Štěpán Holub
stepan.holub@holubova.cz
Clients
- International families and administrators of their assets
- Property and business owners
- Companies and start-ups
Languages
- Czech
- English
- German
- Swedish
- Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague (Mgr., 2004)
- Stockholm University (2000 - 2001)
- Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP) - STEP, 2016
- Czech Bar Association, Brussels Bar Association - mediator for commercial and civil disputes, 2013
Štěpán is a Co-Managing Partner and a leading specialist in multi-generational planning, inheritance, structuring and disposal of assets and real estate, both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. He advises clients on cross-border transactions and has successfully represented clients in litigation, including in the Czech Constitutional Court.
Štěpán advises experienced and aspiring entrepreneurs and investors not only on legal matters, but also in all phases of their business. He provides legal advice to his clients on appropriate solutions thanks to the combination of his extensive experience in legal and business practice.
Štěpán frequently lectures and participates in events organized by international legal organizations such as Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP), Legalmondo, Peopil, and others. Thanks to his active participation and his wide contact database, he can provide clients with suitable legal specialists internationally. In 2023, he was appointed an honorary member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), where he was, among other things, the main organizer of the congress in Prague for 550 lawyers. He organises annual international conferences focusing on private foundations and trusts.
He was recommended by Lexology (formerly Who's Who Legal) as a leading expert in the area of "Private Clients" in the Czech Republic. He is one of the few members of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) in the Czech Republic to hold the Trust & Estate Practitioner's (TEP) qualification. Štěpán is qualified by the Czech Bar Association and the Brussels Bar Association as a mediator for commercial and civil disputes. He has experience from Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic as a presiding judge in the panel for executors' disciplinary cases. He co-founded STEP Czech and Slovak Republics Branch.
Štěpán has published in the area of wealth management, for example in Trust Laws in the Czech Republic and Hungary (2024, Globe Law and Business, ISBN: 9781837230068, Czech Republic Czech family foundations: an alternative to trusts chapter), Beneficial Ownership Registers: The STEP Handbook for Advisers (2021, Globe Law and Business, ISBN: 9781787424142, Czech Republic chapter) or in Itpa Offshore Handbook (2021, International Tax Planning Association, Czech Republic chapter).
He received the "Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year 2009" award from the Czech Bar Association. He has been working in this field for a long time. In 2022, shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he initiated the establishment of an international pro bono platform called UA.SUPPORT - Linking Help, which has so far helped people in need to resolve over 4,600 legal cases.
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Dietmar Repka
Dietmar Repka
"We express our recommendations for the law firm Holubova Advokati.
Holubova Advokati was able to resolve a project for us with confidence, composure, and perseverance that German experts had deemed hopeless.
About 80 years ago, my grandparents and my father had to leave their home. The property has now been returned to our family through the inheritance that was initiated, and thanks to the excellent work of the law firm.
During the two-and-a-half-year negotiations, there were no language problems; everyone was always well informed about the current status.
Keep up the good work, everyone."
Petra Fořtová
Petra Fořtová
"I would like to thank the law firm Holubová advokáti for their exceptional professional expertise and unwavering patience in preparing the property purchase contract and navigating all related formalities."
Anders Thorsen Advokatanpartsselskab
Anders Thorsen Advokatanpartsselskab
"It has been an absolute pleasure to work with you and your colleagues. Your advice and way of handling the matter and our communication has been of the highest quality and we are very happy with the outcome.
If any of my clients need assistance in matters in the Czech Republic in the future, I know who to recommend."
