JUDr. Thu Nga Haškovcová, PhD.
Attorney at Law (CZ)
Thu Nga Haškovcová is the founding partner of Haškovcová&Co. She qualified with the Czech Bar as Attorney (Advokat) in 1995 and is a member of the International Bar Association, as well as numerous other international organizations for professionals. She has extensive working experience in M&A, Real Estate, Project Financing and general Corporate and Commercial Law. Since 2002, she is a member of the Appeal Committee of the Czech Securities Commission, and subsequently of the Czech National Bank.
Practice Areas:
Languages:
Vietnamese, English, Czech, German, Russian, French
Education:
- MBA, London Business School, 2011
- PhD. in Law, Charles University Prague, 1999
- Master's in International Law, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 1991
Work experience:
- April 2010 to date founding partner, Haškovcová&Co.
- 2006 – April 2010 founding partner, bpv Braun Haškovcová
- 2001 - 2005 Partner, Haarmann Hemmelrath Prague
- 1999 - 2001 Associate, Haarmann Hemmelrath Singapore
- 1994 - 1999 Associate, Haarmann Hemmelrath Prague
Selected recent transactions:
- Advised a Luxembourg-based RE fund on various projects and property portfolios across CEE, including investors' relationship advice, as well as regulatory issues,
- Advised a Swiss-based investor and developer on the acquisition, refurbishment and subsequent sale of several high-street buildings in Prague,
- Advised an Italian-based investment fund on the acquisition of a property portfolio in the Czech Republic,
- Advised a Czech-based investor and developer on all joint venture issues with UK-based investors, including financing and re-financing relating to a large industrial park project
- Advised a Swiss-based investor on investors’ relationships and investment-related issues in several projects in the Czech Republic,
- Advised a German-based producer of candy and sweets on a factory and brand acquisition in the Czech Republic,
- Ongoing advice to a provider of outsourcing services with its headquarters in Prague, catering to the whole of Europe.
Selected publications:
- Responsible contributor for the chapter on the Czech Republic in the publication „Due Diligence Law and Practice“, edited by Christopher Davis, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010
- Haškovcová/Šabatka „Big Amendment to the Building Code“, Development News, November 2009
- Haškovcová/Šabatka „News and contemplated amendments to the legal regulation of the real estate sector“, Development News, January/February 2009
- Haškovcová/Šabatka „Possibilities to terminate the real estate leases“, Realit, June 2008
- Haškovcová/Hrubý „RE - two different transactions“ (Reality: Dvě odlišné transakce), weekly magazine Euro No. 18, 25 April 2008
- Author „Real Estate business – simple task?“ (Podnikat s nemovitostmi není snadné), daily paper Právo, 15 April 2008
- Author „Hypothecary crisis: does it concern us? (Hypoteční krize se nás netýká?), appendix to daily paper Hospodářské noviny 19 March 2008
- Haškovcová/Hrubý “Tax aspects of financing real estate projects”, Construction journal, March 2008
- Author “Immobilieninvestitionen in der Tschechischen Republik - Perspektiven für ausländische Investoren, in: Immobilien. Analyse und Gestaltung in der Rechts-, Wirtschafts und Steuerberatung von Unternehmen, (Investments in Real Properties in CR: foreign investors perspectives), Haarmann Hemmelrath Schriftenreihe, 2003
