Our people

Tomáš is the winner of the 2019 Lawyer of the Year award in the category of IT Law and of the 2014 Year Award presented by the Czech Association of Electronic Communications. In the first years of his career, he was an editor-in-chief of Technologies & Prosperity, Program & Business Development Director at TUESDAY Business Network (former First Tuesday) and lawyer and partner at the international law firm Rowan Legal. He lectures telecommunications law at Charles University (Faculty of Law) and ICT law at Czech Technical University (Faculty of Transportation Sciences) and is an active arbitrator of the Riga International Arbitration Court. He was a member of the Legislative Council for Amended Copyright Act (Working Committee) attached to the Slovak Ministry of Culture.

Tomáš is the author and co-author of a number of books and articles including: Annotation to Electronic Communications Act (Linde, 2014), Software Law Basics (Wolters Kluwer, 2011), Intellectual Property Law and Protection (European Commission - Enterprise and Industry, 2009), Company Formations (CorporateINTL, 2009) etc.

A graduate of Charles University (Faculty of Law), he gained professional work experience already during his university studies through internship programmes at the Czech courts in their Civil Law and Criminal Law Divisions and brief work placement with court executors.

Tomáš gained professional work experience already during his university studies, working at a major international business application development company in its Legal Department, at the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, and at a prominent law firm, specialising in IT law, property law, litigation, and execution proceedings.

Jiřina specialises in corporate, contract, copyright, privacy, and media law.

In 2008-2013, he was a member of the Government Legislative Council for Public Law (Working Committee). In 2010-2013 he assisted the Supreme Court judges (cases of business corporations and drafts).

Tomáš is an arbitrator of the permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, collective bargaining mediator and arbitrator registered with the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, member of the Arbitration Board of the Czech Football Association and a mediator and member of the Slovak Association of Mediators.