Press Releases

We are thrilled to announce that we have once again secured a coveted spot on the shortlist for the Chambers Europe Awards 2024, which recognizes outstanding achievements in the legal industry. This marks our return to the shortlist for the Czech Republic Firm of the Year, and we couldn't be prouder, particularly because we are the sole Czech law firm among the nominees ...

Drafting EU Growth Prospectuses for Avant Investment Group KŠB’s team led by Vlastimil Pihera and Josef Kříž assisted Avant Financial Group in drafting two EU growth prospectuses. The company that controls Avant, a leading Czech investment company, will use the respective issues to finance its acquisition activities in order to further develop the group ...

BiQ Group Acquires PUXdesign KSB’s team advised Lukáš Novák's investment group InTeFi Capital, namely its technology division BiQ Group, on the acquisition of PUXdesign. PUXdesign specializes in web technologies and its clients include well-known brands such as Heineken, Škoda auto and Komerční banka. Our team also advised BiQ Group on a majority of its previous acquisitions, which currently includes companies such as Bootiq, EEA, Novasoft and Bluesoft ...

KSB helps to establish the first Czech charity auction platform Dobrobot After assisting with the establishment of new startup Flatform, KSB's team (this time Vlastimil Pihera, Lucie Kretková and Lubor Černý) recently helped in creating the first Czech charity auction platform Dobrobot, whose aim is to connect non-profit organisations, companies and donors through digital technologies and online auctions ...

KŠB's teamadvised J&T IB and Capital Markets, a.s., as the arranger, on another issue of unsecured unsubordinated book-entry bonds, this time by J&T ARCH CONVERTIBLE SICAV, a.s., with the total value of up to CZK 1 billion and an option to increase by as much as an additional 100%. The uncommon structure of the bonds entitles the bondholder to a variable coupon linked to the price of the underlying's investment share issued by J&T ARCH INVESTMENTS SICAV, a.s ...

KSB’s team (Vlastimil Pihera, Jana Guričová, Martin Vráb, Karolina Vosátková) advised J&T BANKA a.s. on its entry and subsequent acquisition of a majority share in AMISTA investiční společnost a.s., one of the largest Czech managers and administrators of qualified investor funds ...

KSB’s team led by Drahomír Tomašuk and Jana Guričová advised on another major acquisition in the IT and education sector. KSB client Sandberg Capital acquired a majority stake in Hungarian company Green Fox Academy, which also operates in the Czech Republic ...

Kocian Solc Balastik's and PwC Legal Czech Republic’s teams will continue to provide legal advice to the European Union Space Programme Agency (EUSPA) over the next four years. EUSPA manages the European Global Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and Galileo programmes, and is involved in the Copernicus Earth observation programme, and the European Union Government Satellite Communications Programme (GOVSATCOM) ...

KSB Advises the Largest Czech Real Estate Agency M&M reality in the Sale of 50% of its Shares KSB's team (Dagmar Dubecká, Jakub Porod, Karolina Vosátková, Jan Černohouz and Simona Hornochová) provided legal and tax advice on the sale of a 50% stake in M&M reality holding a.s. The buyer is real estate group EHS, which has under its wings, among others, the Bezrealitky.cz platform, real estate agency Maxima Reality, and the Czech Real Estate Trust ...

KSB Advising Solitea on the acquisition of VASCO and Gesteem Society KSB's team (led by Drahomír Tomašuk and Ján Béreš, supported by Josef Novotný for the transactional part and due diligence, and furthermore consisting of Jaroslav Zahradníček, Viktor Zelinka and Denisa Josefiková for due diligence and Pavel Dejl, Martin Vráb and Karolina Vosátková for competition issues) advised its long-term client, Solitea, on the acquisition of two other IT companies ...

KŠB Advises J&T Banka on Rohlík Group Bond Issue KŠB's team (Martin Krejčí, Vlastimil Pihera, Josef Kříž, Jana Guričová and Matúš Kovačič) advised J&T Banka on a CZK 1 billion increase of the Rohlík Group's bond issue. The prospectus that was made in connection with the increase has already been approved by the Czech National Bank ...

Advising Heureka Group on its Acquisition of Balíkobot Heureka Group, a shopping advisor and price comparer that operates in the Czech Republic and eight other CEE countries, was advised by KSB’s team (Petr Kasík, Jakub Porod,Jaroslav Zahradníček, Tomáš Trávníček, Filip Řehák and Karolina Vosátková) on the acquisition of Balíkobot ...

The KSB team (Václav Rovenský, Tomáš Trávníček) represented one of the world's leading architectural studios, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), in the preparation and negotiation of the contract for the architectural study, project documentation and related activities for the Vltava Philharmonic Hall project ...

KSB's team (Dagmar Dubecká, Helena Navrátilová and Ján Béreš) advised Ronaldsay on the sale of Hampshire Green Point, which developed and commissioned the Green Point project, an energy-efficient eight-storey office building in Prague 5. The building, which was completed last year, comprises approximately 7,000 sqm of office space and is BREEAM Excellent certified, which demonstrates its focus on efficiency and sustainability ...

Advising Yeong Chin Machinery on Acquisition of Stake in TRIMILL KSB's team led by Dagmar Dubecká and Ján Béreš advised Yeong Chin Machinery on the acquisition of a majority stake in TRIMILL. TRIMILL was founded in 2000 and specialises in the development, design, assembly, commissioning, sales and service of machine tools for the machining of moulds and press tools. Yeong Chin Machinery Industries is a Taiwanese company founded in 1954 and specializes in manufacturing machine tools ...

Pavel Dejl has become the new managing partner of Kocián Šolc Balaštík as of 1 August 2022, replacing Petr Kasík as part of the firm’s planned rotation. Together with Jiri Hornik, Petr Kasík remains a member of KSB’s three-member management committee and both will continue to support the managing partner. "I would like to thank Petr Kasík for his leadership during this challenging time and I hope that I will continue his work successfully," says Pavel Dejl ...

KSB assists Pražská plynárenská in obtaining financing KSB (Ivo Průša, Sylvie Sobolová, Martin Krejčí, Josef Kříž, Jan Lasák, Tomáš Zach) assisted Pražská plynárenská a.s., a major Czech utility provider of gas and electricity, in negotiating and concluding contractual documentation for obtaining financing for purchasing and ensuring gas to fill storage facilities for the next heating season ...

Did you know that the Czech Republic is ranked as the No.1 manufacturing destination for investors in Europe and No. 5 globally? The latest episode of the KSB vlog for international colleagues, friends and clients discusses this (see link below). https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sashastepanova_ksb-vlog-activity-6952582456071880704-RCrd We hope you enjoy it and welcome your feedback ...

Today we launch the first episode of our KSB Czech Legal and Business News Vlog for our international friends, colleagues and clients around the world! This inaugural episode introduces our vlog concept and presents an overview of the Czech Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules. https://www.linkedin ...

KŠB’s team (Martin Šolc, Jakub Porod, Ota Mach and Klára Dvorská) advised Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, one of the oldest private investment companies in the world, and its lead legal counsel Debevoise & Plimpton on the Czech aspects of acquiring Vialto Partners, a former Global Mobility business unit of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Since being founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has invested in more than 100 companies, with an aggregate transaction value of more than $175 billion ...

Advising on Squeeze-Out of O2 Czech Republic’s Minority Shareholders KSB's team (Petr Kasík, Martin Kubík, Josef Kříž and Filip Řehák) advised PPF Group on the approximately year-long squeeze-out of O2 Czech Republic’s minority shareholders. KSB advised PPF on all major steps in the squeeze-out process, which involved the exit of one of the largest Czech listed companies from the public stock markets ...

Solitea Continues To Acquire Businesses in 2022 After two years of negotiations, Solitea has successfully closed one of its largest deals and acquired a 100% stake in Techniserv IT, a leading Czech software company that provides large software solutions to large organizations and government agencies (such as the Czech Railways Group, the Czech General Customs Directorate, the Ministry for Regional Development, and the Brno Magistrate) ...

KSB Advises ARETE on Developing New Logistics Park Arete Group’s third fund, which focuses on industrial and logistics assets in the CEE region, is starting construction on a new logistics park in Valašské Meziříčí. The park will have 21,000 square meters of space, and the total investment will exceed EUR 15 million. Upon completion, the entire park will be BREEAM certified and will meet the latest environmental requirements and standards in terms of long-term sustainability ...

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 ...