Experience

My experience is best demonstrated by projects and legal advice that clients entrusted me with and the law firms in which I previously worked.

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Projects

Organising the due diligence process for the acquisition of a major manufacturer and distributor of food products active in the Czech republic, Slovakia and Hungary, negotiating the terms and conditions of the acquisition of financing (2005) and re-financing (2007) in the range of several billion CZK, restructuring of the acquired group and various legal advice for the acquired group of companies and its shareholders

Leading the team of the issuer’s legal advisors on a EUR 215,000,000 bond exchange listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Leading the legal team on the contemplated acquisition of a large Czech power producer by a US investor (transaction value approximately USD 100,000,000)

Various legal advice for a family-run fashion business relating to its entry onto the Czech, Slovak and Hungarian markets

Legal advice and drafting of contractual documentation relating to the contemplated sale of part of the client’s enterprise

Organising due diligence and drafting of transaction documentation relating to a contemplated acquisition of a Czech SW company by a US investor

Legal advice relating to the joint venture of an Irish investor with its Czech partners relating to the construction of a biomass fuelled power plant

Legal advice to an American investor as to the possible forms of joint venture with its Czech partners

Legal advice relating to the IPO (initial public offering) of a Czech real estate developer on the Prague Stock Exchange

Due diligence and legal analysis relating to energy law and protection of foreign investments for a client participating in the privatisation of Transgas (now RWE Transgas, the sole Czech gas transmission system operator and major gas distributor)

Due diligence of all of the three Slovak electricity distributors

Legal advice to numerous major foreign investors relating to various corporate and commercial law issues at their entry to the Czech market.

Corporate law advice such as organising general meetings, founding of companies, adopting changes to Articles of Associations, analysis of rights of minority / majority shareholders and the like

Mergers and restructurings within groups of companies

Drafting and reviewing various business contracts – loan agreements, management or consultancy contracts, outsourcing agreements, SLAs and consortium contracts

Legal advice to Czech as well and foreign clients relating to public procurement issues

Legal advice relating to various international law issues (public, as well as private) including the protection of foreign investments under international treaties

Previous Positions

since 2008 – own law firm

2005 - 2008 Managing Associate, Linklaters Prague

2002 - 2005: Associate, Linklaters Prague

2000 - 2002: Junior Associate, Linklaters Prague

1999 – 2002: Junior Associate, Glatzová & Co., Prague

1997 - 1999: Paralegal, Glatzová & Co., Prague