In today’s global economy, legal certainty is just as vital as capital − whether for Czech companies expanding internationally or foreign investors entering the Czech and Slovak markets. HAVEL & PARTNERS supports clients navigating both directions of cross-border business. Thanks to its close cooperation with ONE FAMILY OFFICE, the firm has also extended its international reach in services for private clients.
Expanding a business internationally involves a wide range of legal and strategic challenges − from market entry to investment protection. At HAVEL & PARTNERS, we assist clients precisely in these situations. We provide support in international mergers and acquisitions. We ensure legal frameworks for cross-border restructurings and set up holding and operational structures from both corporate and tax law perspectives.
We help with business expansion, prepare commercial and distribution agreements, handle compliance, and coordinate complex financial transactions across multiple jurisdictions. Clients also turn to us for international intellectual property protection, litigation and insolvency proceedings, and antitrust matters. We can also help with employee relocation abroad and immigration services.
Frankfurt: Gateway to the world
For over a year, HAVEL & PARTNERS has operated a direct representation office in Frankfurt am Main, becoming the first law firm from the CEE region to establish a presence there. For us and our clients, Frankfurt serves as a gateway for international business heading to the West and beyond.
The local team provides comprehensivesupport to foreign clients entering Central Europe, as well as Czech and Slovakclients wishing to expand abroad. Rather than competing with local law firms,we deepen cooperation with local partners and law firms in Germany.
Global reach
The firm’s M&A practice extends far beyond Central and Eastern Europe. We have an extensive team of 80 M&A specialists, including 17 partners. Almost 70% of all our cases have an international element, and we have assisted clients in more than 110 countries.
We assisted Rohlik Group, a leading online grocery retailer operating in the Czech Republic and across international markets, in expanding its commercial activities in Germany. For Metrans, an international logistics group specialising in cross-border freight transport, our team structured a joint venture in Serbia. We advised the Czech industrial group AIT Group on the formation of a joint venture with Spanish partners. Also, we represented a major Czech bank in litigation proceedings in France, initiated by several French citizens.
Thanks to our cooperation with top-tier domestic and international law firms across Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, and Australia, our clients have access to the both global and local expertise of more than 90,000 lawyers in approximately 160 countries.
Global experience
ONE FAMILY OFFICE, an affiliated family office, also has an extraordinary international reach, benefiting both member families and individual clients. Thanks to the reputation and extensive network of the HAVEL & PARTNERS group, ONE FAMILY OFFICE is able to secure globally prominent treatment for its clients in managing their affairs.
With assets exceeding CZK 12 billion, it stands as the largest family office in Central Europeby number of professionals. This scale and backing grant ONE FAMILY OFFICE a unique international position and access to global investment opportunities typically out of reach for investors from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
ONE FAMILY OFFICE boasts a specialised team of nearly 20 investment professionals with international experience from major financial hubs such as New York, London, Frankfurt, Zurich, and Dubai. Many team members and close advisors have previously worked in prestigious institutions such as J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse or Erste, and have served dollar billionaires as bankers, investment bankers, legal and tax advisors, either within global financial centres or directly for their financial groups and family offices in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and abroad. ONE FAMILY OFFICE operates offices in Prague, Brno, and Bratislava, with international representation in Dubai, Miami, London, Frankfurt and Silicon Valley, and plans to expand to Zurich.
It provides comprehensive services for affluent families and individuals, ranging from investment and wealth management to advisory, legal protection, succession planning, fiduciary services, and premium lifestyle support—including health, security, next-generation development, and philanthropy.
Dubai
A key strategic advantage in the investment domain is ONE FAMILY OFFICE’s direct presence outside the EU in Dubai. The number of registered family offices in the UAE is growing by 30–50% annually, nearing 600, making the Emirates the fastest-growing family office hub globally. In the past three years, Dubai has even surpassed London in this regard.
With partner Peter Bálint actively engaged in Dubai’s family office sector for over four years, ONE FAMILY OFFICE is positioned at the heart of this dynamic environment. This presence enables access to attractive international opportunities and direct investments in major capital markets. Moreover, ONE FAMILY OFFICE is part of an exclusive closed network of leading family offices across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Saudi Arabia.
