BIO

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

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

Before establishing FORLEX, Aleš Klech was practising for more than 8 years in the law firm Havel, Holásek & Partners as a cooperative attorney-at law. Before joining Havel, Holásek & 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

• Litigations
• Labour Law
• Real estate
• Insolvency proceedings
• Commercial law

PROFILE TRANSACTIONS AND ADVISORY PROJECTS

• Advice on acquisitions and sales of companies in the Czech Republic (e.g. for leading Czech and international strategic investors in the fields of heavy industry, engineering, chemistry, automotive, energy, food, pharmaceuticals, financial investors such as bank groups and PE funds; and individual private investors)
• Advice on dozens of real estate projects (esp. Industrial, logistics and office buildings)
• Advice in several international arbitrations incl. disputes over supplies of large investment units; in various disputes at home and abroad, both in commercial relationships, e.g. in the field of labour law and debt collection
• Advising on disputes related to sales representatives
• Advising processors of chemicals in labour disputes with former executives
• Advice on property-settlement of marital property
• Advising major international and domestic companies in dealing with rental contracts at their offices / warehouses and manufacturing facilities