Martina Brůnová
Of Counsel
Specializations: Family law, Trusts and foundations, Estate planning, Inheritance law, Litigation, Labor law
Martina has been working as a lawyer for over 11 years, specializing in family law and complex estate planning issues, particularly asset protection, trusts and foundations, matrimonial property law, and inheritance law. She also has broad experience in related contractual and litigation matters, including the judicial and extrajudicial resolution of technically and legally complex issues, often involving cross-jurisdictional aspects. She advises clients on labor law and compliance. In her work, she focuses on the correctness of legal solutions, a carefully tailored and individualized approach to each client’s case, and the pursuit of consensual and constructive solutions (negotiation, mediation) when dealing with disputes.
Martina gained her experience through her independent legal practice and at Prague law firms, where she focused on advising private clients, particularly on estate planning and family matters, as well as on litigation and serving corporate clients. She is a member of the Czech Bar Association (ČAK) and the Union of Lawyers of the Czech Republic (URA). She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at Charles University and the International and European Legal Studies Program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp.
Key projects
- Preparation and implementation of a comprehensive restructuring of family and business assets involving a trust, a foreign trust, and a foreign foundation, for an asset portfolio comprising both movable and immovable property in various jurisdictions
- Settlement of disputes and clarification of rights and obligations within a complex structure of family and business assets, including issues of marriage property law—movable and immovable property in several jurisdictions valued at over CZK 1 billion
- Advising banks operating in the Czech Republic on selected issues related to trust funds under European and Czech law through memoranda and consultations
- Providing legal advice to a group of companies operating across Europe regarding the preparation and implementation of a whistleblower protection program, including the coordination of legal services provided by foreign attorneys