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04. 06. 2026

ESOPs, phantom shares, or direct ownership: How should employee equity participation be structured in the Czech Republic today?

Attracting and retaining high-quality employees is becoming increasingly difficult for many companies. Despite relatively low unemployment, the labor market remains tight, labor costs are rising, and employees’ expectations of receiving not only short-term but also long-term financial benefits from their work are growing. It is precisely in this context that various forms of employee stock …

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28. 05. 2026

The European Commission has presented a proposal for new merger control guidelines

On 30 April 2026, the European Commission published a proposal for new merger guidelines (“Merger Guidelines”, hereinafter “the Guidelines”). It is the most extensive revision of European rules on the control of mergers between competitors in the last twenty years. The draft Guidelines respond to market changes, the growing importance of innovation and technological development, …

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21. 05. 2026

Annual Report of the Office for Personal Data Protection for 2025: New Regulatory Priorities in the Area of Personal Data Protection

The Office for Personal Data Protection (the “OPDP”) published its annual report for 2025, which, alongside the traditional overview of its supervisory and decision-making activities, also offers a relatively clear picture of the direction in which the area of personal data protection is regulatorily evolving. The report reflects not only the continuing digitalisation of both the public …

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20. 05. 2026

Filip Šuba – new junior lawyer of PEYTON legal

In February, our team welcomed a new associate, Filip Šuba. Filip graduated from the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno. Before joining PEYTON legal, he worked in an in-house legal team focused on e-commerce and personal data protection. He gained further professional experience at a renowned law firm in Prague, particularly in the …

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