This article, that was recently published in INSOL, provides a comparison of directors’ duties between several European jurisdictions – England and Wales, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. It explores the role of directors and their general duties and obligations in a going concern scenario and examines how those duties might change … Continue Reading
On 23 September 2023, the new Act on Preventive Restructuring (284/2003 Coll.) entered into effect in the Czech Republic (the “Czech Preventive Restructuring Act”), incorporating the EU Directive 2019/1023 on preventive restructuring frameworks in the Czech legal environment. This legislation has been designed to enable debtors in financial difficulties to continue business by changing the … Continue Reading
We are seeing business distress in all countries as a consequence of Covid-19. This note sets out practical steps that a business in the Czech Republic can take to mitigate risk and address the threat of insolvency.… Continue Reading
