Weinhold Legal has assisted Lagardere Travel Retail, a global operator of duty-free shops, on its successful concession bid to operate travel essentials shops at Prague's Vaclav Havel airport.

While Brexit is a major topic of discussion for lawyers in the Czech Republic, Prague-based Baker McKenzie Partner Milena Hoffmanova, who heads the office’s Czech Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare group, is focused on the issue of the timely flow of affordable medicinal products from manufacturers to patients.

JSK has advised the Catalyst Capital investment group on its acquisition of the Olympia shopping center in Olomouc, in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, from an unidentified seller.

Senior Associate Marek Disman has been appointed the new Head of Real Estate at Baker McKenzie Prague.

CMS Prague has advised Advent International on its sale of TES Vsetin to ARX Equity Partners. Clifford Chance advised the buyers on the deal, and Allen & Overy advised Raiffeisenbank a.s. on the acquisition financing.

Former Weinhold Legal Managing Attorney Ondrej Havlicek has joined Schoenherr Prague as Head of Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets.

Kinstellar has advised Ceskomoravska Nemovitostni a.s. on its acquisition of the Blox office building in Prague's sixth district from the CFH Group. The seller was reportedly advised by Svoboda & Kucera.

Kinstellar has advised Warburg-HIH Invest on its acquisition of the River Garden I office building in Prague’s Karlin district from LaSalle Investment Management. White & Case reportedly advised the sellers on the deal.

ODI Law in Slovenia and the LTA Legal Tax Audit firm in the Czech Republic have advised the Czech Ministry of Finance and IMOB and PRISKO, the Ministry's two state-owned subsidiaries, on the cross-border sale of a majority stake in VIPAP VIDEM KRSKO, the largest paper mill in Slovenia, as well as on the sale of claims against it, all to Czech-based RIDG Holding. RIDG was advised by Schoenherr.

Kamila Seberova, Radka Nenickova, and Tereza Naucova have joined Wolf Theiss in Prague as Counsels, Dita Sulcova has joined as a Tax Consultant, and Filip Michalec has joined as a Senior Associate.

Former Head of Legal at Novartis Oncology Barbora Dubanska has joined Taylor Wessing as Partner and CEE Co-Head of Life Sciences.

Allen & Overy has advised sole lead manager J.P. Morgan on the approximately CZK 2 billion domestic subordinated Tier 2 capital bond issue by Moneta Money Bank.

CMS Prague-based Partner Lukas Hejduk has been made Head of CEE Real Estate at the firm, replacing Wojciech Koczara, who steps down after a five-year term.

Clifford Chance has advised investment group KKCG on the sale of its CK Fischer travel agency in the Czech Republic to German group REWE, the owner of EXIM Tours and Kartago Tours in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Eversheds Sutherland advised the REWE Group on the deal, which has yet to be approved by the Czech office for the Protection of Competition.

Kocian Solc Balastik has advised the Corinthia Palace Hotel Company Limited on the sale of its Panorama Hotel Prague and adjoining land and property to the Austrian developer S + B Gruppe.

Kocian Solc Balastik has advised PepsiCo CZ on the sale of its Toma bottled water business to Coca-Cola HBC Cesko a Slovensko.

Schoenherr Prague has advised Spanish manufacturer Torrot Electric Europa, S.A. on the "delivery of technology solutions" for scooter sharing to Skoda Auto DigiLab s.r.o. Rowan Legal advised Skoda Auto DigiLab on the deal.

Allen & Overy Prague has advised joint lead managers J&T Banka, Ceska Sporitelna, Komercni Banka, and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, and J&T IB and Capital Markets as arrangers, on the Sazka Group's CZK 6 billion bond issuance.