Who am I? I'm Legal Nerd...

...for the complex challenges of financial market regulation :-).

I studied European law and European studies at the Faculty of Law in Olomouc, among other things, and obtained an LL.M. degree in commercial law. I have worked as a national expert in the Council of the EU and as an advisor to the minister, but my main focus is financial law, which I have been fully engaged in since 2010.

From 2010 to 2022, I worked at the Czech National Bank, where, as an inspector, I looked into the management of countless companies of various types, including banks, insurance companies, building societies, and smaller non-bank lenders. Thanks to the consumer protection agenda, which covers all areas of financial regulation (loans, insurance, investments, etc.), and the fact that I worked primarily as an on-site inspector, I was never cut off from practical experience—quite the contrary. In recent years, inspections have also included SQL, source code, and simply today's fintech world. I have also been involved in AML regulation. You may have seen the cases I worked on with my colleagues in the media, and there have been quite a few of them.

In recent years, I have been passing on my experience in the private sector, and I have held various management positions in the banking sector and worked on a number of significant projects in the fintech environment and in the areas of payment systems, licensing, operational risk management, compliance, and cybercrime.

Today, I help financial institutions and fintech companies navigate the EU regulatory environment—my specialization includes licensing procedures for various types of entities, including providers of crypto-asset services (under MiCA), payment institutions, and other regulated entities, compliance and operational risk management, AML/KYC system assessment, creditworthiness assessment including scoring models, and cybersecurity in the context of financial services.

In addition to consulting, I am a member of the examination board for the professional competence of future financial service providers and co-author of a professional publication on European consumer law.

What are (and are not) my services in legal terms?

I am not registered in the list of lawyers maintained by the Czech Bar Association
and I do not provide legal services within the meaning of Act No. 85/1996 Coll.
I provide consulting focused on financial services, training and educational services specializing in financial regulation and related services, such as translation services or the preparation of expert opinions. For the sake of completeness, I am authorized to provide services in the following areas:

Advisory and consulting activities, preparation of expert studies and assessments
Translation and interpreting activities
Extracurricular education and training, organization of courses and training, including lecturing activities
Provision of services for legal entities and trust funds