Senior Associate

Andrea Dřímalová

Co-Head of Employment

Languages

Czech
English
Slovak

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Andrea Dřímalová is a senior associate in the Commercial, Regulatory and Disputes team at CMS Prague. She specialises in employment and data protection law.

On a day-to-day basis, she advises major international and local companies on a wide range of legal issues regarding employment law, including employment contract negotiation, internal by-laws, restructuring, incentive compensation programmes, as well as dismissal strategies including individual and group terminations. She also has experience with internal investigations and represents clients in court proceedings.

As part of her practice, Andrea also supports clients on various data protection matters including the implementation of data privacy regulations and employee privacy, the development of GDPR policies, general compliance with GDPR, drafting agreements between data controllers and data processors, as well as assistance with all types of employment-related data protection cases

Relevant experience

A global retail company on the implementation of new employment law rules, including reviewing the client’s template employment documents, creating new mandatory documents and advising on implementing new employment law rules arising from recent legislative changes.
A multinational management and technology consulting firm on various day-to-day employment issues, including implementing recently adopted new employment law rules.
A company that develops, simulates and tests all types of powertrain systems on setting up a contract with new executive director and on an intra-group transfer of employees from one legal entity to another.
A German luxury car manufacturer on various employment issues such as investigating an employee, a senior employee termination strategy, and reviewing a template framework agreement for employment agencies in several jurisdictions.
A sales engagement platform on day-to-day employment matters, employee benefits and internal policies.
A commercial vehicle technology company on a change of executive director from both a corporate and an employment perspective, including a performance (service) agreement for the new executive director.
A Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company on an extensive investigation of employees involving compliance issues regarding the use of pharmaceuticals, as well as another investigation relating to an alleged misuse of funds.
A leading European pet food company on COVID-19 related employment matters including managing its workforce during the pandemic, health and safety measures, GDPR issues as well as on the relocation of part of its business to new premises in another city.
A leading global risk and reinsurance specialist on the revision of template employment agreements and on competition issues regarding a new employee acquired from a competitor, as well as with several termination cases in the Czech Republic.
A German luxury car manufacturer on various GDPR issues in the Czech Republic regarding its employees and customers, concerning implementation of new car technology and also on data transfers within the client’s group and with dealers, as well as with to day-to-day data protection and other compliance issues.
A leading European pet food company on COVID-19 related employment matters, including managing its workforce during the pandemic, health and safety measures, GDPR issues as well as on the relocation of part of its business to new premises in another city.
An American multinational telecommunications company on compliance with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation in the Czech Republic.
Canal+ (formerly UPC DTH), a major European telecommunication, satellite TV and internet operator, on preparing data protection documentation compliant with GDPR and on a complex revision and preparation of recommendations regarding its General Terms & Conditions.

Education

2013 – LL.M., University of Exeter, Exeter
2011 – Masters of Law, Masarykova Univerzita, Brno

Practice Areas

Commercial Dispute Resolution Employment, Labour & Pensions

sectors

TMT - Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Insights

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