Practice Areas
What we do
Legal counsel across the business lifecycle — from venture to mature M&A, from product development to scale and sale, from traditional industries and real estate to AI.
01Mergers & Acquisitions
- share and asset transfers
- corporate transformations
- corporate restructurings
- joint ventures
Recent representative experience
- Advising founders of a CEE provider of mobile sanitation equipment on its sale to a French leader in mobile hygiene solutions.
- Advising a leading provider of content and language technology on a cross-border merger involving Luxembourg and Czech entities.
- Advising on a complex legal restructuring of a RE group, including shareholder buyouts, spinoffs and merger with change of legal form.
02Private Equity
- control buyouts
- minority investments
- growth-equity investments
- management buyouts
- add-ons
Recent representative experience
- Advising one of the largest CEE-based PE firms on the sale of a 100% share in a construction company specializing in custom glass façades and curtain walls.
- Advising a Czech VC fund on a VC-to-PE buyout of a UK portfolio company.
- Advising a Middle East technology retailer on a strategic carve-out and sale of a part of its business to a Middle East PE investor.
03Venture Capital
- equity financing
- debt financing
- secondary transactions
- stock option plans
- arrangements between founders
Recent representative experience
- Advising a Taiwanese VC fund on Series A and Series B investments into Czech, UK and US-incorporated startups backed by Czech founders.
- Advising a NYSE-listed power management company on convertible loan financing of a Czech scale-up.
- Advising a group of VC funds on Series A investment into the UK's first all-electric intercity bus service operator.
04Corporate
- corporate governance
- shareholder relations
- corporate compliance
Recent representative experience
- Advising high-net-worth individuals on repatriation of their offshore personal assets to the Czech Republic.
- Advising PE sponsors and high-net-worth individuals on setting up shareholder relationships in various holding and operating companies.
- Advising a family-owned group on a generational governance and succession restructure.
05Real Estate
- real estate acquisitions
- sale-leaseback transactions
- development projects
Recent representative experience
- Advising a fund of qualified investors on €123.8 million acquisition of a shopping centre.
- Advising a Czech bank on the acquisition of a 18,000 sq.m. office complex in Prague from one of the largest CEE real estate groups.
- Advising a German RE fund in connection with acquisition of a hotel in Prague and setting up a legal structure between the asset holdco and opco.
06Financing
- debt financing across capital structures
- acquisition financing
- project financing
- convertible debt
Recent representative experience
- Advising a Czech RE group investing in residential, office and retail real estate projects on €120 million senior facility refinancing.
- Advising a group of companies on a cross-border financing of a BESS project in Sweden provided by a leading Czech private bank.
- Advising a U.S. credit institution on provision of debt financing to an automotive suppliers of components to OEMs.
07Commercial
- transitional services agreements
- distribution agreements and licensing agreements
- other commercial arrangements
Recent representative experience
- Advising on multiple transitional service agreements in M&A transactions, including automotive, IT and consulting business.
- Advising a Czech beer producer on supply contracts with foreign distributors.
- Advising on contractual JV arrangements between strategic partners from manufacturing industry.
08Regulatory
- foreign direct investment screening
- investment funds
- capital markets
Recent representative experience
- Advising a Czech VC firm on the limited partnership agreement relating to establishing a new fund.
- Representing clients in multiple filings under Czech foreign investment screening legislation.
- Advising a Czech impact fund on legal transformation, including change of legal form from endowment fund and registration as AIF.
09Intellectual Property
- protection of IPR, knowhow and confidential information
- license agreements
- software development and implementation
Recent representative experience
- Advising TSE-listed corporation on IPR aspects of a master services agreement with a Middle East investor.
- Advising investors and founders on IPR arrangements with employees, freelancers and other IPR holders.
- Advising a custom software company on a software-development agreement.
