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New Charity 3WFoundation Founded After advising on setting up the Experientia Foundation, the Vlček Family Foundation, and the Via Libor Malý Foundation, KSB's team provided further legal and tax advice on another private philanthropy project. This time, Vlastimil Pihera, Jakub Porod and Simona Hornochová advised on a record-breaking charity project: the founders of Walmark – brothers Adam, Mariusz and Valdemar Wałach – founded the 3WFoundation, in which they invested CZK 1.8 billion ...

KSB's team (Dagmar Dubecká, Milada Kurtosiova and Jan Beres) provided Mattoni 1873 with comprehensive legal advice during negotiations with Budějovický Budvar n.p. regarding a unique project for the production of flavoured non-alcoholic beer. KSB helped to create the structure of, and drafted the contractual documentation for, the cooperation between the companies ...

The renowned British rating agency Chambers and Partners once again recommends Kocián Šolc Balaštík in its current publication “Chambers Global 2022” ...

KSB Advises Leading Developer VGP KSB's team (in particular partner Jiří Horník and senior associate Richard Hamran) has advised VGP Group, a leading developer and owner of logistics centres, on a long-term basis, primarily on acquiring, selling, operating and leasing warehouses, manufacturing premises and office buildings. "We have worked with KSB since 2006 ...

KSB Nominated for Chambers D&I Awards: Europe 2022 Chambers and Partners, the prestigious international rating company that compiles annual rankings of the world's best law firms, has nominated KSB for this year's Chambers D&I Awards in the Diversity & Inclusion: Outstanding European Firm category. The awards ceremony will take place in Madrid on 22 April ...

KSB Advises B&K Nemovitostní investice KSB’s team led by Partner Jiří Horník, with assistance from senior associate Jakub Porod and junior lawyer Zuzana Slabá, advises B&K Nemovitostní investice on due diligence, negotiates and drafts transaction documentation and, in some cases, assists with further developing the acquired properties ...

Advising Aramark on the Acquisition of Sodexo’s Catering Division KSB’s team led by Jan Lasák recently advised on a major acquisition in the catering services sector. The client, U.S. Fortune 500 company 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 ...

KŠB's team specializing in venture capital investments (Ota Mach and Josef Kříž) advised Czech based AI Startup Incubator (a fund focused on AI start-ups) on investing in OpenRefactory. OpenRefactory is a start-up incorporated in Santa Clara and operating in Dhaka, Bangladesh among other places. The company's main product is Intelligent Code Repair (iCR) - a system used for automated detection and correction of errors in software development ...

KSB’s team, led by partner Petr Kasík and lawyer Jakub Porod, advised Heureka Group in the acquisition of a 100% stake in Dataweps, a Brno-based technology company engaged in product data analytics and e-shop automation. KSB’s primary role was to conduct due diligence and negotiate the acquisition agreements. The Heureka Group, which operates the Heureka price comparator, is active in eight other CEE countries and plans on further expansion ...

In its latest yearbook "Chambers Europe 2021", the renowned British rating company Chambers and Partners recommends KSB in the following areas: Banking Compliance Tax Energy law M&A / Corporate law Capital Markets Labour law Competition Litigation Pavel Dejl maintains his position as one of the leading experts in the Czech Republic in two categories – litigation and competition ...

On 10 March 2021, Katarína and Ondřej Vlček established the Vlček Family Foundation with the primary aim of supporting palliative care for children. The founders are investing CZK 1.5 billion in the foundation, which makes it one of the largest philanthropic projects of its kind in the Czech Republic. KSB’s team led by partner Vlastimil Pihera and tax advisor Simona Hornochová provided Mr. and Mrs ...

The ARETE real estate investment group completed the sale of a complete portfolio of the ARETE INVEST CEE II sub-fund to Cromwell European REIT (CEREIT) for EUR 113.2 million (CZK 3 billion). Cromwell is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The Portfolio includes 11 logistics and light industrial parks in the Czech Republic and Slovakia that are leased to 17 mainly international tenants ...

The renowned British rating agency Chambers and Partners once again recommends Kocián Šolc Balaštík in its current publication “Chambers Global 2021”. This time KŠB succeeded in all categories evaluated in the global yearbook, namely: Banking & Finance Capital Markets Corporate and M&A Dispute Resolution We greatly appreciate being ranked again in all these categories, which proves the continued quality of our legal services ...

The KŠB team led by partner Drahomír Tomašuk and lawyer Ján Béreš assisted the Solite holding in another acquisition this year. Solitea has acquired 100% of the Czech-Slovak group D3Soft, which has been specializing in its own development and implementation of a CRM system and energy solutions for medium and large companies for almost 20 years. KŠB's assistance consisted mainly in performing a due diligence and in negotiating acquisition and post-acquisition agreements ...

KŠB partners Dagmar Dubecká and Sylvie Sobolová are among the leading representatives of Czech and Slovak law in the ranking of the Top 100 women in the Czech and Slovak legal business. Dagmar succeeded in the category of Mergers and Acquisitions, Sylvie in the category of Intellectual Property. A unique ranking, which aims to point out key segments of law practice that cover leading lawyers or partners, was compiled for the first time, within the project #PRVNICH100LET ...

The KŠB team, led by partner Drahomír Tomašuk and lawyer Ján Béreš, assisted Solitea in the acquisition of the IT Services division of the Czech company AspectWorks, in particular by conducting a due diligence and preparing and negotiating acquisition and post-acquisition agreements. AspectWorks focuses on cloud platforms and is a leading Czech implementer of the world's most successful CRM platform (customer relationship management platform) from Salesforce in the United States ...

The partner of the law firm KŠB Dagmar Dubecká is once again placed in the traditional ranking of TOP women in the Czech Republic, namely in the category of Top women business - businesswoman. The TOP Women of the Czech Republic ranking is announced annually by the publishing house Economia on the basis of nominations and subsequent voting by an expert jury composed of respected personalities from business, academia and public life ...

The acquisition of the apt group by China-based Inner Mongolia Mengtai has been included on the prestigious Deals of the Year 2020 list, which is published annually by the China Business Law Journal. KŠB’s assistance included comprehensive due diligence of the Czech subsidiary apt Products s.r.o., advice on the transaction documentation, and advice on competition and regulatory issues (especially in the field of the environment and GDPR) ...

On 1 February 2021, Petr Kasík became the new managing partner of Kocián Šolc Balaštík, taking over the role from Dagmar Dubecká. “It will definitely not be easy to fill Dagmar’s shoes as the firm’s managing partner, but I believe that with the help of my colleagues Pavel Dejl and Jiří Horník, who are the other members of KŠB’s managing team, we will succeed” says Petr ...

KSB has provided comprehensive legal advice to the Solitea Group on the acquisition of a stake in the company Dotykacka and the acquisition of Smart Software, operating the Markeeta brand. The legal advice consisted mainly in the preparation and negotiation of acquisition contracts. As a result of these acquisitions, Solitea has significantly expanded its market share in the EET market, tripling the number of its accounting systems and becoming the market leader in this market ...

KŠB’s team led by partners Dagmar Dubecká and Martin Krejčí with associates Ivo Průša and Jana Guričová advised Karlovarské minerální vody Group (KMV), which, in a joint venture with PepsiCo, acquired Knjaz Miloš – the largest Serbian mineral water and non-alcoholic beverage producer ...

The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) in Prague is an agency founded by the European Union whose mission is to implement the satellite programs GALILEO and EGNOS. GAL-ILEO is a satellite navigation system that will be completed in orbit by 2020, providing improved position-ing and timing information with significant positive implications for many European services and users ...