Zbyšek Kordač

Associate Partner

Dispute Resolution

Insolvency & Restructuring

Zbyšek Kordač is an associate partner at Weinhold Legal and joined the firm in 2006. He primarily focuses on representing clients of Weinhold Legal before courtsarbitral and insolvency proceedings. In addition, he provides legal services on a regular basis covering a wide range of areas within commercial and civil law.

Zbyšek has been with Weinhold Legal since 2006. He has participated in projects for a number of domestic and international clients, such as Metrostav, Komerční banka, Raiffeisenbank, Subterra, OHL ŽS, Česká Spořitelna, Grandi Stazioni, Ministerstvo financí ČR, Lordship, Discovery Group, McKinsey, International property Invest, OVB Allfinanz, UniCredit Bank, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Cash Reform, Plus-Discount, GE Healthcare,  and Winslow Partners.

In 2006, Zbyšek graduated with a Master of Laws degree (Mgr.) from the Charles University Faculty of Law in Prague. In 2008, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Arbitration: The Issue of Arbitrability”, and was awarded a Doctor of Laws (JUDr.) degree. In 2008/2009, Zbyšek studied at the University of San Francisco School of Law, USA. Upon successful completion of the program “International Transactions and Comparative Law”, he was awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree. He was awarded another Master of Laws degree at Queen Mary University of London after graduating from „Comparative and International Dispute Resolution“ program in 2012.

Zbyšek teaches as an external lecturer at the Charles University Law Faculty. He was a member of the Ministry of Justice’s working group for preparation of Act on Mediation and working group for preparation of amendment of the Act on Arbitration. Zbyšek‘s published several articles in legal magazines and on the Internet. Through his publishing activities, he focuses particularly on arbitration, mediation and other associated issues in the area of private law.

Zbyšek has been repeatedly representing the Czech Republic at UNCITRAL Working Group II on Arbitration and Conciliation.

Zbyšek is an attorney-at-law registered with the Czech Bar Association and an attorney-in-law in California, USA, registered with the State Bar of California (inactive status). He successfully passed New York Bar Exam as well. Zbyšek is listed on the List of Practitioners of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre and serves as an arbitrator with the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. In 2022, the European Commission included Zbyšek on the list of suitable arbitrators for investment disputes. In 2023, Zbyšek has been elected as an arbitrator by the Board of the National Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Legal 500 refers to Zbyšek in the section Dispute Resolution.

Zbyšek speaks fluent English as well as his native Czech.

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Mercedes

I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies,. Ahoj, jsem David. Tady zase David. then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath

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zratkobo pyřídi otrou nižibo dědišt ňaž třezle chrus. Pehra i cháš dlysuzléř něhuslan. Křou o mrapty z káplydi hechru dik vymře zlén blížly. Něň děp někuň šryvré v clitěst úni vrvrýfléb i kloď mlypudi. Tiničíky dily dloďán břod křa tlupa lkyžru dřá stadrý. Niť břáď. Okty za rotloudi coust. Plůs hličlo vrábti niz lkov.

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UniCredit Bank

Weinhold Legal provided complex advice on numerous transactions related to structured financing, acquisition financing, refinancing, project financing and operating loans. The services included complex transaction advisory including assistance with termsheets, transaction structuring, pre-transaction due diligence, drafting and finalisation of loan and security documentation, perfection of security, assistance with review and fulfilment of conditions precedent and conditions subsequent. In addition to transaction advisory we provided our client with number of legal analyses and memorandums on specific legal areas and assisted the client in negotiation of contracts between the client and other domestic and foreign financial institutions.

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Česká spořitelna / Erste Bank

Weinhold Legal provided comprehensive advisory services in many projects in acquisition finance, project finance and financial restructuring, including drafting loan documentation and security documentation according to the English, US and Czech law, transaction structuring and negotiations. Advisory to the client in various legal areas including regulatory. Weinhold Legal provided Česká spořitelna with legal services related to more than 20 corporate bond issues (including structured bonds and mortgage bonds) issued both, as stand-alone issues and under debt issuance programmes of the company, including the 10-Year Bond Issue Programme in the maximum amount of CZK 10 mld. in outstanding bonds and maturity of any single issue of up to 10 years – Weinhold Legal provided Česká spořitelna legal services in connection with its establishment. Further we assisted Česká spořitelna as the arranger of CZK 500,000,000 4.50% Subordinated Bond issue due in 2015 by Wüstenrot – stavební spořitelna (the first Prague Stock Exchange listed subordinated bond issue) and its Tranche No. 2 and 10-Year Bond Issuance Programme of the Fond (pojištění vkladů) up to a maximum of CZK 10 billion in outstanding bonds and maturity of any single issue of up to 10 years; etc. Further advice on numerous transactions.

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Mercedes

I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies,. Ahoj, jsem David. Tady zase David. then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath

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úně a hřis něžlylka úně a vamli, bátěť mivráni ředskuť vutiškécly vozkub byti uflini. Hozrač ubřim i creniv. A mat bědi ni dive pavlibřam vlavoc. Dloumeř i dizlyjdi tědězre. Mustů s tip cláněpud nědrůkáti tlumiplumi dřasrés děpra děšlůbeť žreč sybra di, a nigéson prupyc

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