Jaroslav Havel

Managing Partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS and ONE FAMILY OFFICE

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Foreword II/2026

In the age of artificial intelligence, what is the most valuable aspect of a top-class consultant’s work? Our experience. At HAVEL & PARTNERS, we have a track record of thousands of commercial transactions, complex legal disputes, and successful business projects for our clients.

Jaroslav Havel · 9 October 2026

Family & WealthInvestments

A second scenario for both property and life

Plan B isn’t just a Swiss bank account or a property in Spain. It is a pre-planned and well-thought-out scenario for diversifying risks, spreading your assets across several countries, and ensuring a safe background for you and your family.

Jaroslav Havel, Ondřej Florián a Štěpán Štarha · 7 October 2026

BusinessFamily & Wealth

Company for sale – Don’t make mistakes before you’ve even received a first offer

Divestitures are no longer a matter of large corporations; we are increasingly handling this issue with the owners of successful regional businesses. Some want to leave the business and acquire assets for further investment or a new business. Others sell the business to resolve the issue of succession as they have no one in the family to whom they can pass it on. What should be considered before selling – and, ideally, well before that? And what determines the success of the entire transaction?

Jaroslav Havel, Jan Koval a Miroslav Vozáb · 6 October 2026

Commentary

BusinessWhat’s New

Experience cannot be skipped

AI is transforming the consultancy market faster than anything before. It speeds up research, document analysis, the drafting of first drafts of contracts and a range of other tasks that, just a few years ago, took lawyers hours to complete. However, it does not replace the most valuable thing a top-notch adviser can offer – experience. Because you cannot skip that one. Or replace.

Jaroslav Havel · 21 September 2026

Commentary

What’s New

Trust is not a given. On lawyers’ gratitude and humility

When we founded our law firm at the turn of the millennium, the legal profession was mainly associated with the image of lawyers of the 1990s – assertive individualists building their reputations in what now seems like the wild and unpredictable “nineties”.

Jaroslav Havel · 12 January 2026

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Foreword II/2025

Next year we will celebrate 25 years since the formation of our law firm. Today, we are a consulting group whose services cover the entire spectrum of clients’ needs - from complex legal and tax advice to our family office, ONE FAMILY OFFICE.

Jaroslav Havel · 8 September 2025

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Foreword I/2025

The year 2024 was a watershed year for our law firm in many ways and we are grateful to have been able to close it with exceptionally successful results.

Jaroslav Havel · 13 January 2025

What’s New

Foreword I/2024

We are both motivated and committed to constantly moving forward, innovating, and improving. Now, 23 years after our law firm was established, we are the first law firm from the CEE region to open a direct representation office in Frankfurt.

Jaroslav Havel · 8 January 2024

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Foreword II/2023

We live in an era where perhaps the only constant is change. The world is changing at a pace like never before in history. Those who cannot keep up and adapt to change have little chance of success in such a reality.

Jaroslav Havel · 11 September 2023

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Foreword I/2023

With the beginning of the year, we usually start to look back at our personal and professional lives and think about our plans for the future. What is in store for us? What challenges will we face in the New Year? We, too, reflect on these questions in the new issue of H&P Magazine.

Jaroslav Havel · 9 January 2023

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Foreword II/2021

Our significant competitive advantage is that, in addition to providing top-notch legal and tax advisory services, we can guide our clients through business in a way that gives them an edge over their competitors. Therefore, once again, we bring you a lot of interesting articles, information, analyses and interviews in the pages of our H&P magazine, which can be an inspiration for you and your business.

Jaroslav Havel · 13 September 2021

What’s New

Foreword I/2021

HAVEL & PARTNERS is celebrating its 20-year anniversary, which is covered in this special issue of our H&P Magazine. We would like to share with you our recollections and values, reflect on the pillars of our success, outline our further plans, and thank you for being with us.

Jaroslav Havel · 11 January 2021