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Mgr. Anna Kottasová

Attorney

Anna Kottasová is an attorney in permanent cooperation with Bříza & Trubač. Her practice focuses primarily on financial market regulation, compliance, personal data protection and tax disputes. She provides legal advice mainly to financial institutions and other regulated entities, which she represents, among other matters, in licensing proceedings before the Czech National Bank. She also assists clients with setting up compliance processes and with AML and GDPR matters. Her practice further includes representing clients during tax audits and in subsequent court proceedings. Before joining Bříza & Trubač, she worked at FINREG PARTNERS, Deloitte Legal and KPMG Legal.

Specializations

Tax disputes
Compliance and data protection
Financial Market Regulation

Education

  • Faculty of Law, Charles University (Master's degree, 2017)

Additional Study Programs

  • KU Leuven, Belgium (2014-2015)

Main fields of expertise

Regulation of financial institutions, AML, GDPR, compliance, tax disputes

Language of provided services

  • Czech

  • English

Professional Examinations

  • Bar exam

Membership in Professional, Expert Organizations, Arbitration Institutions, and Advisory Boards

  • Attorney (Czech Bar Association)

Last news

How are employment rules changing? Our lawyers spoke at the Law and the Labour Market Conference

3. 10. 2026

Markéta Tkadlecová and Anna Kottasová spoke at a conference organised by Česká justice and Ekonomický deník. They discussed changes in the labour market, the employment of foreign nationals, the recent flexible amendment to the Labour Code, and ways to motivate employees through salaries, benefits or profit sharing.

Pay Transparency: The questions employers are asking most often

14. 9. 2026

Pay transparency was the focus of a breakfast seminar we organised for our clients and business partners. We discussed the upcoming legal framework and answered participants’ questions, ranging from how to set up a remuneration system properly and how to deal with significant pay differences resulting from individual negotiations during recruitment that are not supported by objective reasons, to the new reporting obligations.

AML compliance under CNB supervision: Risk assessments must work in practice

21. 8. 2026

In its supervisory practice, the Czech National Bank (CNB) has once again highlighted the importance of an effective AML framework and genuine risk management. Anna Kottasová, who specialises in financial market regulation and compliance at Bříza & Trubač, explains why a purely formal assessment of a client’s risk profile is not enough.