The experienced banking, finance and capital markets team at Wolf Theiss provides major domestic and multinational insurers, banks and non-bank financial institutions and corporates with comprehensive advice on refinancings, acquisition finance and real estate finance matters. The practice also displays strength in such segments as energy and transport. The practice is headed by Robert David, who specialises in project finance, acquisition finance, export finance, recapitalisation and a wide range of capital markets transactions. Also of note are senior associate Filip Michalec, who handles mandates involving banking and financial services, regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering; and counsel Tomáš Kren, who advises on complex real estate matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Practical, no negotiation for the sake of negotiation, pleasant to work with.’

  • ‘Customer focus, flexibility.’

  • ‘Filip Michalec was exceptional in the service he provided. Highly recommended.’

Key clients

  • Trinity Bank
  • Komerční banka
  • Sekyra Group
  • Česká spořitelna
  • Raiffeisen Bank International

Work highlights

  • Advised Raiffeisenbank on the financing of the acquisition of Hair Servis by Bezvavlasy, a distributor of hair cosmetics in the Czech Republic.
  • Preparing finance documents in relation to the refinancing of the current bank loan and intragroup loan amounting to EUR 50m by Trinity Bank.
  • Advising Česká spořitelna, a Czech bank and part of the Erste Bank Group, Austria, on two issues of bonds amounting to EUR 1bn under a multi issuer EMTN programme.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Robert David
Wolf Theiss

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Robert David

Other key lawyers

Filip Michalec, Tomáš Kren