Luděk Chvosta is a Partner in the Prague office and a seasoned practitioner primarily focusing on Czech and English law governed banking and finance work, insolvency and restructuring and related complex litigation matters (including ADR).

Qualified to practice in four jurisdictions, Luděk offers a unique cross-border insight into key financing issues and their business impact. Furthermore, he has been at the forefront of many cutting-edge developments on the local market, from implementing pre-pack restructurings to transposing foreign concepts such as parallel debt structures into Czech law. He has historically acted on some of the most prominent Czech capital markets deals and has represented creditor-side household names in major insolvency proceedings.

Luděk Chvosta is an all-star, always available, always delivers solutions and exceptional knowledge of the market. My go-to lawyer in the Czech Republic!

Luděk Chvosta is outstanding in terms of quality, speed and communication skills.

Legal 500, 2023 & 2022

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

Banking & Finance

• UNICREDIT and COMMERZBANK on a regular basis on a variety of cross-border financing mandates
• J&T BANK, both as Czech and English law counsel, on various cross-border financing mandates
• A MAJOR FRENCH BANK as Czech counsel on an unprecedented Czech-law governed parallel debt structure security arrangement
• A DUTCH-BASED THERMAL COMPONENTS MANUFACTURER on the accession and guarantee limitation issues regarding a EUR 700 mil. re-financing 
• A GERMAN, MEXICAN AND CZECH MACHINERY AND ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER on a major EUR 1.2 bln acquisition financing
• A UK-OWNED, CZECH-BASED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS on the refinancing of an operating and revolving facility

Financial Regulatory & Fintech

• SEVERAL MAJOR ENGLISH AND GERMAN BANKS on various regulatory aspects pertaining to PSD2 and related topics under Czech law
• A MAJOR EUROPEAN INSURANCE AGGREGATOR on regulatory aspects of a merger
• A CORPORATE CLIENT on MiCA and other licensure proceedings before the Czech regulator

Restructuring & Insolvency

• MESOFA as the largest creditor in the insolvency proceedings of Sberbank Czech Republic
• THE INSOLVENCY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GLOBAL TRAVEL AGENCY THOMAS COOK in insolvency proceedings of its Czech affiliate
• VOLKSWAGEN SLOVAKIA as a third-party plaintiff in complex cross-border insolvency proceedings
• ČSOB, a major Czech bank as unsecured creditor, in German-element insolvency proceedings

Dispute Resolution

• A CZECH BROADCASTING TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTOR in an ICC arbitration against a Norwegian telecommunications provider
• A MAJOR GLOBAL MINING COMPANY in a dispute for approx. 2.5 bn. CZK in damages stemming from mining activities (co-leader of a large litigation team successfully defending the client)
• A MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE PARTS MANUFACTURER in a successful Brussels I Regulation cross-border challenge of venue proceedings
• A MAJOR GERMAN-CZECH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY in a settlement of a long-standing payment dispute before the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 2016: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Faculty of Law, Doctor of Philosophy
• 2010: NSU College of Law, Fort Lauderdale, USA, Juris Doctor
• 2009: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, International Private Law and International Trade Law, Doctor of Law
• 2008: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Faculty of Law, Master of Law
• 2005: University of Cambridge, UK, Institute of Continuing Education and Professional Studies, Diploma of Higher Education in English Law and EU Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Czech Bar Association (Advokát/Attorney-at-Law)
• New York (Attorney & Counselor at Law)
• Washington, DC (Attorney-at-Law)
• England & Wales (Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales)

LANGUAGES

Czech, English, French