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Tomáš Sequens Named New KSB Partner04/01/22 / News
As of 1 January 2022, KSB counsel Tomáš Sequens became a new partner. More
Advice to JTZE a.s. on Investments in Agriculture10/12/21 / News
JTZE a.s. (J&T Zemědělství a Ekologie), a J&T Real Estate group company that specialises in agricultural investments, has, over the past few months, acquired shares in several companies that are engaged in primary agricultural production. The latest acquisition was Farma Neznašovy a.s., which was preceded by the purchase of Statek Sobětice s.r.o. and Žďár Chudenice s.r.o. The total volume of cultivated land is more than 5,600 hectares. More
KSB Succeeds Among Czech Business Leaders08/12/21 / News
KSB made a mark in its first year of participating in the Czech Leaders Awards and took second place in the Capital City of Prague. “We are extremely grateful to have achieved such success, especially in the current complicated times,” said Jiří Horník, who attended the award ceremony on KSB’s behalf. More
KSB Advises Titans Freelancers on Acquiring Stake in Bridgewater06/12/21 / News
KSB's team led by Drahomír Tomašuk, Ján Béreš and Ondřej Siška advised Titans Freelancers, a Slovak company engaged in outsourcing IT specialists, on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Czech-based Bridgewater. Bridgewater helps companies find suitable IT specialists and IT professionals find new career opportunities and challenges. It also focuses on non-IT staff, especially middle and senior management positions, and hard-to-fill jobs. More
Advising the Focus Estate Fund on the sale of retail parks03/12/21 / News
KŠB’s team (Jiří Horník, Luděk Vrána, Jakub Porod, Zuzana Slabá) assisted the Focus Estate Fund in the sale of the Centro Ostrava Retail Park in Ostrava and Most Retail Park in Most to the Czech investment group DRFG. The tenants of the spaces in the retail parks include JYSK, Mountfield, Sportisimo and Breno Carpets. The total leasable area of both parks is 14,170 m2. More
Advising Aramark on the Acquisition of Sodexo’s Catering Division29/11/21 / News
KSB’s team led by Jan Lasák recently advised on a major acquisition in the catering services sector. The client, Aramark, acquired the catering division of the Czech branch of French company Sodexo, which is engaged in providing services in the areas of canteens, catering, full-service building management, and the operation of food and beverage vending machines. As a result, Aramark has consolidated its leading position on the catering market in the Czech Republic. More
Assistance to AI Startup Incubator in investment in AssetFloow12/11/21 / News
KŠB‘s team specializing in venture capital investments (Ota Mach and Josef Kříž) assisted AI Startup Incubator (a fund focused on AI start-ups) in investing in AssetFloow. More
KSB Advises ARETE on Closing Its Real Estate Sub-Fund10/11/21 / News
The ARETE investment and real estate group, which includes funds that invest in real estate, has successfully closed the investment cycle of its ARETE INVEST CEE II sub-fund. Following the EUR 113.2 million sale of the sub-fund's portfolio to Cromwell European REIT (CEREIT) in March (KSB advised ARETE on the transaction as well), the company has paid all investors in the sub-fund and settled the bank financing liabilities. More
Vlastimil Pihera to speak at the CASHLESS FUTURE conference08/11/21 / News
Hospodářské noviny is planning the 8th annual conference on a cashless society and business CASHLESS FUTURE. This year's event will focus on digital services, changes in AML and cryptocurrencies, and other financial services that are shaping the financial sector today. More
KSB Sits Out of the Czech “Law Firm of the Year” Awards01/11/21 / News
In response to epravo.cz’s announcement of the results of its Law Firm of the Year competition, we would like to point out that KSB has refrained from taking part in the competition for the last six years and this year is no different. More
Ostrava-based EKOVA ELECTRIC Becomes Part of ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION25/10/21 / News
In 2020, KŠB started advising ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. on the acquisition of a 100% stake in EKOVA ELECTRIC a.s., an Ostrava-based company engaged in manufacturing, upgrading and servicing trams, trolleybuses and electric buses (more information here). More
KSB Advises ARETE on Acquisition of Site in Plzeň - Borská pole Industrial Zone14/10/21 / News
KSB's team (Jiří Horník, Jakub Porod and Zuzana Slabá) advised ARETE Group on the acquisition of a 45,666 sqm site in the Plzeň - Borská pole industrial zone. More
Venture Capital Deal: AI Startup Incubator has invested in OpenRefactory24/09/21 / News
The KŠB team specializing in venture capital investments (Ota Mach and Josef Kříž) advised AI Startup Incubator (a fund focused on AI start-ups) on investing in OpenRefactory. More
Solitea acquired another IT company with the assistance of KŠB - PRYTANIS, a.s.21/09/21 / News
The KŠB team led by Drahomír Tomašuk assisted Solitea in the acquisition of a 100% stake in PRYTANIS a.s., a leading Czech supplier of information systems for road hauliers, passenger transport operators and forwarding and logistics companies. More
26th Annual Charity Concert of Good Will – Olga Havel Foundation14/09/21 / News
This year’s Charity Concert of Good Will, which Kocián Šolc Balaštík has organised since 1995 to help support the Goodwill Committee - Olga Havel Foundation, will take place on Sunday, 21 November 2021 at 19:00 at the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude in Prague’s Old Town. More
KSB Advises on J&T BANKA’s Partnership with AMISTA09/09/21 / News
KSB's long-standing client, J&T Banka, has entered into a strategic partnership with Amista, the largest Czech manager and administrator of qualified investor funds. In addition, J&T Banka took over a 9.9% stake in Amista. More
KŠB assisted the ARETE group in another investment19/08/21 / News
The KŠB team (Jiří Horník, Dana Jacková) advised the third fund of the ARETE group, which focuses on industrial and logistics assets, on the purchase of a facility complex near Beroun. The complex is used for the production and storage for the Czech company Hronovský s.r.o. The financial volume of the transaction was close to EUR 10 million. More
Advice on 3M Fund MSI’s billion-crown bond issue26/07/21 / News
KSB’s team consisting of Josef Kříž, Vlastimil Pihera and Martin Krejčí provided advice on the issue of senior bonds by 3M Fund MSI, with the issue value reaching one billion crowns (with the possibility of an additional increase to two billion crowns). The bonds were successfully admitted for trading on the Prague Stock Exchange. More
Assistance to Solitea in the acquisition of Mainstream19/07/21 / News
KŠB (partner Drahomír Tomašuk and lawyer Ján Béreš) assisted Solitea in the acquisition of a 100% stake in Mainstream Technologies, s.r.o. and its parent company Powerstream, a.s., being one of the most important partners of the global technology company Microsoft in their branch of business. For Solitea, this is the seventh acquisition of a major partner of Microsoft. More
Advising the ARETE Group on financing19/07/21 / News
The KŠB team advised the ARETE investment and real estate group on securing EUR 30 million in financing from Raiffeisenbank. The funds will be used to accelerate the growth of ARETE INDUSTRIAL SICAV fund's portfolio through selected acquisitions and new construction of industrial real estate projects. More