REFERENCES

LTA’s legal team has provided legal advisory on the following major transactions and projects:

ACQISITIONS

  • comprehensive legal advisory services to a leading German manufacturer of bathtubs and shower stalls on the acquisition of shares in companies based in the Czech and Slovak Republics, including legal and tax due diligence
  • comprehensive legal advisory services to a leading German manufacturer of glass products regarding the acquisition of shares in a joint-stock company producing conical screens
  • representing a major Austrian advertising agency in the acquisition of shares in a Czech provider of advertising space
  • representing a German company operating in the area of waste recycling in buying shares in companies dealing in metal scrap, including legal and tax due diligence
  • preparing transaction paperwork and providing comprehensive legal support to a global manufacturer of building materials regarding the acquisition of a producer of mortar and plaster mixes in the Czech Republic, including successful representation in proceedings before the anti-monopoly office
  • representing a global manufacturer of building materials in the acquisition of a Czech producer of tiling materials

MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING

  • advising a German company operating in the field of waste recycling on a merger of its Czech operating companies
  • advising a manufacturer of industrial hoses on the transfer of its distribution activities to a new company founded through a split-off
  • advising an international holding on an intra-group merger of its Czech real estate and operating companies
  • advising a major international holding on a merger of its Czech operating companies

REAL ESTATE

  • advising a major German-based real estate developer on the legal aspects of the construction and operation of shopping centres in Prague and Brno
  • representing a major German-based retail chain in the construction and reconstruction of its chain stores in the Czech and Slovak Republics
  • advising a German-based retail chain on provisions for the future purchase of land in approximately 35 cities in the Czech Republic

GREENFIELD INVESTMENT

  • comprehensive legal advisory to a leading German manufacturer of glass products regarding the construction of a new production plant in the Czech Republic
  • representing a German-based automotive holding group in researching opportunities for placing a new production plant in the Czech Republic

INSOLVENCY

  • advising German insolvency administrators on the liquidation of a bankrupt estate of a German debtor with regards to assets located in the Czech Republic, typically shares in Czech subsidiaries
  • representing companies in proceedings initiated by creditor filed insolvency petitions
  • representing a major German-based bank in asserting its secured loan agreement claims
  • representing clients in asserting their creditor claims in insolvency proceedings including representation in creditor bodies and negotiations with insolvency administrators
  • advising crisis-hit businesses on filing insolvency petitions and implementing other recovery measures

NOTICE

On 31 October 1996 the Board of Directors of the Czech Bar Association adopted Resolution No. 1/1997 Sb. (AD), which lays down the rules of professional conduct and rules of competition between attorneys in the Czech Republic (Code of Conduct). The Code of Conduct does not allow us to publicly disclose information about our clients and therefore we do not state any specific names in our references even where we have been granted consent to do so.

Specific information about our clients who have agreed to disclose their names will be provided upon request in the case of serious interest in cooperation with our law firm.