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Lang.:
Czech, English, French, Spanish
Educ.:
Columbia Law School, New York (2010), LL.M. (Fulbright Scholarship, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar distinction)
Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2004), Mgr. (Master of Laws)
Short-term specialized courses: École nationale d’administration, Paris, France (2008); European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2007) Diploma in the Law of the European Union; Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (2006) Diploma with distinction Magna Cum Laude


Jaroslav Šuchman

Legal Expert

Jaroslav Šuchman is a legal expert of Havel, Holásek & Partners. He specializes in EU law, personal data protection, intellectual property law, legislation and the public sector.

Before joining Havel, Holásek & Partners in 2010, Jaroslav received his LL.M. degree at the Columbia Law School in New York. He worked for five years at the Parliament of the Czech Republic as Head of the European Union Unit, Senate Chancellery, where he was instrumental in building mechanisms and providing for the daily parliamentary monitoring of the EU legislative procedure following the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, and building and developing a framework for the interaction between the Senate, the Czech Government and EU institutions. He was co-responsible for the contents and course of the parliamentary dimension of the Czech Presidency of the EU in 2009.

REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF LEGAL ADVISORY

  • involvement in drafting an expert opinion on a BIT arbitration
  • advising a major international IT company on legislative support issues
  • drafting a methodology for technology transfers between R&D institutions and the business sector
  • advising a major global provider of on-line hotel booking systems on personal data protection issues
  • advising a major European provider of mobile payment tools in connection with a commercial dispute

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Czech Society for European and Comparative Law