Representative work

Nordic Partners (CZ, SK)
Comprehensive legal services to the Icelandic investment company Nordic Partners on the acquisition of the food processing group Hamé, the largest Czech producer of durable and cooled foodstuffs and one of the largest Czech food processing companies with almost 3000 employees and subsidiaries in Romania, Hungary, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia, including post-acquisition refinancing, refinancing of Hamé group companies' credit and connected group restructuring; transaction value of approximately CZK 2.41 billion; historically, one of the largest transactions on the Czech food processing market.
 

Senoble (SK)
Complex legal services to the French group Senoble in connection with the acquisition of Gemerská mliekareň, s.r.o., acquisition of assets (including significant real estate), take-over of employees of Mliekoservis Slovakia, a.s. and in connection with the merger of I.WITTMANN & SYN and Zvolenská mliekáreň, a.s.
 

ECE European City Estates (CZ, UA)
Comprehensive advisory services to the large Austrian real estate development and investment group in connection with the sale of the City Empiria and City Point buildings in Prague (transaction value of approximately €120 million) and with its acquisition of a share in a Ukrainian LLC engaged in the development of a hotel-office-commercial complex in Kiev.
 

CDC Ixis (CZ)
Comprehensive advisory services in connection with the capital investment of financial investors in a group owning major Prague administrative and commercial centres (transaction value of approximately €50 million).
 

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.
 

Crestyl management (UA)
Comprehensive legal advisory services to the Czech company Crestyl management a.s., a leader in real estate development and construction of housing facilities, on the acquisition of 100 percent participation in two Ukrainian legal entities.
 

VINCI (CZ)
Comprehensive advisory services to VINCI group member companies, the world leader in the construction sector, and related services, on the change of the legal form of a company owning a five—star hotel in Prague and its subsequent sale to a foreign investor (transaction value of approximately €80 million) and in connection with the planning and implementing the acquisition scheme concerning a large brownfield project in the centre of Prague (transaction value of CZK 750 million).
 

Veolia Water (SK)
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, connected with the acquisition of regional water management companies, for instance Stredoslovenská vodárenská prevádzková spoločnosť, a.s. (transaction value of approximately €30 million) and Podtatranská vodárenská prevádzková spoločnosť, a.s. (transaction value of approximately €10 million).
 

Delhaize "The Lion" Nederland (CZ)
Comprehensive advisory services to DELHAIZE, the multinational food retailer group, on the sale of Delvita a.s., operating a network of 96 shops in the Czech Republic, to the German REWE group (transaction value of approximately €100 million).
 

KBC Securities NV (UA)
legal review and advisory assistance to a member of the Belgian KBC Group with respect to the indirect acquisition of a 100 percent share in a major Ukrainian broker.
 

PSA Peugeot Citroën (SK)
Comprehensive legal advisory services to Peugeot Slovakia, a member of the PSA Peugeot Citroën Group, on the acquisition of a local car distributor and repairer in Bratislava, including competition clearance and related corporate issues.
 

Konica Minolta (CZ)
Legal advisory services to Konica Minolta Business Solutions Czech, a Czech branch of the Japanese group Konica Minolta, manufacturing office technologies, upon the acquisition of Robinco CS. Konica Minolta acquired 100 percent of the shares in the company.
 

American Securities (CZ)
Legal advisory services to American Securities LLC on the Czech legal aspects of the acquisition of Unifrax LLC, a leading global manufacturer of ceramic fibre insulation products used in many high-temperature industrial applications. The acquisition was undertaken in partnership with the company management, with equity provided from funds managed by American Securities and from management. The assistance covered due diligence work on real estate, IP and environmental issues and drafting and commenting financing & security documentation.
 

Ipsos Tambor (SK)
Legal analysis of a potential merger of two companies under Slovak law for Ipsos Tambor which renders complex services related to the market and public opinion research.
 

Bonus Group (RU)
Advisory services to Bonus Group, a Czech real estate group belonging to the Century 21 network, upon acquiring an ownership interest in a Russian real estate company.