CERHA HEMPEL Kališ & Partners’ corporate and M&A group often engages in cross-border work, and frequently handles transactions within the industrial, automotive, energy, and manufacturing industry sectors. The firm regularly liaises with its litigation department to handle post-M&A disputes. The team is jointly led by managing director Petr Kališ and Lukáš Srbecký.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very responsive and pragmatic. The M&A team was very talented, and our client was very happy with the advice: pragmatic, precise and proactive.'

  • ‘We always appreciate the business-oriented approach of Cerha Hempel’s lawyers which contributes to effective and fruitful negotiations between our company and its business partners.’

  • ‘Jiří Prouza is a very diligent and reliable lawyer who has solid expertise across different areas of law. Petr Kališ is an experienced lawyer with great knowledge of industry specifics. Both of them have very good negotiation skills which help our company to reach a compromise and find an effective solution with its business partners.’

Key clients

  • České aerolinie a.s. (Czech Airlines j.s.c.)
  • Continental AG
  • CIMS Suzhou Co., Ltd
  • ŽĎAS, a.s.
  • JIP východočeská a.s.
  • Scatec Solar, s.r.o.
  • HERVIS Sport a móda, s.r.o.|ISP Retail s.r.o.|HERVIS Sport- und Modegesellschaft m.b.H.
  • GEOS Invest Hungária Kft.
  • FINDIGO GROUP a.s.
  • GSC Game WORLD GLOBAL Ltd

Work highlights

  • Advising Czech Airlines on a planned merger and acquisition matter.
  • Advised Continental AG on selling its washer system business.
  • Advised JIP východočeská on the acquisition of a traditional Czech beverage company.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Petr Kališ, Lukáš Srbecký

Other key lawyers

Jiří Prouza