our services, which is also highlighted by our victory in the Czech Law Firm of the Year competition, where we became the best domestic and most popular law firm in the Czech Republic for the fifth year in a row.
“We provide comprehensive international support to Czech and Slovak law firms, and our unique knowledge of the legal and tax environment as well as our international reach make our firm a reliable partner anywhere in the world,” said Jaroslav Havel.
For the eleventh time in a row, our law firm has dominated the ranking of law firms in the TOP Employers poll, which is based on the votes of students of Czech universities. Like in previous years, we also succeeded in the related Lawyer category, in which only students with the best academic results vote.
“I believe this confirms that our long-term efforts to create a favourable environment for the professional growth of young legal talent make sense. We are able to offer students a combination of challenging practice under the guidance of experienced mentors and a supportive atmosphere. This enables our colleagues to experience exceptionally fast professional and career advancement,” said Petra Rudová, HR Director at HAVEL & PARTNERS.
As of 1 July, Matúš Holubkovič, Patrícia Jamrišková and Tomáš Kalenský were promoted to the positions of managing associates. The team of senior associates has expanded to include Daniel Doležal, Zdeněk Chroust, Dita Krumlová, Roman Marša, Libor Novák, Svatopluk Novák, Barbora Sahánková and Tomáš Varšo. Within the firm’s tax team, Martin Bureš was promoted to senior tax manager.
Our unique team of HAVEL & PARTNERS and ONE FAMILY OFFICE, which provides top-notch services and support in the field of security and crisis management to the firm’s key clients and members or associates of the multi-family office, was joined by Radovan Hříšný as Security Director in July. In cooperation with the firm’s partners, he is responsible for the comprehensive protection and risk management of the entire group and for ensuring the security of clients, in the broadest sense of the word, from physical and personnel safety to information security and cybersecurity, including the prevention of crisis situations.
“Thanks to our comprehensive approach, extraordinary connections and network of contacts, we are capable of effectively helping the firm’s clients and family office members in situations where they are dealing with a serious problem or crisis situation that jeopardises their economic stability, safety in the broadest sense, reputation, or health. It is a completely unique service with high added value that averts fatal damage or a devastating negative impact on a person or company. No other law firm or consulting company offers it to this extent,” said Jaroslav Havel, managing partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS and ONE FAMILY OFFICE.
In April, Jan Procházka became the group’s new banking and finance partner. At HAVEL & PARTNERS, he is responsible for the further development of this dedicated practice group, which is handled by thirty seasoned lawyers, including six partners.
Jan Procházka has ten years of experience in banking and finance. He focuses on legal advice to banks, insurance companies, individual and collective investment vehicles and other financial market clients, including regulatory requirements or regulatory aspects of transformations, restructurings and acquisitions, AML, payment services including licensing, distribution of financial products and compliance in the financial sector.
