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Schoenherr and Dentons Advise on Ventus and Sky Logistica's Acquisition of Skyport

Schoenherr and Dentons Advise on Ventus and Sky Logistica's Acquisition of Skyport

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Schoenherr has advised Ventus LLC and Sky Logistica on the acquisition of Skyport, a cargo operator based in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, from the Czechoslovak Group, a.s.. In a parallel transaction, Schoenherr also advised Elite Partners Capital on the acquisition of the Skyport RE cargo property company from the Czechoslovak Group. Dentons advised the Czechoslovak Group on the parallel deals.

Ventus is a private equity company operating in Atlanta, USA that focuses on investments in airport infrastructure.

Elite Partners Capital Pte. Ltd operates as an asset management company. The company serves clients and investors worldwide with assets under management of more than USD 1 billion.

The Czechoslovak Group, founded in 2014, is a holding company covering an industrial and technological group of companies operating in aerospace, the railway industry, the automotive industry, and the production of special vehicles and precision engineering. 

Schoenherr’s team included, in Prague, Partner Vladimir Cizek, Attorneys Jiri Marek, Michal Jendzelovsky, Rudolf Bicek, Claudia Bock, Eva Bajakova, Viktor Pakosta, Matej Sarapatka, Stanislav Bednar, Marie Gremillot, and Associates Libuse Docekalova and Jachym Bem; and in Slovakia, Attorneys Peter Devinsky, Jan Farbiak, and Tomas Silhanek, and Associate Alexandra Adamickova.

Dentons' team included Prague-based Partners Jan Prochazka and Ladislav Storek, and Associates  Vojtech Novak, Kristyna Noskova, Petr Muller, Adam Prerovsky, and Jakub Nosek.

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