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JUDr. Marta Zavadilová, Ph.D.

Partner

Marta Zavadilová is a partner at Bříza & Trubač. Her practice focuses on private international law, cross-border dispute resolution, family and inheritance law, and European Union law. She provides legal advice to Czech and international clients, particularly in international family disputes, cross-border inheritance proceedings and other matters involving an international element. Alongside her legal practice, she serves as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, regularly publishes in the field of private international law and is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.

Before joining Bříza & Trubač, she spent more than 15 years at the Ministry of Justice, where she held senior positions in the field of international and European civil law.


Specializations


 Education

  • Charles University Faculty of Law (Master in 2003, JUDr. 2007, Ph.D. in 2007)

  • Universität Passau, Germany (2000-2001), program Erasmus/Socrates

Main fields of expertise

International private law, dispute resolution with cross-border element, family law, law of obligations.

Language of provided services

  • Czech
  • English
  • German

Membership in arbitral, vocational, proffesional and advisy institutions and boards

  • Czech Bar Association
  • Internal Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
  • Member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)

Publications

  • Pauknerová, M., Rozehnalová, N., Zavadilová, M. a kol., The Law on Private International Law. Commentary. (in Czech original: Zákon o mezinárodním právu soukromém. Komentář), Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2013
  • David, L., Ištvánek, F., Javůrková N., Kasíková, M. Lavický, P. a kol., Code of Civil Procedure. Commentory (in Czech original: Občanský soudní řád. Komentář), Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2009
  • Zavadilová, M., Turoňová, J., Rules for determining international jurisdiction under the Brussels II bis Regulation in the light of the latest case law of the European Court of Justice, Magazine Legal perspectives 7/2010 (in Czech original: Pravidla určování mezinárodní soudní příslušnosti dle nařízení Brusel II bis ve světle nejnovější judikatury Evropského soudního dvora, Právní rozhledy, 7/2010)
  • Zavadilová, M., Horák, P., European order for payment and its role in the Czech civil process ,Magazine Legal perspectives, 22/2006 (in Czech original: Evropský platební rozkaz a jeho role v českém civilním procesu, Právní rozhledy, 22/2006)
  • Beaumont, P. R., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., & Yuksel, B. (Eds.) (2017), Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. (Studies in Private International Law), Hart Publishing – co-author Národní zprávy ČR
  • Post on the topic "The consumer in the jurisdictional norms of the Brussels Ia Regulation so where to sue a migrant consumer" in collection Eichlerová, K., Recodification of commercial law - five years later. Volume I., II. Tribute to Stanislav Černá. Tribute to Irena Pelikánová (in Czech original: Příspěvek na téma "Spotřebitel v jurisdikčních normách nařízení Brusel Ia aneb kde žalovat migrujícího spotřebitele" ve sborníku Eichlerová, K., Rekodifikace obchodního práva - pět let poté. Svazek I, II. Pocta Stanislavě Černé. Pocta Ireně Pelikánové), Wolters Kluwer, 2019

  • Bříza, P., Zavadilová, M., Czech codification of private international law from 2012 (in Polish original: Czeska kodyfikacja prawa prywatnego międzynarodowego z 2012 roku), Magazine Kwartalnik Prague Prywatnego, year 2019, Volume XXVIII, n. 2, p. 467-496.

  • Chapter n. 3.2 Consumer protection (in Czech original: Kap. č. 3.2 Ochrana spotřebitelů) - Pfeiffer, M., Pauknerová, M., Růžička, K. and col., International business law, Aleš Čeněk, 2019

  • Zavadilová, M., The pitfalls of international divorces, Magazine Legal adviser, year 2020, n. 1 (in Czech original: Nástrahy mezinárodních rozvodů, Právní rádce, ročník 2020, č. 1)

  • Pfeiffer, Magdalena, Zavadilová, Marta. Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Commercial Matters rendered by Courts of Non-EU Countries in the Czech Republic. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Iuridica. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Právnická fakulta, 2020, (4), 157-170

Last news

How should child maintenance be approached in cases involving high-income parents? Marta Zavadilová at a Justiční Akademie Seminar

Marta Zavadilová took part in a specialised seminar of the Justiční akademie dedicated to highly conflictual parental disputes. As part of the programme, she discussed with judges and fellow lawyers the determination of child maintenance in cases involving high-income parents and the possibilities for improving cooperation between both professions.

Bříza & Trubač at Family Business Week in Zlín

Marta Zavadilová spoke in a panel discussion on legal protection and relationships in family businesses. The final Family Business Week event of this year took place at the Baťa Villa in Zlín and offered an inspiring evening full of open conversations about values, relationships, and the challenges of family entrepreneurship.

Ondřej Trubač and Marta Zavadilová for Hospodářské noviny: How to protect family businesses and relationships

Starting a business, setting up a fund or starting a family all have one thing in common – sooner or later, the time will come when you need to think about how to protect them and establish sustainable relationships. In an interview for Hospodářské noviny, Ondřej Trubač and Marta Zavadilová, partners at our firm, show how important smart legal structures, endowment funds, and family councils can be in transferring assets and building long-term stability, not only in family businesses.