Skils s.r.o. advokátní kancelář draws on the strength of its corporate and banking departments to offer a combined offering, acting for domestic and multinational banks, nonbank financial institutions, governmental entities, public authorities and corporates (including Telefonica) across such areas as energy, petrochemicals, telecoms, travel and media. The term's full service covers matters ranging from structured finance, mezzanine finance, syndicated loans and staple financing to debt and equity capital markets matters, including IPOs, rights issues, issues of shares and Eurobonds. The team is headed by managing partner and banking and energy sector specialist Karel Muzikář. Karel Dřevínek, who serves as the Chairman of the Appellate Senate of the Czech National Bank, is also of note.
Key clients
- CEZ Group
- Ceska sporitelna (Czech Savings Bank)
Work highlights
- Advised CEZ Group, as per the market capitalisation of around CZK 500bn (approx. EUR 20bn) in connection with a purchase of a majority stake in GasNet, a Czech gas distributor, from Macquarie Asset Management.
- Advised Ceska sporitelna (Erste Group) in connection with its CZK 41bn (approx. EUR 1.7bn) acquisition of the loan portfolio of Sberbank’s Czech subsidiary.