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Jakub Adam, Ph.D.
Jakub Adam, Ph.D.

Jakub Adam, Ph.D.

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Recommended lawyer - "Jakub Adam is a fantastic professional who worked very hard for us." (Real estate and construction) "Jakub Adam has always been a great help to us." (Real estate and construction)

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Jakub heads the Real Estate team in the Czech Republic. He is an experienced transactional lawyer with a strong property background and a proven track record of property, financing and energy transactions. Jakub has worked on many high-profile transactions in the Czech Republic and CEE over a period of more than 20 years. He is also regularly in charge of real estate construction and development matters. 

Jakub advises both domestic and international clients in complex transactions in various industry sectors. Jakub is a member of ARTN (Czech Association for Development of the Real Estate Market) and of the Real Estate Committee of AmCham and regularly attends real estate related conferences and seminars as a speaker or panel member.

He is the author of numerous articles on real estate law and the chapter on the Czech Republic in a widely used publication about European real estate law.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Real estate & construction
Projects, energy & infrastructure
Environmental, planning & regulatory
Banking & finance
Real estate finance
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Sectors

Real estate
Consumer & retail
Logistics & transport
Manufacturing & industrials
Energy & infrastructure
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CV

Since 2020 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2011 – 2019 Partner, DLA Piper
2006 – 2011 Partner, Wolf Theiss
2001 Trainee, Herbert Smith Freehills
1996 – 2006 Senior Associate and Associate, Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch
2004 Postgraduate doctoral studies (JUDr., Ph.D.), Charles University
1991 – 1996 Legal studies (Mgr.), Charles University

Career

Since 2020 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2011 – 2019 Partner, DLA Piper
2006 – 2011 Partner, Wolf Theiss
2001 Trainee, Herbert Smith Freehills
1996 – 2006 Senior Associate and Associate, Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch

Education

2004 Postgraduate doctoral studies (JUDr., Ph.D.), Charles University
1991 – 1996 Legal studies (Mgr.), Charles University

Publications

Co-author of the chapter on Czech Republic in “Handbuch Immobilienrecht in Europa” (C.F. Müller, 2015) 

Numerous articles in legal publications on property related issues

Memberships & Associations

Czech Bar Association

Real Estate Committee of AmCham


Additional languages

English German

Awards

Legal 500 2025

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Recommended lawyer - "Jakub Adam is a fantastic professional who worked very hard for us." (Real estate and construction) "Jakub Adam has always been a great help to us." (Real estate and construction)

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