JUDr. František Honsa, PhD.
Experience, Legal Specialization: Frantisek Honsa is a founding Partner of BBH and, since 2008, he has been the Managing Partner of BBH Prague. He is responsible for the litigation and arbitration department. Mr. Honsa is responsible for BBH’s criminal law legal services department. His previous professional experience gained in Halliburton Company and significant canadian law office.
His professional experience includes the criminal pleading of white collar defendants being prosecuted for financial offences. Mr. Honsa’s main focus is in commercial and banking law, both in civil disputes held in court proceedings or in domestic and international arbitration that have proven to be significant for the interpretation of Czech laws and regulations. Fantišek Honsa and his team succeeded, for example, in a civil arbitration case concerned with defining the responsibility of banks to protect their clients’ accounts and information. This case centered on a leading Slovenian industrial company’s defense against claims arising from purposely created contracts. Mr. Honsa successfully represented a large foreign bank in the interpretation of obligations arising from the ISDA standards within the Czech legal context, and he also represented one of the leading energy companies in the Czech Republic in an international arbitration regarding the breach of a joint-venture agreement. Among many cases, Frantisek also acted for an international client in an arbitration case arising from the breach of a loan agreement, and for a leading Czech media company regarding the breach of a shareholders’ agreement and he successfully represented one of the largest international entertainment companies in an international arbitration case concerning the acquisition of a local distribution network. Frantisek Honsa also acted as legal counsel leading an arbitration case arising from the breach of a shareholders’ agreement concerning one of the largest Czech industrial companies. He has extensive experience in the criminal defence of business fraud and white-collar crimes.
Frantisek also acts as an arbitrator of the Prague Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic as well as the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Frantisek Honsa is a member of the Czech Bar Association. He is the author of Shareholders’ Liability (1997).
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