Jan Kohout
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Partner – Prague – Czech Republic
Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Infrastructure & Energy, Information and Communication Technology, Compliance, ESG – Environmental and Social Responsibility
Jan Kohout is an attorney at law and a Partner at PRK Partners, which he joined immediately after graduating from the Charles University Faculty of Law in 1997. He was named a partner in 2004 and Jan received his doctorate from the Charles University Faculty of Law in 2000.
Jan has a wide range of experience with corporate law, project financing, foreign investments and cross-border transactions. In line with current trends and client needs Jan’s experience also includes various areas of ICT and compliance law.
Having been raised in a bilingual environment Jan has both Czech and Russian as his native tongue. He is also fluent in English.
Jan is a member of the Czech Bar Association (an attorney since 2000), and after eight years of serving on its Supervisory Council, he is now a member of its Appellate Disciplinary Panel. He is also a member of the Board of the Chamber of Trade and Industry for CIS Countries and an external specialist for the Czech Confederation of Industry for the EU/Russian Federation Relationship Committee in BusinessEurope (an organization based in Brussels). He is also registered as an arbitrator at the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC).