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Josef is the head of the ICT law specialization at the ROWAN LEGAL law firm as well as being a registered mediator under Czech legislation. Josef is also one of the winners of Deloitte Legal Disruptors Awards 2022 for Czech legal innovators. He has been involved in large-scale projects in the field of IT outsourcing, cloud computing, electronic evidence, cyber protection, privacy and the provision of information systems. Recently, he has been working on the BankID electronic identification project, where his team was responsible for the complete legal support – starting with the preparation and negotiation of legislation, through commercial terms and conditions to comprehensive advice to participating banks on connecting to eGovernment services.

Josef has led teams, for instance, in the preparation of contractual documentation to ensure global data connectivity of a multinational banking group. He has assisted in one of the largest outsourcing projects of IT infrastructure and applications in the Czech Republic, as well as providing legal assistance to two of the top three banks in the Czech Republic in determining elements of Critical Information Infrastructure in accordance with the law on cybersecurity.