CMS assists clients across all stages of their local and cross-border M&A transactions, especially in the CEE region owing to their regional coverage across Europe. In M&A, Soňa Hanková advises both buyers and sellers for clients in a variety of industry sectors including automotive, engineering, TMT and healthcare. Managing partner Juraj Fuska leads the team and has acted on significant cross-border M&A transactions, as well as greenfield investments and corporate projects across a full range of transaction types.

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Key clients

  • IAD Investments
  • VGP European Logistics
  • Karl Eugen Fischer GmbH
  • Vaillant Group
  • Eterus Capital
  • Primark
  • Emerson Electric and all of its Slovak subsidiaries
  • Slovak Investment Holding

Work highlights

  • Acted as a legal advisor for IAD Investments in the acquisition of HB Reavis Investment Management.
  • Advising Karl Eugen Fischer (KEF) on the strategic acquisition of the Slovak company Konštrukta-TireTech (KTT), handling the legal due diligence, the negotiation of the share purchase agreement, the settlement with the banks involved and the subsequent transfer of the shares on behalf of the buyer.
  • Providing Vaillant GmbH with legal advice in connection with the massive greenfield investment projects in Slovakia for the construction of a production plant focused on the production of heat pumps and other related investment projects.

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Juraj Fuska, Soňa Hanková