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Successful transaction – sale of the IT company SYSCOM SOFTWARE
PEYTON legal represented the previous owners in the sale of a major IT company SYSCOM SOFTWARE to the Czech technology group Aricoma which is a part of Karel Komárek’s KKCG investment group and is the biggest provider of ICT services in Czech Republic and Slovakia. SYSCOM SOFTWARE specialises in the development of software for public administration …
Read moreThe Designated Person in the Context of the Protection of Whistleblowers
The Act on Protection of Reporting Persons (the “Act“) became final and was published in the Collection of Laws on 20 June 2023. The Czech Republic has thus fulfilled its obligation to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 (the “Directive“) into its legal order, although …
Read moreLegal regulation of the use of insects in food
Earlier this year, the European Commission approved additional insect species that can be marketed as food for human consumption.[1] In this context, there has been a lot of misinformation across society, so here is an overview of how insects can be used in food according to the current legal regulation. In this article, you will …
Read moreProtection of whistleblowers– new obligations for employers
On 1 August 2023, a new Czech Act on Protection of Reporting Persons will come into force introducing institutional protection for reporting persons (whistleblowers) in line with European legislation. The main novelty is the obligation of obliged entities: to implement an internal reporting system, which will usually enable employees- reporting persons to report in a …
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