CEE Legal Matters
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Havel & Partners has advised the Emeis/SeneCura Group on the sale of its Czech nursing home and Alzheimer center operations to the Penta Healthcare Group. Jan Evan Advokatni Kancelar advised the Penta Healthcare Group.
PRK Partners, working with Hengeler Mueller, has advised XXXLutz Deutschland on its acquisition of the Porta Group from Porta Westfalica.
Kinstellar, working with Luxembourg-based Brouxel & Rabia, has advised Genesis Growth Equity Fund I on the acquisition of a majority stake in LLP Group from Adam Bager, Tim Smulders, Barbara Dreska, and Jiri Stiller. Wolf Theiss, working with Ashurst, advised the sellers.
Finreg Partners has advised Fundster on obtaining an investment crowdfunding license in the Czech Republic.
PRK Partners has announced a partnership with Quantera Global.
Nedelka Kubac Advokati has advised Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding on its acquisition of a 50% stake in West Burton Energy from TotalEnergies.
Conducting legal due diligence on the target company is standard practice before completinga transaction. Even today, eight years after the GDPR came into effect, some companies still fail to implement basic data protection principles in their internal policies or in their relationships with business partners and suppliers. Some even claim not to process any personal data at all.
CEE Attorneys has advised Slovak hockey forward Michal Kristof on the termination of his representation agreement with his agent.
Kocian, Solc, Balastik has advised Bakalari Software on changes within the Educleus Group following Vanda Seidelova’s sale of a stake in it.
Clifford Chance has advised Solaris Bus & Coach on EUR 700 million syndicated financing in the form of credit and guarantee lines granted in order to fuel the company's further development. Allen & Overy Shearman Sterling advised the banking consortium.
Clifford Chance has advised a club of banks including ING Bank, Erste Group Bank and its Czech subsidiary Ceska Sporitelna, and Komercni Banka on a EUR 268 million facility agreement supporting a new joint venture partner’s entry and the expansion of Unibail-Rodamco Westfield's Centrum Cerny Most in Prague. Dentons reportedly advised Unibail-Rodamco Westfield.
Dentons has advised AutoWallis Group on its acquisition of the Milan Kral Group. Havel & Partners advised the seller.
Kinstellar has advised European Imaging Group Limited on its acquisition of Megapixel from Tomas Matejcek. Tarpan Legal reportedly advised the seller.
White & Case has advised Rohlik.cz Finance II on a CZK 4 billion retail offering of senior secured fixed rate bonds due in 2029 which feature an equity-linked bonus.
Kocian, Solc, Balastik has advised Webglobe on the acquisition of Cesky Webhosting.
Reals has advised Conseq Realitni on the acquisition of the EA Hotel Atlantic Palace in Karlovy Vary.
BPV Braun Partners and Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, working with Watson Farley & Williams, have advised Creditas Group on its acquisition of Duon from Infracapital with financing from Komercni Banka. Dentons advised Duon. White & Case reportedly advised Komercni Banka.
CMS has advised the Via Salis consortium, comprising Vinci and Meridiam, on the D4 highway public-private partnership project in the Czech Republic. Kinstellar, working with Linklaters, advised the financing banks. White & Case advised the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic.
PRK Partners, one of the leading Central European law firms, has been helping clients achieve their business objectives almost 30 years. Our team of lawyers, based in our Prague, Ostrava, and Bratislava offices, has a unique knowledge of Czech and Slovak law and of the business environment. Our lawyers studied at top law schools in the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland and elsewhere. They also have experience working for leading international and domestic law firms in a number of jurisdictions. We speak your language, too. Our legal team is fluent in more than 15 languages, including all the key languages of the region.
PRK Partners has one of the most experienced legal teams on the market. We are consistently rated as one of the leading law firms in the region. We have received many significant honours and awards for our work. We represent the interests of international clients operating in the Czech Republic in an efficient way, combining local knowledge with an understanding of their global requirements in a business-friendly approach. We are one of the largest law firms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our specialised teams of lawyers and tax advisors advise major global corporations as well as local companies. We provide comprehensive legal advice drawing on our profound knowledge of local law and markets.
Our legal advice delivers tangible results – as proven by our strong track record. We are the only Czech member firm of Lex Mundi, the world's leading network of independent law firms. As one of the leading law firms in the region, we have received many national and international awards, in some cases several years in a row. Honours include the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence, The Lawyer and Czech and Slovak Law Firm of the Year. Thanks to our close cooperation with leading international law firms and strong local players, we can serve clients in multiple jurisdictions around the globe. Our strong network means that we can meet your needs, wherever you do business.
PRK Partners has been repeatedly voted among the most socially responsible firms in the category of small and mid-sized firms and was awarded the bronze certificate at the annual TOP Responsible Firm of the Year Awards.
Our work is not only “business”: we have participated on a longstanding basis in a wide variety of pro bono projects and supported our partners from the non-profit sector (Kaplicky Centre Endowment Fund, Tereza Maxová Foundation, Czech Donors Forum, etc.).
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