JUDr. Karel Muzikář, LL.M. (C.J.)

Managing Partner

Specialization: Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Law, Energy, Comparative Law

zc.sliks@rakizum.lerak

Attorney-at-Law (admitted to the Czech Bar in 1996)
Joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1993, since 1999 partner and since 2002 managing partner of its Prague office
Mr. Muzikar is a graduate of the Law School of Charles University (J.D. 1986) and holds a master’s degree (LL.M.-C.J.) from New York University School of Law (USA) in comparative jurisprudence (1991). At NYU, Mr. Muzikar studied as a Fulbright Scholar
Between 1993 and 2003, Mr. Muzikar served as an external legal adviser to the Legislative Department at the Office of the President of the Czech Republic (Václav Havel), and between 2003 and 2013, he was a member of the Consultative Legal Committee of the President of the Czech Republic (Václav Klaus)
Between 2002 and 2010, Mr. Muzikar acted as the Vice-chairman of the Prague Stock Exchange Arbitration Court
For many years, Chambers Global has ranked Karel Muzikar as an “eminent practioner” in M&A; other prestigious publications monitoring the Czech legal market regularly place Mr. Muzikar among the leading personalities of the legal profession in the Czech Republic
Mr. Muzikar is fluent in English and Russian and proficient in German, French and Armenian