Ondřej Mikula is an attorney-at-law and the co-founder of FINREG PARTNERS law firm. He is specialized in the regulation of financial and investment services, FinTech, AML/CFT, blockchain and STO, banking and finance, capital markets, including issues of notes and other securities, corporate law and M&A.
Before founding FINREG PARTNERS he worked in one of the biggest Czech law firms Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KSB), where he advised Czech and international clients in respect of domestic or cross-border issues of bonds and other (hybrid) financial instruments as well as large loan transactions and M&A. He also participated on the implementation of key pieces of financial regulation (particularly MiFID II or MCD) at Czech banks and other financial markets participants.
Ondřej is an author or co-author of many important legal publications, including the only up-to-date commentary on Czech Management Companies and Investment Funds Act or the best-selling commentary on the Civil Code. He also runs seminars and lectures at Czech law schools focusing on the legal aspects of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, FinTech and other related matters.
EDUCATION
Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno
Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
LANGUAGES
Czech, English, French
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Commentary on Civil Code (C. H. Beck, 2017)
Commentary on Czech Management Companies and Investment Funds Act (Wolters Kluwer, 2015)
Why (ICO) tokens are not securities under Czech private law (prof. JUDr. Jan Dědič, Mgr. Ing. Jan Šovar, Mgr. Ondřej Mikula, 2018)
MEMBERSHIP
Czech Bar Association