OBS_VALUE: Legal services have been exempted from the public procurement law since 2016, therefore the lack of public procurement procedure can lead toa  preference for local suppliers. In 2013 - 2015 when the Act No.  25/2006 Coll., on Public Procurement was in place, the general procurement proccess applied on legal services, too, so the procurement process did not affect the competition conditions in favour of local firms.