Mgr. Milan Polák

Milan is a partner and head of the firm’s dispute resolution and labour law group.

Milan specialises in corporate law and legal advice in litigation and arbitration. Additionally, he oversees labour law issues at Weinhold Legal. Milan joined Weinhold Legal in 1998.

Milan has been involved in work for major international and Czech companies including among others: Aral, COLAS, UniCredit Bank, Gardena, OMV, Pioneer, Plzeňská energetika, Plzeňský Prazdroj, Shell, Wagon Automotive, Winslow Partners, METROSTAV and Komerční banka.

Milan is mentioned among leading lawyers by Chambers Global a Chambers Europe in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. Further he was recommended by the publisher Who’s Who Legal in the editions of The International Who´s Who of Commercial Litigators (2012-2015), as an expert in Dispute Resolution by the European Legal Experts and as a leading lawyer in Labour and Employee Benefits by the PLC Which lawyer?. Since 2010 Milan is recognised as an expert in the areas of Arbitration and Mediation, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Milan was also ranked as an expert lawyer in Commercial Arbitration by The Legal Media Group Guides to the World´s Leading Lawyers (2017). He was also recommended by Chambers Europe in the area of Employment and by The Legal 500 in the area of Dispute resolution. Milan was ranked in the prestigious list of “Best Lawyers in the Czech Republic 2009” by the Prague Monitor magazine in the following categories: Labour and Employment, Arbitration and Litigation.

Milan holds a Master’s degree from the Law Faculty from Charles University in Prague and is admitted to the Czech Bar Association. Milan is also an arbitrator with the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic where he determines domestic and international arbitrations under both, the procedural rules of the local court as well as the internationally accepted UNCITRAL and ICC arbitration rules. He is a member of the Arbitration Panel in the Český svaz ledního hokeje and the Justice Board of The Champions Hockey League.

Milan is a contributor to the book “Aus- und Absonderungsrechte in der Insolvenz” published by Verlag für Rechts- und Anwaltspraxis, Berlin and publishes regularly in specialist press.

Milan was also a member of the expert committee established by the Czech Ministry of Justice in relation to re-codification of civil law.

Milan speaks German and English as well as his native Czech.