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BIO

Aleš Klech is a founding partner of the law firm FORLEX who has been practicing law for more than twenty years. He specializes in  real estate law, arbitration and litigation in commercial and civil matters, insolvency and  acquisitions and sales of companies. While practicing law, he also provides comprehensive counselling in the areas of labour law, corporate law and international trade law.

In his real estate law practice Aleš Klech has represented Czech and foreign clients in dispositions with real property and its lease. In the area of litigation and arbitration Aleš Klech has represented Czech and foreign clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants. As well, he represents clients in labour law disputes. In the insolvency proceedings Aleš Klech in recent years has participated in a number of major cases, ranging from the representation of creditors in insolvency proceedings to representing clients defending against frivolous insolvency proposals. In the area of acquisitions and divestitures Aleš Klech has participated in numerous transactions on both the buy and the sell side, particularly in the manufacturing, food processing, automotive, trade and services industries.

Before establishing FORLEX, Aleš Klech was practicing law for more than 8 years in the law firm Havel, Holásek and Partners as an attorney. Before joining Havel, Holásek and Partners, Aleš Klech worked for more than 7 years in law firms in Opava and Ostrava and also worked as a corporate lawyer at Lanex a.s., one of the leading Czech companies operating in the field of technical textiles.

SPECIALIZATION

• Dispute resolution in commercial and civil matters
• Labour law
• Real estate law
• Insolvency proceedings
• Acquisitions and sales of companies

PROFILE TRANSACTIONS AND ADVISORY PROJECTS

• Advising on acquisitions and sales of companies in the Czech Republic (among others, for leading Czech and international strategic investors in the fields of heavy industry, engineering, chemicals, automotive, energy, food, pharmaceuticals; for financial investors such as banking groups and PE funds; and for individual private investors)
• Advising on dozens of real estate projects (especially industrial, logistics or office buildings)
• Advising on several international arbitrations, including disputes over the supply of large investment units; on various disputes at home and abroad, both in the field of commercial law and, for example, in the field of labour law or debt recovery
• Advising on disputes related to sales representatives
• Advising a chemical processor in employment disputes with former executives
• Advising on the settlement of disputed marital property
• Advising major international and domestic companies in negotiating lease agreements for their offices/warehouses and production facilities