Jan Kohout

PARTNER | PRAGUE - CZECH REPUBLIC

Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Infrastructure & Energy, Information and Communication Technology, Compliance, ESG – Environmental and Social Responsibility

E-mail: jan.kohout@prkpartners.com

Jan Kohout is a partner and attorney at PRK Partners. In recent times, he focuses primarily on cross-border projects and complex financial transactions, advising a broad portfolio of domestic and international clients, particularly in project and structured finance, international trade, foreign investments, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). His practice further extends to real estate, NewTech and other emerging and traditional industrial technologies, the regulation of financial institutions, and international business relations, including sanctions regimes, restructurings, and distressed financing.

He represents prominent domestic and international financial institutions, traditional industrial enterprises, and NewTech companies, as well as high-net-worth individuals. His international client base consists primarily of entities and private clients from the European Union, the US, and Southeast Asia. Jan is also actively involved in numerous initiatives supporting Ukraine.

Jan graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague, where he also earned his Doctor of Laws (JUDr.) degree, and has been a practicing attorney since 2000. He has served in various professional organizations, including bodies of the Czech Bar, bilateral chambers of commerce, and international business associations. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and is registered as an arbitrator with the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Through his pro bono activities, he has been a long-standing supporter of classical music, particularly the Czech Philharmonic and the Czech Chamber Music Society.

Jan speaks Czech and Russian natively and English fluently and frequently acts for clients in all three languages. He also maintains working conversational knowledge of Spanish.

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What clients told The Legal 500 about us

We may fully rely on this team. They are well trained to get the deal done, and they understand our sector’s business needs. Furthermore, they have the ability to find a good balance between the usual legal instruments and our business expectations as bankers. I can single out Jan Kohout, our contact partner for the PRK Partners team, together with senior associate Norbert Hink.’

— 2022 —

Rankings

Rating: Highly regarded

Practice areas: Banking and finance, M&A

Leading Individual in banking, finance and M&A

— IFLR 1000 (2021-22) —

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