Kateřina Šmukařová’s main practice focus includes litigation and international dispute resolution. Prior to joining Squire Sanders, she worked in the Prague office of a law firm specializing in commercial and civil law.

She has served on an international arbitration panel representing the Czech Republic against a real estate development company. Her experience also includes due diligence in the financial sector and assisting investors contemplating international arbitration disputes.

Repräsentative Mandate

• Advising an EU-based investor in potential investment arbitration against an EU country concerning project financing.
• Advising a financial institution in a Czech Republic court dispute concerning damages.
• Advising a financial institution on investment financing.
• Advising a Czech Republic-based export bank on a prospective claim against Russia-based companies.
• Serving on a team representing the Czech Republic in a €73 million UNCITRAL investment arbitration case against a Germany-based real estate development company.
• Serving on a team representing an EU-based energy distributor in arbitration against a non-EU company concerning price mechanism.
• Advising an international manufacturer in a dispute concerning damages under Czech law.
• Advising a healthcare company on performance in the Czech Republic.
• Advising an EU-based real estate company on acquisition of a Czech Republic-based company.
• Advising a global company in administrative proceedings involving environmental law.
• Serving on a team representing an EU-based company in an arbitration case against a non-EU-based exporter.
• Serving on a team to advise a group of non-Serbia-based investors regarding an investment arbitration claim against Serbia in the banking sector.
• Advising EU-based companies on financial transactions.
• Assessing prospective claims of investors under the Energy Charter Treaty and bilateral investment treaties in Central Asia and EU.
• Assessing a prospective claim concerning broadcasting.