Demonstrating impressive growth in recent years, the banking, finance and capital markets practice at Wolf Theiss is regularly engaged by banks, investment firms, and non-banking financial services entities. The firm’s workload includes refinancing matters, corporate financing, acquisitions, real estate and project finance. The group is also well versed in assisting clients with the establishment of trade receivable programmes. Additionally, the team handles financial regulatory mandates and advises on various compliance matters. Robert David spearheads the department and is recognised for his capabilities in project finance, as well as general lending cases. Filip Michalec and Tomáš Kren are also noted.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Proactive and available.'

  • ‘High level of professionalism.’

Key clients

  • Packeta
  • GEOSAN DEVELOPMENT s.r.o.
  • Berlin Hyp
  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Barclays Bank
  • Goldman Sachs
  • UniCredit Bank
  • Erste Group Bank
  • Česká spořitelna
  • capiton
  • Patria Finance
  • LAMA ENERGY GROUP
  • E.ON

Work highlights

  • Advised Packeta Group, a global digital e-commerce platform, on a successful CZK1bn debut club financing provided by a club of major Czech banks headed by Česká spořitelna.
  • Advising Česká spořitelna on bond issues on both domestic and international markets.
  • Advising Geosan Development, a Czech developer with its own residential portfolio, and its subsidiary Rezidence Radimova, on the development of its residential project in Prague.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Robert David

Other key lawyers

Filip Michalec, Tomáš Kren