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Magda is a Counsel in the Corporate/M&A team at CMS Czech Republic and leads the Prague office's dedicated Corporate Governance and Company Secretarial practice. She heads a specialised international team providing corporate governance, legal entity management and company secretarial support to multinational organisations across Europe, the South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. 

With more than 15 years of experience, Magda advises clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, restructurings and corporate transformations, including mergers, demergers, liquidations and post-acquisition integration projects. Her transactional background enables her to advise on governance and legal entity management issues across the full corporate lifecycle. 

Magda is recognised for leading complex multi-jurisdictional governance, legal entity management and entity rationalisation programmes for multinational groups. She regularly orchestrates international teams across dozens of jurisdictions and serves as strategic relationship lead for key multinational clients, overseeing governance, compliance and company secretarial programmes in more than 40 jurisdictions worldwide.

She regularly advises multinational organisations in the retail, pharmaceutical, technology and industrial sectors.

Magda is an active member of CMS's Women in Business programme.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "It is worth reiterating that Magda and her team have been exemplary partners throughout the regional board restructuring project across 20 countries. The work was carried out with a consistently high level of professionalism and efficiency."
    FMCG client
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    "The CMS is outstanding, Magda goes without saying as being excellent."
    FMCG client
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    "Magda’s participation as a central coordinator for projects implemented across the CEE region is key to the efficiency of the corporate agenda we face as a real estate fund manager. The continuity of her team’s work across jurisdictions is exemplary and we always have up-to-date information to work with."
    Real estate fund 2024

Relevant experience

  • Global company secretarial and corporate governance mandate covering 13 jurisdictions and multiple legal entities. 
  • Cross-regional governance and company secretarial support across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, including market entry, governance and compliance projects. 
  • Led a pan-European board restructuring programme spanning more than 20 jurisdictions and hundreds of director and officer changes. 
  • Managed a global post-acquisition UBO compliance programme covering more than 35 jurisdictions through a centrally coordinated international team. 
  • Led and coordinated domestic and cross-border corporate transformations and restructuring projects involving more than 40 entities, including a group-wide reorganisation across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.

Memberships & Roles

  • Member, Czech Bar Association

Education

  • 2022 – Master´s degree, Business Management, University of Economics, Prague
  • 2012 – Master’s degree, Law, Charles University in Prague
  • 2011 – European Law School, Maastricht University

Further reading

Insights by Magda

Outline of annual corporate compliance obligations of Czech-based companies

Outline of annual corporate compliance obligations of Czech-based companies

03 Mar 2023 4 min read
ECJ declares public access to information on UBOs invalid

ECJ declares public access to information on UBOs invalid

06 Dec 2022 4 min read
CMS assisted Quantessence in obtaining regulatory approval in Belgium

CMS assisted Quantessence in obtaining regulatory approval in Belgium

06 Dec 2022 1 min read
Czech Republic amends Act on Ultimate Beneficial Owners

Czech Republic amends Act on Ultimate Beneficial Owners

12 Oct 2022 3 min read
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