Relevant experience
- Advising Czechoslovak Group (CSG), a leading European defence group, on its initial public offering (IPO) of shares and listing on Euronext Amsterdam. Total gross proceeds from the offering could amount up to €3.8 billion if the over-allotment option is fully exercised, representing 15.20% of CSG's issued share capital immediately following settlement. The transaction marks a significant milestone for CSG and is the largest-ever defence listing (by value), the largest European IPO since 2022 and the largest listing on Euronext Amsterdam in the past two decades.
- Advising Enery, a leading IPP in the CEE region, in connection with raising more than EUR 250m of long-term portfolio project-financing and ancillaries. The transaction supports the development and operation of a portfolio comprising 300 MW of solar projects and 100MW / 220MWh of co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS), across several jurisdictions in Central and Eastern Europe. The financing structure supports Enery’s sustainable expansion across the region and its ongoing contribution to the energy transition.
- Advising Československá obchodní banka, on the club financing of current indebtedness and business needs of Česká pošta.
- Advising Czechoslovak Group (CSG), a leading defense, industrial, and technology group based in Prague, on its successful $1 billion and €1 billion dual-tranche senior secured notes issuance due 2031. The bonds were issued at 6.5% (USD) and 5.25% (EUR), following exceptionally strong investor demand which led to an upsizing from the originally planned $500 million and €350 million.
- Advising Orbit Capital, an investment manager specialising in venture debt and equity financing, on several significant venture capital transactions throughout the past two years in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
- Advising Czechoslovak Group (CSG), a Czech industrial group with a strong international presence, on its landmark acquisition of Vista Outdoor’s ammunition division, Kinetic Group, for approximately USD 2.23 billion. This historic transaction represents the largest-ever investment by a Czech company in the United States.
- Advising a club of banks led by UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, as mandated lead arranger and sole global coordinator, and with Česká spořitelna, Československá obchodní banka, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Intesa Sanpaolo, Komerční banka, Raiffeisenbank and Všeobecná úverová banka as arrangers, in connection with green and sustainability-linked long-term secured club financing relating to Czech residential portfolio located in Ostrava and Pilsen provided to Heimstaden Czech and guaranteed by Heimstaden Czech Pilsen and Heimstaden Bostad.