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Jakub Kabát

Senior Associate
Co-Head of Employment

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, advokáti, v.o.s.
Palladium, Na Poříčí 1079/3a
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
Languages Czech, English, Spanish

Jakub Kabát is a senior associate in the Commercial, Regulatory, and Disputes team at CMS Prague, specialising in employment and privacy law. He advises international and domestic companies, and is committed to understanding the unique challenges each client faces, aiming to provide solutions that are both thoughtful and pragmatic.

In his employment law practice, Jakub has broad experience handling a variety of complex matters, including navigating the termination of employment relationships, advising on employee benefits and compensation schemes, managing employment litigations, conducting internal investigations, addressing the complexities of the automatic transfer of employees under TUPE regulations, and setting up contractual relations with top managerial employees and executives. His dedication to provide clear, actionable advice is valued by clients across several sectors, including retail, manufacturing, TMT and life sciences, helping them in their efforts to manage employment matters with care and legal precision. Jakub co-leads the CMS Prague employment team.

Jakub also specialises in data protection regulation, guiding companies to ensure their practices comply with both Czech and EU regulatory requirements. His comprehensive advice covers a wide spectrum of privacy-related issues, including employees' privacy and tackling the broader data protection challenges faced by businesses. Jakub's approach is to help businesses understand and navigate the legal landscape of privacy law, to protect their interests while fostering compliance.
 

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Relevant experience

  • A global e-retailer on all employment matters related to the operation of its business in the Czech Republic, including complex termination cases, employment agency relations, employee benefits, internal processes, relations with trade unions, practical implementation of new legislation, employment litigation and employee privacy.
  • A multinational technology company on various employment matters, including employee benefits, working conditions and a highly sensitive individual termination of a top managerial employee.
  • A luxury car manufacturer on various employment and privacy matters, including an investigation concerning employee fraud and misconduct, employment litigations, agency workers, labour authorities’ audits, and marketing communications.
  • A leading European pet food company on various employment matters, including collective redundancies, sensitive individual termination cases, negotiations with trade unions, employment litigations, internal investigations, and various employee privacy matters.
  • A global IT company on employee benefits, employee privacy matters, trade union relations, obtaining a work agency licence and employment litigations.
  • A global industrial conglomerate in several disputes with former employees claiming unfair termination of employment. 
  • A fast fashion retailer on labour law and health & safety matters concerning entering the Czech market.
  • A world leader in mineral-based specialties on a group redundancy procedure related to closing a manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic and the intra-group transfer of the remaining employees to other group entities.
  • A global biopharmaceutical company on the data privacy aspects of clinical trials regarding different groups of data subjects and on employment issues, as well as the use of external contractors and consultants.
  • An international management consulting firm on the relocation of hundreds of employees to full-time remote working as well as on the acquisition of employees as a result of an automatic transfer under the acquired rights directive.
  • A European fintech company on its entry into the Czech market, including on the regulatory environment and compliance, employment and data protection.  
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Memberships & Roles

  • Czech Bar Association
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Education

  • 2016 - Master's Degree, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague.
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