Petr Bříza

Petr Bříza is a counsel at Havel, Holásek & Partners. He specializes in EU law, international trade law (including arbitration), personal data protection, competition law, consumer protection law and the public sector. In these areas, he handles a variety of legal issues, including legal analyses, preparation of specific transactions, dispute resolution and legislative support to clients.

Before joining Havel, Holásek & Partners in 2009, Petr worked for more than four years at the Czech Ministry of Justice, first as the acting director of the EU Department and later as an adviser to the Minister of Justice on European and international law (including during the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union). He served as a ministerial representative in the committee of the governmental plenipotentiary representing the Czech Republic before the European Court of Justice and as an alternate member of the Governmental Committee for EU matters.

REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF LEGAL ADVISORY

• advising a major industrial company on proceedings before the EU Tribunal
• advising one of the global leaders in logistics on personal data protection within the client’s worldwide whistle-blowing system
• involvement in drafting an expert opinion on a BIT arbitration
• advising a multinational holding company on property claims under an investment protection treaty and the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to Caribbean islands
• advising a governmental agency in connection with the preparation of a complex piece of legislation (part of a broader reform of university education)
• advising a major Czech sport association on the implementation of a complex system of personal data protection

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Czech Society for European and Comparative Law
• Czech Bar Association