SEKYRA GROUP
Acquisition of land for the Žižkov City project
Leading Czech developer Sekyra Group has acquired land plots in the southern part of the Žižkov Freight Station with an area of 92,000 sq.m. from Czech Railways. They plan to build Žižkov City, a modern district with more than 3,000 flats, civic amenities and a tramline. We provided comprehensive legal advice on this acquisition, including negotiating the contractual documentation. The transaction team was led by partner Martin Ráž, with counsel Natalija Traurigová, senior associate Patrik Chrást, and junior associate Dominika Hřebačková.
ACCOLADE
Acquisition of the football club FK Teplice
Accolade, an investment group focusing on industrial real estate, has bought 100% of the shares in the first league football club FK Teplice from AGC Group. We provided comprehensive legal services to the Accolade Group in this regard. The team was led by partners Jan Koval and Lukáš Syrový, complemented by managing associate Ivo Skolil, senior associate Nikola Pospíšilová Leová, and junior associates Dominika Hřebačková and Johana Němečková.
EMEIS/SENECURA
Sale of Czech operations to Penta Healthcare
We advised the emeis/SeneCura group on the sale of its 17 domestic nursing home and Alzheimer centre facilities with a capacity of approximately 2,200 beds to Penta Healthcare. One of the largest transactions in the healthcare sector in the Czech Republic last year was tended to by partner Martin Peckl, together with counsel Roman Světnický and senior associates Robin Štork and Martin Rott.
UPVEST & RSJ
Investment in Centrum Černý Most
We represented Komerční banka’s Upvest investment platform and the investment group RSJ in the acquisition of a 25% stake in the Prague shopping centre Centrum Černý Most with an option to increase their share up to a total of 49%, through a SICAV fund of qualified investors. This was an extremely demanding, year-long complex consultancy process. The transaction team was led by partner Petr Dohnal and included counsel David Šmída, managing associates Josef Bouchal and Adam Karban, senior associate Patrik Chrást, and junior associates Dominika Hřebačková and Anna Gloserová. Partner Josef Žaloudek dealt with the related tax issues.
AIT GROUP
Aerospace joint venture in Spain
AIT Group, a Czech industrial group focused on investments in advanced industrial technologies, has established a joint venture with the Spanish shareholders of Egile Corporation, a Basque manufacturer of aerospace components. In this international transaction, we took care of the preparation and negotiation of the relevant documentation and the final settlement. Legal advice was provided by partner Jan Koval assisted by managing associate Ivo Skolil.
TENSOR VENTURES & ELEVATOR VENTURES
Investment in Wultra
We represented Central European deep tech fund Tensor Ventures and Austrian corporate VC fund Elevator Ventures in their investment in Czech fintech startup Wultra. Wultra specialises in cyber security, specifically in the development of security solutions for identity verification on the Internet and in mobile apps. Legal advice was provided by managing associate Josef Bouchal together with junior associate Róbert Košala. The transaction was supervised by partner Jaroslav Baier.
ROHLÍK GROUP
Formation of the Rohlik Growth SICAV investment fund
We were instrumental in completing one of the largest and, in terms of its structure, most exceptional deals combining fund structuring and venture capital that took place in the Czech Republic recently. We represented Tomáš Čupr’s Rohlik Group in the formation of a unique investment fund Rohlik Growth SICAV, with an expected value exceeding EUR 120 million (more than CZK 3 billion). The work on the transaction and the structuring of the fund was done by a team led by partner Jaroslav Baier and managing associate Josef Bouchal, with the involvement of competition law experts – counsel Roman Světnický and senior associate Martin Rott.
CAPITON
Sale of Gritec to Viessmann Generations Group
As cooperating legal advisors to the German private equity fund capiton, we were involved in the sale of Gritec, a supplier of technical buildings and stations for energy infrastructure, to the Viessmann Generations Group. Partner Marek Lošan, counsel Natalija Traurigová and managing associate Vladimir Ivanov focused primarily on the Czech legal aspects of the transaction, including the seller’s due diligence.
MTX RENEWABLES
Entry into a Spanish RES project
In 2024, MTX Renewables, a division of Czech industrial group MTX, acquired a 40% stake in a joint venture with Germany’s Aquila Capital to build 9 solar and wind power plants in Andalusia with a capacity of 1,080 MW. We provided the client with legal services including transactional, corporate and competition law aspects.
The team led by partner Petr Dohnal included counsel Pavel Ondrák and junior associate Pavel Váňa, and also partner Jiří Kunášek, senior associate Kateřina Kabátová and senior associate Martin Rott. Partner Filip Čabart, managing associate Štěpán Černý, associate Jakub Jireš, and legal expert Ondřej Sýkora advised on the financing of the transaction.
CROWN ESTATES
Sale of the fairytale castle Žinkovy
For our client, Crown Estates, we handled the legal aspects of the successful sale of Žinkovy castle near Nepomuk to the Lázně Poděbrady group. Some scenes from the famous fairy tale The Proud Princess were filmed at the castle.
Partners Martin Ráž and Josef Žaloudek, counsel David Šmída, managing associate Albert Tatra, senior associate Zdeněk Chroust, senior tax manager David Bureš, and junior associate Tomáš Belada were involved as advisors.
MÜLLER HOLDING
Advising on the entry of a drugstore chain into the Slovak market
We provided comprehensive legal advice to the German company Müller Holding in Slovakia in connection with the entry of the Müller drugstore chain into the local market, including the establishment of a local legal structure. Headquartered in Ulm, Germany, Müller Holding is present in eight European countries, operates more than 900 stores and employs approximately 35,000 people.
Legal advice was provided by partners Martin Peckl and Štěpán Štarha, managing associates Patrícia Jamrišková and Róbert Gašparovič, and associate Oliver Benda.
DIAGNOSE.ME
Amalgamation of two health-tech leaders in Slovakia
We provided comprehensive advice to the client on the legal, transactional and tax aspects of the acquisition of DNA ERA and the simultaneous entry of DNA ERA shareholders into diagnose.me. This was one of the most significant transactions in the venture capital sector in the previous year, resulting in the merger of two health-tech leaders in Slovakia.
Our team of experts was led by partner Jaroslav Baier and complemented by senior associate Peter Košecký and associate Gabriel Kulik.
