AGROFERT
Comprehensive assistance to one of the leading groups in Central and Eastern Europe active in the agriculture, food, and chemical industries, in relation to the sale of one of the client’s subsidiaries in Bulgaria which holds a minority shareholding in a major manufacturer of chemical products in Bulgaria listed on the local stock exchange. The assistance covered legal and tax advice on all important aspects of the sale, including regulatory aspects and support for the merger clearance, drafting and negotiating the transactional documentation, and representation of the client before the notary public for the signing of the local transfer agreement.
ALLIED MOTION
Legal and tax assistance to the U.S. public company, global designer and manufacturer of motion control products, in the execution of transaction documents regarding the acquisition of a German drive technology and engineering company and its Czech subsidiary. Value of the deal was approximately 20 million EUR.
ALTRON
Legal advisory services to the Czech company Altron, a.s., which provides worldwide data solutions, in connection with intra-group acquisition of shares, including the preparation of a set of required documents and related negotiations.
APICAP
Comprehensive legal assistance to the subsidiary of a leading French private equity firm, in relation to acquisition of share in a Slovak company active in IT technologies and telecommunications services. Our legal assistance covered legal due diligence of the company, notably from the point of view of corporate matters, protection of intellectual property, and labour law, and their impact on the planned transaction. The advisory also included implementing changes to the companyʼs shareholder structure and preparation of the contractual basis for the acquisition of the company.
ARISTO PHARMA
Legal consultancy to Aristo Pharma GmbH, a German producer and distributor of pharmaceuticals, regarding the due diligence of a Czech target company active in pharmaceuticals, namely oriented on female health products, including post-acquisition corporate matters.
ASSOCIATION FAMILIALE MULLIEZ (AFM)
Comprehensive legal advice to Oney Ukraine, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Banque Accord, the financing unit of the French Auchan Group, in connection with its commercial activities in Ukraine (corporate, employment, financing) including assistance with the implementation of consumer credit models in Ukraine.
ATLAS COPCO
Legal services to Atlas Copco, the world's leading producer of air and gas compressors, generators, construction and mining equipment, industrial tools and assembly systems, listed on Stockholm stock exchange, on acquiring A.C. Servis s.r.o., its distributor in the Czech Republic, and due diligence.
CEZ
Advising ČEZ Energetické produkty, a member of the integrated energy company ČEZ Group, which provides complex services in the field of front fuel cycle at traditional power plants, as the purchaser in the acquisitions of several business enterprises or their parts in the Czech Republic.
CORUM
Legal advisory services to SCPI Corum Convictions, a major French investment fund focusing on real estate investments, regarding the acquisition of an administrative building located in Bratislava, from a Slovak developer. The legal services provided by PETERKA & PARTNERS included legal due diligence, negotiating and preparing the documentation, a comprehensive tax review of the intended transaction, focusing on selected VAT and international tax aspects, and other comprehensive assistance regarding the transaction. PETERKA & PARTNERS also recommended steps to eliminate tax risks and advised on the legal structure of the transaction.
CT INVESTMENTS
Legal advisory services to CT Investments, s.r.o., a Slovak subsidiary of a provider of real estate services in St. Petersburg, in respect to the preparation of a loan agreement including comparing credit agreement advantages and advice on the transfer pricing aspects of the transaction.
DESCOURS & CABAUD
Legal advisory services to companies from Decours & Cabaud, an international group active in the industrial sector, in connection with the acquisition of a major Slovakia-based group active in the production of personal protective equipment and cleaning and hygienic products.
Complex legal advisory services to Descours & Cabaud, an international group engaged in industrial supplies, on the acquisition of a Czech company as a part of a larger transnational (UK/CZ) acquisition, in cooperation with the British law firms. Subsequent legal advisory to the acquired company in regard to the corporate changes connected with the change of shareholder.
Comprehensive advisory services to the client, a major distributor of work tools and products for industry and construction, on the acquisition of several Slovak companies and the subsequent formation of the operative structure in Slovakia.
ECE
Advising ECE European City Estates, an Austrian-based private real estate investor operating in Central and Eastern Europe focused on investments in commercial projects and real estate, on the sale of a logistics centre located in Slovakia. Within the transaction, Gramercy Europe, acting for its fund Gramercy Property Europe III, acquired a 55,500 m2 logistics warehouse let on a long-term lease contract to KiK, a major European fashion and home discount retailer belonging to Tengelmann Group. The property was sold via a share deal. PETERKA & PARTNERS acted as the legal advisor to ECE European City Estates as the seller. The transaction value was not disclosed.
FIRST ADVANTAGE
Legal advisory services to the Czech company First Advantage, s.r.o., a supplier of investment advisory services in acquisitions, including carrying-out legal due diligence reports, structuring the transactions, and assisting in related processes.
FRATELLI COSULICH
Advising Fratelli Cosulich, an Italian group, on a transaction involving the sale of participation interest in a Slovak company holding real estate and a development project in Bratislava to a major Slovak development group. PETERKA & PARTNERS provided comprehensive legal assistance to the client, including negotiations with all parties involved, drafting of transactional documentation, and closing and post-closing steps. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
Advisory services to Fratelli Cosulich, a private investment company based in Italy, in respect of the sale of one of the currently largest residential real estate projects in the capital of Slovakia to a Slovak-based developer. The transaction was structured as an M&A deal through which a major Slovak developer acquired the property, with all of the related rights and permits, from the two shareholders.
HEURKENS & VAN VELUW
Comprehensive legal advice to Saltire, a Dutch company engaged in metal processing industry, in divesting their business share in a Slovak subsidiary in a transaction worth more than EUR 1.6 million. The legal services rendered by our team lead by Jan Makara comprised, among other, advisory on transaction structure, review and commenting on transactional documentation including bank financing and vendor loan as well as processing the transaction before Slovak authorities. The transaction was successfully closed in November 2017.
IVECO
PETERKA & PARTNERS represented IVECO S.p.A., a CNH Industrial brand, a global manufacturer of light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, city and intercity buses and coaches, fire fighting vehicles, defence vehicles and off-road vehicles for construction and mining work, in the acquisition of the Czech truck dealer KOMERSIA AUTO and its daughter company KOMERSIA WEST. The Prague office of PETERKA & PARTNERS provided IVECO with complex legal advisory related to the acquisition, including the due diligence of both companies, representation before the Czech antimonopoly authority, legal evaluation of the compliance of the carve-out of the portfolio constituting the object of the acquisition, as well as with the negotiation and execution of a share transfer agreement, and advisory with the post-closing operations.
J&T
Legal advisory services to the venture investment fund of a Czech bank in connection with the acquisition of several start-up companies in CEE, including advice on structuring the transaction and its financing.
Legal advisory services to a venture investment fund J&T VENTURES CG SICAV in connection with subsequent round of investment in a company Yieldigo, a start-up developing and providing price optimization software to retailers in several European countries, in particular drafting and amending transaction documentation and negotiation with founders and seed investors.
Legal advisory services to a venture investment fund, J&T VENTURES CG SICAV, in connection with the acquisition of shares in the company Sprayvision, a European leader in spray pattern digitalization, analysis, evaluation, process control, and non-contact thickness measurement. In particular, the services related to drafting and amending transaction documentation, negotiation with founders and a new investor, and managing closing agenda.
Legal advisory services to a venture investment fund, J&T VENTURES CG SICAV, in connection with acquisition of a share in the company Choice QR, a modern European restaurant tool, including a digital menu, a website for pick-up and delivery, table reservations, QR codes, and more. We provided our client with DD of the target, drafted and amended transaction documentation, negotiated with the founders and seed investors, and managed the closing agenda. Our Polish and Ukrainian offices were involved in the DD of the target.
KIMBERLY-CLARK
Assisting Kimberly-Clark, a multinational company engaged in the production of hygienic means and equipment, in issues regarding the acquisition of land adjacent to its plant in Jaromer, Czech Republic, for the purpose of extension of the plant area, in the initial phase of the transaction. In particular, our assistance consisted in assessing the feasibility of various transactional scenarios, assessment of issues relating to current agricultural use of land and issues related to the effectiveness of the applied change of the zoning plan and their outcomes to the anticipated transaction. We have been drafting a complex feasibility study for further considerations regarding the transaction at the Kimberly-Clark headquarters level.
KKCG
Comprehensive legal advisory services to Belisar, an oil company and a member of the KKCG group, in connection with share capital increase.
Legal services to the Dutch company MND Samara Holding B.V., a mining company and a member of the KKCG group, in connection with capitalisation of intercompany loans. The value was approximately €10 million.
LINAMAR CORPORATION
Comprehensive legal assistance to a Canadian-listed industrial manufacturing company, with the acquisition of a manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic within a larger multijurisdictional transaction. We covered all phases of the acquisition – including detailed due diligence, the contracting process, setting up of the buyer’s local entity, preparation for a closing, and the closing itself.
MARCEVAGGI
Advising Levorato-Marcevaggi S.r.l., an Italian company providing refuelling for aircraft at airports and other services such as LPG forwarding and air gas forwarding, on the closing part of the acquisition of L.M. Czech Republic s.r.o., a Czech company providing refuelling for the aircraft at Václav Havel Airport Prague.
MARUYASU INDUSTRIES
Advising WESTAFLEX Automotive Groupe, a producer of plastic parts for the automotive industry, on sale of its entire production site in Slovakia. This assistance also included negotiations with the purchaser an analysis of VAT aspects of such transactions.
MDB
Advice to a Belgian company MDB, a construction company with concrete, metal and profile divisions, in relation with the acquisition of a Czech distressed competitor.
MOLINS
Comprehensive legal assistance to Molins, leading specialists in the design and manufacture of secondary tobacco processing machinery, within the intragroup transfer of a Czech company, including advising on pre-sale group reorganization and anti-trust analysis from the Czech point of view, the due diligence of the target, advisory with Czech legal aspects when negotiating and executing the Framework Agreement, structuring, preparation and execution of the local SPA and implementation of the corporate changes.
MORAVIA STEEL
Advising a Czech producer of forging and railcar components on the acquisition of 100% shares in a Polish company from the same sector. PETERKA & PARTNERS advised at all stages of the transaction, starting from conducting legal due diligence of the target, through drafting and negotiating transaction documentation, to the completion of post-closing activities.
NICE & WISE
Representing the founders of Ecocapsule, a successful start-up based in Slovakia in relation to its financing by a group of international investors through acquisition of shares in the project company. PETERKA & PARTNERS advised the clients in negotiations with the investors and took part in preparing and negotiating the transaction documentation.
NKT
PETERKA & PARTNERS represented NKT Cables, a global front-line supplier to the energy sector, in relation with negotiation and execution of an agreement to divest its automotive cable business, including automotive cables, flexible and special cables and a plant in Vrchlabí, Czech Republic, with approximately 400 employees, to a subsidiary of the German-based Wilms Group. The transaction was subject to approval by several antimonopoly authorities.
ORKLA
PETERKA & PARTNERS rendered legal services to Nordic Partners and Hamé during the post-acquisition restructuring of the Hamé group, including several mergers and squeeze-outs, and during the process of post-acquisition refinancing of Nordic Partners and Hamé group companies’ loans through a syndicated bank facility in 2008 to 2009 and 2010 (transaction value approximately €93 million).
RENAULT
Comprehensive legal advisory to Renault Retail Group, a part of Renault group active on the automotive dealership market with respect to sale of its subsidiary in Poland to a Polish group PGD. Our advisory included drafting and negotiating whole transaction documentation and dealing with other legal issues related with the transaction. The transaction was reported as the largest M&A transaction in the car dealership market in Poland.
RSJ
Advising major Czech investment fund RSJ Private equity uzavřený investiční fond, a.s., on finance and corporate structure, including share capital amounts. The value was approximately €15 million.
SAFESTAY
Legal assistance to the client, an international operator of hostels in major European cities, with the acquisition of a Prague hostel, including due diligence of the target and drafting an acquisition agreement.
SAINT GOBAIN
The PETERKA PARTNERS Prague and Zagreb offices assisted Saint-Gobain with the Czech and Croatian legal aspects of the acquisition of Glass Service a.s., a leading provider of digital solutions for glass furnaces, including advanced control systems and simulation software that enables customers to reduce their energy consumption. The closing of the transaction was subject to antitrust approvals and took place on 2 April 2024. This acquisition will complement Saint-Gobain’s range of digital services, offering predictive, diagnostic, and data-driven solutions to improve energy efficiency for its customers and reduce the carbon footprint of their products and processes. PETERKA PARTNERS closely cooperated with the leading French law firm Gide Loyerette Nouel, which led legal teams in six jurisdictions. The PETERKA PARTNERS team consisted of Senior Associates Petr Říha, Patricie Čalová and Anja Haramija, and was led by Partner Ondřej Dušek.
SCHREIBER
Advising Schreiber Foods, a US-based global producer of dairy products, on the sale of its Slovak subsidiary, which is a prominent and well-established manufacturer of dairy products in Slovakia. PETERKA & PARTNERS provided legal services related to the Slovak jurisdiction and our legal services were comprised of preparing and negotiating the transactional documentation, including assistance with closing the transaction, and post-closing steps.
SENSE ARENA
Legal advisory services to a venture investment fund, J&T VENTURES CG SICAV, in connection with acquisition of a share in the start-up Sense Arena, which develops and provides sports training applications, in particular drafting and amending transaction documentation, negotiations with founders and seed investors, and managing the closing agenda.
SHARRY
Legal advisory services to a venture investment fund, J&T VENTURES CG SICAV, in connection with acquisition of shares in Sharry Europe, a start-up company quickly becoming a world leader in developing and providing software creating a smart access platform for A-class office buildings, which provides its services in several European countries and the United States. The advice included performing due diligence, drafting and amending transaction documentation, and negotiations with founders and seed investors.
SKANSKA
Legal advisory services to Skanska a.s., a construction and development company from Skanska group, in connection with acquiring a project company owning important real estate in Prague. The project company is a joint venture between Skanska and the previous owner. The buyer requested the sellers to behave in conformity with the buyer’s worldwide compliance policy. It was necessary to set up rules for such commitment and sanctions for its breach.
SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE
The Czech and Slovak offices of PETERKA & PARTNERS assisted the American company Smith Micro Software, in establishing Czech and Slovak subsidiaries in relation to the purchase of the Family Safety Mobile Business unit from the Czech company Avast Software for $66 million, i.e., more than CZK 1.4 billion.
TRANSURB
Comprehensive legal services to Transurb Technirail N.V., a Belgian limited liability company of land transport-oriented services, including assistance in the sale of participation in a Slovak joint-stock company.
VEOLIA GROUP
Advising a major European company active in the processing and disposal of industrial and municipal waste, in respect of the potential acquisition of a Slovak company. The legal services provided by PETERKA & PARTNERS were comprised of comprehensive due diligence of the target company and preparation of the transactional documentation.
The PETERKA & PARTNERS team led by Hynek Peroutka advised MORAVSKÁ VODÁRENSKÁ a.s. from Veolia Group („MOVO“) in the project of transforming the operation of the water supply infrastructure in the Zlín region and creating a new model, which ended an 18-year long series of court and arbitration disputes between the company Vodovody a kanalizace Zlín a.s („VAK Zlín“), as the owner of the infrastructure controlled by the municipalities in the Zlín region, the towns of Otrokovice and Fryšták as its minority shareholders, and MOVO as the operator of the infrastructure. PETERKA & PARTNERS also previously represented MOVO in a number of these disputes. The essence of the settlement, which was negotiated for two years and subsequently implemented in the first half of 2022, was the creation of a new operating company Vodárna Zlín a.s., into which MOVO contributed part of its business and which, as of 1 July 2022, took over the operation of the water supply infrastructure owned by VAK Zlín and towns and municipalities in the Zlín region. From 1 July 2022, Vodárna Zlín a.s. became a joint venture between VAK Zlín and MOVO (by transferring of 75% of shares) until the end of 2029, when it will become fully controlled by VAK Zlín. The entire transaction comprises a number of unusual and innovative aspects, concerning relations between the shareholders of the joint venture, a specific controlling role of the towns of Otrokovice and Fryšták, special arrangements for the purchase price of the shares, the method of its payment and generating of funds for it, and others. Given the nature of the water supply business, the complexity of the negotiated structure and the involvement of both private and public (municipal) actors, the transaction also involved a number of public law and regulatory aspects and was subject to clearance by the Office for the Protection of Competition.
VT INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
Legal services to VT Industrial Technology Co., Ltd., a major manufacturer and supplier of parts for the automotive industry based in China, in the due diligence of a major European automotive parts manufacturer.