AK Janoušek | Lawyer in Prague

You’re in good hands
with AK ■ JANOUŠEK
Bespoke, client-oriented legal services

You’re in good hands
with AK ■ JANOUŠEK
Bespoke, client-oriented legal services

The AK Janoušek law firm provides legal services in the fields of civil law, contract law, family law, commercial law (including corporate law), labor law, real estate law and legislation governing housing cooperatives and homeowners’ associations with litigation.

We offer our legal services in Czech, English and German.

Our services are tailored to meet the requirements of each of our clients. In this regard, we work together with notaries and court officers and incorporate the services of experts in other fields (such as real-estate agents, tax and financial advisors, auditors, accountants, sworn experts and interpreters). Hence, we are able to offer our clients a complex, overall package, regardless of whether they are natural persons, Czech companies or international corporations.

In 2020, Jiří Janoušek has become an ambassador of ARIC, a Hamburg-based non-profit which deals with artificial intelligence. Prague and The Czech Republic have thereby joined Hamburg and Estonia in building an international network of AI-hotspots.

The goal of Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg is to connect professionals in the corporate, academic and other societal spheres, in order to promote the development of practical AI-based solutions.
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Our Services

Civil Law

We draw up contracts with related documentation, advise on real estate law (rental apartments and housing property, associations and trusts) and represent our clients before the courts in the fields of:

the law of obligations
the protection of individual rights
compensation for damages
compensation for non-pecuniary damage arising from relationships under commercial and civil law
warranties
unjust enrichment as well as various kinds of judicial disputes.

We handle comprehensive contractual agenda (such as purchase contracts, work contracts and lease agreements) for natural persons, associations, foundations and companies.

IT Law and Software

Whether you develop software, commission it, or employ a developer, we will help you with the related contract documentation and with correctly managing the whole relationship.

Software development and analysis
Purchasing and selling software
Support and maintenance
Contracts with employed developers
Contracts with independent developers
Licenses
Software as a Service

Commercial Law

The services we offer to our entrepreneurial clients range from corporate agenda to contractual relationships and include litigation in the case of legal disputes. Commercial law is one of our core fields, which also comprise company law, contractual agenda, procedural assistance and settlements in court.

Our strengths in company law encompass:

the setting up of companies
business start-ups in the Czech Republic
contract law and contractual relationships under commercial law
bills of exchange law
disputes and arbitration proceedings
insolvency law
the recovery of receivables and trademark law.

Real Estate Law

We provide counsel on matters related to the ownership and co-ownership of real estate and the acquisition of real estate, donations and leasing, also in connection with material encumbrances, liens and litigation.

We offer extensive counsel in the case of:

purchases, gifts and other transfers of real estat
investments in real estate
in the rental or subletting of property or commercially used buildings as well as in the event of disputes arising from void or inadequately concluded contracts.

Legislation governing Housing Cooperatives and Homeowners’ Associations

We assist housing cooperatives and homeowners’ associations in regard to facility management, tenant-landlord relationships and contract law, for example in relations with utility providers.

For individual clients we offer legal assistance in:

the conveyancing of apartments into individual property
the amendment of statutes, staff redeployment in the bodies of housing cooperatives or homeowner associations, land registration procedures and in contractual documentation required for normal operations (for example, rental agreements and contracts with utility providers)
the definition of the legal relationship between the housing cooperative and the homeowners’ association in the case of equal financial participation
liquidation of housing cooperatives upon the conveyancing of apartments into individual property
notices of termination of apartment leases and matters of dispute.

Labor Law

We provide legal services in the field of labor law to employers (both natural persons and legal entities) and to employees including any matters that go beyond the bounds of the employment relationship.

We are specialized in drafting and assessing legal documentation and in supporting court settlements in regard to changes that have occurred during:

the course of the employment relationship
remuneration for work which has been completed
employee benefits and the drafting of internal regulations for employers.

Family Law

The services we offer to existing families and to people wishing to start a family include those in the fields of personal rights and property law, the rights of children and parental responsibility.

Our profound experience enables us to offer services in the event of:

a divorce, both contested and uncontested
the division of joint property among the spouses, assistance in negotiations with the counterparty
financial arrangements made prior to the marriage and during the marriage (so-called prenuptial agreements;
the upbringing and maintenance of minors, parental responsibility
alimony payments between persons who have reached the age of majority (adults)
determination of paternity
relations between spouses during marriage
and adoption.

Inheritance Law

We help you in the drafting of a last will, probate procedures and the division of the inheritance.

In addition, we offer counsel on:

wills, inheritance contracts, bequests
disinheritance
waiver, refusal, renunciation and alienation of inheritance
as well as disposal of the inheritance, and we support you in your efforts to obtain a court settlement in the event that the matter has an international dimension.

Disputes in Court and Arbitration Proceedings, Non-Contentious Proceedings

We provide an attorney to represent you during court proceedings of a contentious or non-contentious nature as well as in arbitration proceedings.

We have experience of contentious agenda in fields of commercial law, civil law, labor law, family law and inheritance law, etc. Furthermore, we process legal opinions on pending litigation and/or analyses for you prior to the instigation of such proceedings. By preparing lawsuits, petitions and filings addressed to the court, replies to statements or claims of the counterparty, appeals and other legal remedies, we provide our clients with comprehensive legal support in the event of a dispute.

Legal Custody

For our clients, we provide a legal custody service, mostly in regard to transfers of real estate or other assets, but also in other cases, namely as an alternative to notarial or bank custody.