Starting news article english 27 May 2013

Clifford Chance elects a new Counsel in Prague

The Prague office of Clifford Chance is pleased to announce the promotion of senior lawyer Tomáš Doležil to the position of Counsel with effect from 1 May 2012. The status of Counsel has been developed within the firm to recognise excellent contributions by senior lawyers and their potential for partnership.

Tomáš graduated from the Law Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, and undertook post-graduate studies at the European Institute in Saarbrücken, Germany, acquiring an LL.M. Eur (Master of European Law) Degree. Tomáš has also completed a PhD Programme at the University of Economics in Prague and was admitted to the Czech Bar Association in 2002. He joined Clifford Chance in 2006 and in 2009 spent six months seconded to the private equity group of the firm's Frankfurt office.

In terms of his legal practice Tomáš focuses on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate/commercial law and the TMT sector, and has considerable experience in advising on cross-border and domestic transactions, including some of the most significant deals that have taken place over the last decade.

In addition Tomáš is an active member of the Tax and Legal Committee of the Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA), that supports the local private equity/venture capital community in respect of the implementation of the EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMD). Tomáš also participated on the Recodification Commission at the Ministry of Justice, preparing the new Act on Corporation and is a member of one of the teams which is drafting a new commentary to the Act.

Tomáš is a regular contributor to the legal and commercial press and acts as chairman of the editorial board of the legal magazine Jurisprudence. He is the author of a book on the law of group companies and an established lecturer on corporate and M&A law.

Alex Cook, co-head of the Prague office's corporate practice, commented: "This is a tremendous accomplishment and a well deserved appointment. We assign a great deal of importance to the status of Counsel and there are some stiff criteria to meet to achieve Counsel status. My congratulations go to Tomáš for this achievement".