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Prague office of White & Case marked an unprecedented success in the Czech market across all major international legal benchmarking publications

Prague office of White & Case marked an unprecedented success in the Czech market across all major international legal benchmarking publications.

The Prague office of White & Case has received the best overall rankings, having the distinction of being the only law firm on the Czech market to receive Tier 1 in all four categories in IFLR1000 2015 edition.  Additionally, White & Case received a Tier 1 ranking for Infrastructure and Energy for the CEE/CIS region.

“This builds on the already historically successful year of the Prague office of White & Case as recognized by all of the international legal benchmarking publications, including Chambers and Partners, the Legal 500 and IFLR 1000, which unanimously and continuously rank the Prague office of White & Case in the top tier across all major practice areas,” says David Plch, Prague office executive partner.

Within the last twelve months the Prague office of White & Case has received the below awards recognizing the breadth and strength of the legal practice in the Czech Republic:

• Named “International Law Firm of the Year” in the Czech Republic at the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence, 2014 (not a sentenced, hence the dot at the end is questionable).

• Named “Law Firm of the Year” in the Czech Republic at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Annual European Awards, 2014.

• The only law firm in the Czech Republic to be ranked Tier 1 in all practice areas ranked in both the Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 in 2014.

• Received the most Tier 1 and individual lawyer rankings out of all law firms in the Czech Republic in Chambers Europe and Chambers Global in 2014

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White & Case in the Czech Republic

White & Case is one of the largest international law firms operating in the Czech Republic, where its Prague office has been providing legal and tax advisory services since 1991. With more than 50 lawyers and tax advisors, the Firm focuses on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, complex bank and financial transactions, financial restructuring and insolvency, property investments, privatization projects, litigation and direct investments. The office provides advisory services pursuant to Czech, English and Slovak law as well as the law of the State of New York. 

About White & Case

White & Case LLP is a leading global law firm with lawyers in 38 offices in 26 countries. Among the first US-based law firms to establish a truly global presence, we provide counsel and representation in virtually every area of law that affects cross-border business. Our clients value both the breadth of our global network and the depth of our US, English and local law capabilities in each of our regions and rely on us for their complex cross-border transactions, as well as their representation in arbitration and litigation proceedings.