Eversheds Sutherland has announced that Radek Vana, former General Counsel at the SAZKA Group, has joined the firm's M&A team in Prague as Principal Associate.
According to Eversheds Sutherland, Vana will “focus on further developing the transaction practice and will head the Russian Desk.”
"We are glad that Radek has decided to join our ranks," said Managing Partner Stanislav Dvorak. "Besides his transaction practice, we are also getting a leading expert in competition and lottery law who will take our services in this field to an even higher level than before."
"When I decided to return to practicing law in the Czech Republic," said Vana, "I was looking for a strong local firm that belongs to a large global network where I could fully apply my international transaction experience from London and other markets. The offer from Eversheds Sutherland was a clear choice."
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Vana was the General Counsel of SAZKA Group, an international lottery group, for three years. Before that, he spent seven years at Allen & Overy in Prague, London, and Amsterdam, and almost six years as the international legal counsel at KAZ Minerals PLC in London and Almaty, Kazakhstan. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague.
Also joining Eversheds Sutherland is former bpv Braun Partners’ Managing Associate Michal Hrabovsky, who joins as a Principal Associate.
