Tomáš Richter is a lawyer at the Prague law firm JSK where he specializes in insolvencies, restructurings and arbitration and dispute resolution. For over 20 years, he was involved in academic work as well. He served on the group of private experts which advised the European Commission on its proposal of the Recast of the European Insolvency Regulation and of Directive 2019/1023 and co-authored, among a number of other publications, the Beck/Hart/Nomos commentary on that Directive. He is also member of the International Insolvency Institute (where he served as a director for two terms), INSOL Europe (where he served as the chair of the Academic Forum and is an honorary Council member), CERIL and TMA Czech Republic (where he currently serves as the national chapter vice president).