IFLR 1000
The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms

	Allen & Overy Clifford Chance White & Case
	PRK Partners
	Baker & McKenzie BBH CMS Cameron McKenna Glatzova & Co Kocián Solc Balastík Weil Gotshal & Manges Weinhold Legal
	Dentons Havel Holásek & Partners Hogan Lovells Squire Sanders Wolf Theiss
	Balcar Polansky Eversheds bpv Braun Partners DLA Piper Prague Kinstellar Norton Rose Peterka & Partners Randa Havel Legal Rutland Jezek Schoenherr Vejmelka & Wunsch

Havel Holásek & Partners is a very large domestic firm with over 140 lawyers. The firm’s banking and finance practice is led by Ondrej Petr.... [more]

Havel Holásek & Partners is a very large domestic firm with over 140 lawyers. The firm’s banking and finance practice is led by Ondrej Petr. Ranked in tier four, the firm is relatively young and is transaction oriented.

Deals
Havel Holásek & Partners advised the borrower Letiste Praha, the operator of the Prague Airport, in a €280 million guarantee facility provided by Citibank, Ceska sporitelna, Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, ING Bank, Komercni banka, RBS and UniCredit Bank. This was to issue a new guarantee replacing an existing guarantee arranged by RBS in relation to outstanding financing provided by the European Investment Bank in order to construct an airport terminal building. Additionally, the firm advised Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, Ceska sporitelna and Komercni banka in the refinancing of an existing syndicated facility arranged by Citibank and working capital financing of Al Invest Bridlicna, the aluminium materials producer.
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	White & Case
	Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance PRK Partners
	BBH CMS Cameron McKenna Glatzova & Co Havel Holásek & Partners Kinstellar Kocián Solc Balastík Weil Gotshal & Manges Weinhold Legal
	Balcar Polansky Eversheds Dentons Hogan Lovells Squire Sanders
	Rutland Jezek Vejmelka & Wunsch Wolf Theiss

Led by Ondrej Petr, Havel Holásek & Partners is a tier three capital markets practice. The firm has had a solid year and has displayed its strength particularly on the debt side of the domestic capital markets.... [more]

Led by Ondrej Petr, Havel Holásek & Partners is a tier three capital markets practice. The firm has had a solid year and has displayed its strength particularly on the debt side of the domestic capital markets. It acts for clients such as Cetelem, Fond pojisteni vkladu, TwigoNet and Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka.

Deals
Ondrej Petr and Ivo Prusa advised the arrangers, agents and dealers, Ceska sporitelna and Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka in the establishment of a €160 million domestic commercial paper programme of Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy, the operator of public transport in Prague, with credit support by the City of Prague. Additionally, the firm advised Cetelem, part of the BNP Paribas Group, on the second drawdown under its €400 million domestic MTN programme arranged by Credit Agricole.

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	Clifford Chance White & Case
	Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie BBH Glatzova & Co Weil Gotshal & Manges
	CMS Cameron McKenna Dentons Havel Holásek & Partners Kocián Solc Balastík PRK Partners Weinhold Legal
	Hogan Lovells Kinstellar Norton Rose Peterka & Partners Schoenherr Squire Sanders
	bpv Braun Partners DLA Piper Prague Randa Havel Legal Rutland Jezek Vejmelka & Wunsch Wolf Theiss

	Clifford Chance White & Case
	Allen & Overy BBH Glatzova & Co Havel Holásek & Partners Kocián Solc Balastík PRK Partners Weil Gotshal & Manges
	Hogan Lovells Weinhold Legal
	Baker & McKenzie bpv Braun Partners Dentons DLA Piper Prague Kinstellar Peterka & Partners Rutland Jezek Vejmelka & Wunsch

	Allen & Overy White & Case
	Cechová & Partners Cernejová & Hrbek Hillbridges Kinstellar Ruzicka Csekes – CMS
	Dedák & Partners DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Hamala Kluch Víglasky Havel Holásek & Partners Peterka & Partners PRK Partners Schoenherr Squire Sanders Weinhold Legal Wolf Theiss
	B&S Legal BBH Beatow Partners bnt attorneys-at-law bpv Braun Partners Carnogurský ULC Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati - Siska & Partners Dentons DT Legal

Havel Holásek & Partners was established in 2001 and has more than 140 lawyers to make it the largest Czech-Slovak law firm. It is based in Prague and has offices in Brno, Ostrava, and Bratislava.... [more]

Havel Holásek & Partners was established in 2001 and has more than 140 lawyers to make it the largest Czech-Slovak law firm. It is based in Prague and has offices in Brno, Ostrava, and Bratislava. In Slovakia, the firm established a branch in Bratislava in March 2008 and advises clients under Slovak law. Nevertheless, the management of the Bratislava office is supported by Prague and in more complex transactions, specialists from the Prague office shore up the local practice.

Deals
Havel Holásek & Partners advised Novofruct, the only producer of baby food in Slovakia, on the acquisition of a 70% shareholding in the company by the largest Lithuanian financial group NDX, an affiliate of VP Group. Furthermore, the firm acted for Sekyra Group Real Estate in its €60 million sale of all Slovak assets, including all Slovak subsidiaries, to French-British real estate group JF Hamilton Group.

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