Clifford Chance has advised a club of Czech banks led by Ceska Sporitelna on their financing for the Rohlik Group. White & Case advised Rohlik.
According to Clifford Chance, the financing banks also included BNP Paribas and J&T Banka.
Founded in 2014, the Rohlik Group is a grocery online delivery service in the Czech Republic and CEE.
Last year, White & Case also advised the Rohlik Group on its EUR 220 million series D financing round (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on June 24, 2022).
The Clifford Chance team included Czech Republic-based Partner Milos Felgr, Senior Associate Hana Cekalova, and Junior Lawyer Tomas Kubala, Romania-based Counsel Cosmin Anghel and Trainee Lawyer Nicolae Grasu, as well as teams from the firm’s German, Italian, and Spanish offices.
The White & Case team was led by Prague-based Partners Petr Hudec and Jonathan Weinberg and included Counsel Petr Smerkl and Associate Jakub Kopacek, as well as teams from the firm’s Hamburg, Milan, and Madrid offices.