PRK Partners represented the Office of the General Commissioner for the Czech Republic's participation in EXPO 2025 in Osaka

9 July 2025

The preparation of Czech participation in EXPO 2025 was legally extraordinarily demanding because it combined several complex factors simultaneously – international environment, public financing, time pressure, and the need to harmonize Czech and Japanese law so that everything would work practically in the field.

The participation in EXPO itself represents a specific type of public project that differs significantly from the usual activities of state institutions. This made it a legally exceptional case.

The legal reality in Japan brought many differences that are not commonly worked with in Czech practice. A significant element was Japanese construction regulations, which considerably limit the operation of foreign entities. The tender procedure therefore had to be very carefully designed to comply with both Czech public procurement rules and Japanese technical and legal requirements.

The entire project required intensive cooperation with the renowned Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi, with whom specific legal issues were continuously addressed at the local level. It was necessary to understand Japanese construction law in great detail in order to properly set up the public procurement process while fully complying with local rules and procedures.

A fundamental difference was also the perception of construction permitting – while in the Czech Republic formal documentation and official statements play a key role, in Japan emphasis is placed on personal, systematic communication between designers, investors, and institutions.

You can read a detailed insight from our Partner Jakub Lichnovský and Attorney Jaroslava Malcová into the entire process in a comprehensive article on legalweb.cz.

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