Tomas Slaby has been promoted to Partner at Randa Havel, the Prague member of the Act Legal network. 

Ludek Chvosta has left White & Case to join Noerr as Head of Banking & Finance in Prague.

The former Havel, Holasek & Partners has changed its name to Havel & Partners.

In The Corner Office we invite Managing Partners at law firms across the region to share information about their unique roles. The question this time around: What is your favorite question when interviewing a job applicant, and why?

The Czech Republic's JSK law firm and Slovenia's Kavcic, Bracun & Partners have successfully provided legal advice to TCCM, s.r.o., in relation to its acquisition of 100% shares in Slovenia's Teleray. The Zavrsek Law Firm, in Slovenia, advised the sellers on the deal.

JSK has represented a fund managed by 3TS Capital Partners and BHS Private Equity Fund on a EUR 2 million investment and a EUR 2.5 million investment in the ZOOT online fashion store, respectively.

JSK has advised the Lama Energy Group on its acquisition of Live Telecom from sellers Pavel Stepanek, David Lukac, and Zdenek Nesveda. The sellers were represented by Delta Legal.

JSK has advised APS Holding a.s on its January 10 agreement with the Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd for the management of real estate assets and for the servicing of the non-performing loans of the Bank. Antoniou McCollum & Co advised APS on Cyprus law matters. Clifford Chance advised the Hellenic Bank, with George Z. Georgiou & Associates advising it on employment law matters and Antis Triantafyllides and Sons on Cyprus Law matters.

Poland Doing Better than Most

According to Ron Given, Partner at Wolf Theiss, “the Polish market is doing better than most of the world where M&A is down.”

In The Corner Office, we invite Managing Partners at law firms from across the region to share information about the strategies they employ to keep their teams motivated, effective, and focused. For this issue, we asked them to reveal what sorts of firm retreats and activities they host and/or organize for their lawyers.

On July 18, 2016, CEELM reported that JSK advised Ashok Leyland UEA on the ownership transfer of truck manufacturer Ashok Leyland Motors to the Czechoslovak Group.

JSK has successfully represented Ashok Leyland UAE on the ownership transfer of truck manufacturer Avia Ashok Leyland Motors to the Czechoslovak Group.  

Women’s Day is behind us, but the subjects of gender equality and equal opportunity are of year-round concern. This, the first part of a special two-part CEE Legal Matters article on women in private practice in CEE, provides the numbers and percentages from leading law firms across CEE, as well as a more thorough snapshot of one representative market. Part II of the report, in the June issue, will pull back the curtain even more, providing feedback and perspectives from lawyers across the region.