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Energy, utilities and infrastructure projects

Veolia Group (CZ): tax consulting services to Veolia Group, the world leading company in water management and related services, on various issues.

Sanef (SK): advisory services to SanToll, the Slovak subsidiary of Sanef, on issues regarding the syndicated bank facility granted for SkyToll for the construction and implementation of the road toll system in Slovakia, and regarding the collateral provided by SanToll as SkyToll’s shareholder, in particular regarding the potential bankruptcy law impacts on collateral structure.

Veolia Voda S.A. (UA): comprehensive advisory services to Veolia Voda S.A., a world leader in the provision of services in producing and distributing drinking water and drainage and sewage treatment, on the financing of its corporate structure in Ukraine.

Vodárna Plzeň a.s. (CZ): legal advisory services to Vodárna Plzeň a.s. (a member of Veolia Group) on negotiating and signing contractual documents with the City of Pilsen in connection with the subsidy to be drawn by the City based on the Environment Operational Program for the water industry. The transaction includes the sale of shares in Vodárna Plzeň held by Veolia Group to the City of Pilsen in 2015. The expected transaction value is approximately €28 million.

Veolia Voda (UA): comprehensive legal assistance for Veolia Voda SA in connection with negotiating a lease for the offices of its Ukrainian subsidiary.

Energy Investment s.r.o. (BG): legal advisory services to Energy Investment s.r.o., a Czech group dealing with investments in renewable energy, especially in photovoltaic power, on its potential investment into a photovoltaic power plant in Bulgaria.

Veolia Voda (BG): comprehensive advisory services to Veolia Voda, a world leader in the provision of services in the field of production and distribution of drinking water and drainage and sewage treatment, on corporate matters.

Veolia Voda S.A. (CZ): legal consulting services to Veolia Voda S.A. in connection with a PPP project concerning the construction and renovation of a wastewater treatment plant for the City of Prague including legal analyses of state support and European funding.

BOUYGUES Travaux Publics SA and DTP Terrassement SA (SK) : comprehensive legal services to the French construction companies BOUYGUES Travaux Publics SA and DTP Terrassement SA in legal matters related to the construction of section 4 of the D1 highway in Slovakia implemented as part of the so-called "first package" of highway PPP projects.

Veolia (CZ): legal advisory services to Veolia Group on negotiating and signing contractual documents with the City of Pilsen in connection with the subsidy to be drawn by the City based on the Environment Operational Program for the water industry. The transaction includes the sale of shares in Vodárny Plzeň held by Veolia Group to the City of Pilsen in 2015. The expected transaction value is approximately CZK 700 million.

Sanef (SK): comprehensive advisory services to a French group during its successful participation in a tender concerning the introduction of a toll system imposing a fee on trucks in Slovakia (DFBOT project) announced by the National Highway Company (Narodná dialnicna spolocnost) and won by a consortium which SanToll, the Slovak subsidiary of Sanef, is a member of (the contract’s value is €852 million and is granted for 13 years).

Veolia Voda SA (UA): comprehensive advisory services to Veolia Voda S.A., world leader in the provision of services in producing and distributing drinking water and drainage and sewage treatment, on restructuring its corporate structure in Ukraine and participating in public tenders for concessions on the provision of water supply and sewage services.

Gaz de France (SK): providing legal services to Gaz de France in connection with underground natural gas storage in Slovakia.

Snef SA (UA): comprehensive legal assistance to Snef SA, a French leader in electrical engineering, on the acquisition of a 100 percent corporate part in a Ukrainian company and its consolidation on the Ukrainian market (value exceeding €3 million).

Snef SA (UA): legal advice to SNEF SA, a leading French group active in the electricity sector, related to diverse issues of employment law, including obtaining a work permit for a foreign director and preparing an employment contract for the director.

DTEK Group (UA): comprehensive legal assistance to the Ukrainian DTEK Group, one of Ukraine’s largest groups active in coal and electricity production and supply, on financing its international commercial activities and international credits (value of approximately €18.5 million).

Veolia Voda (UA): comprehensive advisory services to Veolia Voda, world leader in the provision of services in the field of production and distribution of drinking water and drainage and sewage treatment, on the closure of a representative office and establishing an LLC in Ukraine.

Beresford - I.I.D.D., s.r.o. (CZ, UA): advisory services to the Czech company in connection with a contract for coal supplies to the Ukrainian government, implemented as part of the Fuel Gap Programme for Ukraine financed from the budget of the TACIS programme of the European Union (transaction value of €18 million).

A Czech district heating company (CZ): representation before the national financial authority in appellate proceedings.

Veolia Water (SK): comprehensive advisory services to the world leading group in water management in relation to the acquisition of regional water management company Stredoslovenská vodárenská prevádzková spoločnosť, a.s. (transaction value of approximately €30 million).

Veolia Water (SK): comprehensive advisory services to the world leading group in water management in relation to the acquisition of regional water management company Podtatranská vodárenská prevádzková spoločnosť, a.s.(transaction value of approximately €10 million).

A major European gas concern (CZ): comprehensive advisory services on the buy-out of shares in Czech gas distribution companies.

A foreign company (CZ): representing a foreign tenderer in the privatisation of the Czech gas industry, on competition law matters.

VEOLIA (SK): complex advisory services to the world leading company in water management and related services on the regulation of water and sewage rates issued by the Slovak Office of Regulation of Network Industries.

VEOLIA Voda (CZ): comprehensive advisory services to the supplier of water management services in connection with a planned investment project.

Dalkia (UA):feasibility study for a member of the French group VEOLIA-Electricité de France as part of the project concerning lease and operation of heating plants in a regional centre in Ukraine.

A leading European energy company (SK): advisory services in connection with the requirements of the community law concerning the unbundling of activities on the transportation and gas distribution markets; advisory services on competition law issues (dominant position on the market).

Veolia Water (CZ): advisory services on public procurement and PPP matters in connection with participation in a PPP project in the Czech Republic.

VEOLIA VODA SA (UA): complex legal review and advisory assistance to a member of the French VEOLIA group, with respect to the concession of water supply in one of Ukraine’s main cities.

Wikov Wind (BG): legal advisory services to Wikov Wind a.s., a supplier of wind turbine technology, on the potential acquisition of a wind park in Bulgaria. 

DTEK Group (UA): comprehensive legal assistance to the Ukrainian DTEK Group, one of Ukraine’s largest groups active in coal and electricity production and supply, on financing its international commercial activities and international credits (total value of approximately €18.5 million).  

Veolia Voda S.A. (UA): comprehensive advisory services to Veolia Voda S.A., a world leader in the provision of services in producing and distributing drinking water and drainage and sewage treatment, on labour law aspects in Ukraine. 

Veolia Voda S.A. (UA): comprehensive advisory services to Veolia Voda S.A., a world leader in the provision of services in producing and distributing drinking water and drainage and sewage treatment, on restructuring its corporate structure in Ukraine and participating in public tenders for concessions on the provision of water supply and sewage services.