JUDr. Vojtěch Steininger LL.M. (München)

Czech attorney-at-law specialising in international legal and tax advice

Vojtěch Steininger is an attorney-at-law specialising in comprehensive legal and tax advice in matters involving an international element. His practice focuses primarily on matters involving multiple legal systems, international inheritance law and cross-border transfers of assets, international business relations, foreign investments, court and arbitration proceedings, and tax matters connected with cross-border transactions.

He assists Czech and foreign clients with legal, business, asset-related, and private legal matters involving the Czech Republic, Germany, and other countries. In advising clients, he combines his knowledge of the Czech and German legal environments with a practical understanding of the business, asset-related, and tax implications of each case.

He provides legal services in Czech, German, and English.

Areas of Practice

International Inheritance Law and Cross-Border Transfers of Assets

• He has long-standing experience representing heirs and other participants in inheritance proceedings involving an international element.
• He assists clients with inheritances involving multiple countries, the coordination of foreign proceedings, the transfer of assets between generations, and related legal and tax matters.

Legal Advice for Entrepreneurs and Companies

• He provides legal support to Czech and foreign entrepreneurs, companies, and investors.
• His practice focuses in particular on corporate law, commercial agreements, international business relations, foreign investments, and legal matters connected with business activities in the Czech Republic.

Tax Law and Tax Disputes

• He represents clients in tax audits, appeal proceedings, and judicial reviews of decisions issued by the tax authorities.
• His practice focuses in particular on disputes involving VAT and income tax, as well as tax matters connected with international transactions and cross-border structures.

Court and Arbitration Proceedings

• He represents clients before courts at all levels in commercial, civil, and tax disputes.
• He also has experience with proceedings before the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Professional Activities

• Expert on Czech law before courts in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Expert contributing to the assessment of the Czech Republic in projects of the World Justice Project (Rule of Law), and of the World Bank Group within the Women, Business and the Law project
• Author of professional articles focusing in particular on international inheritance law, commercial law, and cross-border legal relations

Education and Qualifications

• Czech Bar Association – bar examination passed with distinction
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich – postgraduate study of German law, completed with the LL.M. degree (Master’s thesis on concealed contribution in GmbH law)
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – scholarship holder
• Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague – Doctor of Laws (JUDr.)
• Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague – Master’s degree in Law and Legal Science (Mgr.)
• Goethe-Institut – Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung, German language examination at level C2
• Advokát (Czech attorney-at-law) with a focus on complex cross-border mandates.