JUDr. Ondřej Rathouský

Advokát | Managing associate

Ondřej Rathouský is head of the litigation team at Giese & Partner with more than 20 year experience in this field. He also has a strong expertise in arbitration and insolvency. Ondřej regularly appears in court proceedings representing local as well as foreign clients whereas he achieved one of the most significant triumphs when his litigation team succeeded before Czech Constitutional Court in 2022. Ondřej also represents clients in the proceeding before the European Court of Human Rights.


Location

Prague

Languages

Czech, English, German


Work experience and education

since 2007 - Associate at Giese & Partner in Prague, Czech Republic

2007 - Diploma in English and European Union Law (University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education)

2004 - Doctoral degree from the School of Law at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, Czech Republic (JUDr.)

2003 - 2007 - Junior lawyer and later associate at Toman, Devátý & Partneři law firm in Prague

2003 - Graduation from the School of Law at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň (Mgr.)

2001 - One-year study programme at the Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law, United Kingdom

Competences
  • Head of Litigation and Arbitration Department

  • Elected Deputy to Arbitrator of German-Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce for a period of three years in May 2018

  • Registered in the list of arbitrators of the Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic since 2018

  • Elected Deputy to Arbitrator of German-Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce for a period of three years in May 2015

Membership
  • ČAK - Czech Bar Association (admitted since 2006)

Ondřej's articles and activities

Full House - Constitutional Court Finally Complete

Full House - Constitutional Court Finally Complete

Who Pays the Bill for Anti-Covid Measures?

Who Pays the Bill for Anti-Covid Measures?

Act on Preventive Restructuring Finally There!!!

Act on Preventive Restructuring Finally There!!!