Helping create and protect your business relationships

We help clients create and modify their business relationships in transactions. Be it an acquisition or sale, establishment or change of a joint venture, a real estate project or a regular business. We understand your needs and interests and will help you align them with those of the other party so that the transaction proceeds quickly, securely, and efficiently.

We have experience with structuring, due diligence, negotiation and documentation of real estate as well as corporate deals. We have led sales processes, acquisitions as well as long-term relationships within joint ventures. We are trained in mediation techniques, which helps us to overcome deadlocks in negotiations.

Looking at the economic aspects of transactions – purchase price calculations, tax structures and profitability analyses – is a natural part of our work.

• As General Counsel at VGP, Juraj Alexander structured and executed real estate joint ventures with Allianz/PIMCO, DEKA Real Estate and AREIM AB – assets across multiple EU countries valued at billions of EUR and project financing provided by numerous Czech and international banks.
• At Dentons, Juraj led sales processes in insolvency proceedings LESS&TIMBER, ECM and MSV as well as regular M&A transactions (e.g. a major agricultural technology supplier, a network of regional shopping centers).

A well-managed dispute can create value where there were only worries and costs. We will help you assess your position, seek solution through negotiation – and if necessary, we will assertively defend your rights in court.

With a strong academic background and years of experience, we can assist in resolving disputes of any kind relating to business or private law matters. We use cutting-edge AI tools for legal research and preparation of court submissions – we work quickly, accurately and at lower cost.

We also offer mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method. We know that disputes involve emotions – and those typically need to be addressed before a path to resolution opens up.

• Successful representation of a major Czech financial institution in litigation arising from a financial product before Czech courts
  
• Oversight of the insurance coverage management of the VGP group, negotiation and administration of insurance policies and handling of insurance claims
  
• Representation of clients in a number of smaller disputes

Insolvency lies at the intersection of law, economics, and psychology. A business failure brings conflicts on many fronts and often exposes ones that have been hidden for years. We will help you maximize your recovery, regardless of the complexity of the situation.
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We advise and represent clients in crisis situations and in insolvency proceedings. We have experience with major reorganisations, contentious bankruptcies, related litigation as well as ordinary claims filings.
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We are happy to assist you with any aspect of resolving financial difficulties, whether those of your business partners or your own company.
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We are introducing into Czech practice the instrument of dual-purpose trust administration (doppelnützige Treuhand), widely used in Germany. It is an effective restructuring tool that has so far been absent in the Czech Republic.

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• Representation of bank creditors of the collapsed LESS group of companies, sale of the timber business based on the instructions of the secured creditor
  
• Representation of bank creditors of MSV Metal Studénka in a creditor-led reorganisation – execution of a debt-to-equity swap and subsequent sale of equity interests
• Representation of international bondholders of ECM Real Estate Investments in highly contentious insolvency proceedings and achievement of a successful settlement