The banking and finance team at act Randa Havel Legal brings expertise to advising domestic and multinational financial institutions, private equity funds, real estate funds and large corporates on the NPL sales transactions and the drafting and negotiation of such contractual documents as security agreements, loan agreements, inter-creditor agreements and hedging arrangements. Alois Šatava, a specialist in acquisition finance and private equity transactions, heads the practice. Other key figures include Matyáš Kužela, who assists investors with start-up projects involving venture capital and investment instruments, and power engineering expert Jan Havel.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘This team has strong experience in many areas with further expertise in projects and real estate finance as well as debt refinancing. Compared to other offices, they deliver very high-quality advice, are very responsive and know the market very well.’

  • ‘Matyáš Kužela has great project management and communication skills that are really beneficial.'

Key clients

  • JUFA Investment Group
  • Doosan Škoda Power s.r.o.
  • Pražské služby, a.s.
  • AVANT Investiční společnost

Work highlights

  • Representing JUFA Investment Group, and its subsidiaries respectively (Solivem, EDS energy, Soledas, Solaret, Carinusa, Solivera, Soladema, Solihel, TM-SOLAR), in negotiating with the UniCredit Bank amendments to existing financial documentation, mainly changes to current collateral and increase of the credit facility by refinancing the current loans via new loan agreements.
  • Preparing and negotiating financing documentation (including collateral) used to provide both internal and external funding to various debtors mostly active in the real estate business for AVANT investment fund.
  • Providing Pražské služby a.s. with legal services in connection with the financing of the GOLEM Project in Prague (Malešice).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alois Šatava

Other key lawyers

Matyáš Kužela, Jan Havel