Petr Slach focuses primarily on telecommunications, public proceedings and corporate law issues. Mr. Slach has participated in the activities of the firm’s regulatory group in the process of selecting a strategic partner for the Czech Republic’s national telephone company during the first wave of its privatization and in the drafting of its service license. He also worked on the regulatory aspects of advising the Ministry of Economy of the Czech Republic in connection with the public tender for the issuance of GSM licenses and the foundation of a company to operate the GSM system

He was recommended by Chambers Europe 2009, European Legal Experts 2009 and The Best Lawyers in the Czech Republic as a leader in the practice area of technology, media and telecommunications, and named to The Who’s Who of Regulatory Communication Lawyers 2008 and Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers. He was also recommended by PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2009 for corporate matters and by PLC Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisition Handbook for M&A in the Czech Republic.

Representative Experience

• Advising a foreign top-tier investment bank in connection with a GDR issue regarding a Czech Republic telecommunications company.
• Advising the Czech National Fund in the second wave of privatizing Český Telecom including the disposition of 51-percent equity interest.
• Advising a multinational and multiproduct manufacturer in acquiring a Czech Republic reprocessing facility.
• Advising the National Property Fund in the public procurement process to select its financial advisers for energy sector privatizations.
• Advising a leading petrochemical company and telecom service provider in a competition proceeding before the Office for the Protection of Economic Competition.