Havel & Partners has announced it opened an office in Frankfurt am Main on May 1, 2024. The new German office will be managed by former Squire Patton Boggs Partner Philip Smitka.

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Havel & Partners has advised the Slovak Investment Holding on its EUR 12 million investment in battery R&D and production specialist Inobat.

Havel & Partners has advised Lead Ventures on co-leading a EUR 26 million investment round for CouldTalk. Prielomek & Partners reportedly advised CloudTalk.

Havel & Partners has advised Luigi’s Box on the acquisition of Persoo. Novalia advised Persoo.

Allen & Overy has advised Grupa Maspex on its acquisition of Becherovka from Pernod Ricard. Havel & Partners advised Pernod Ricard.

White & Case has advised CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Packeta Group, alongside co-investor Emma Capital. Havel & Partners advised JSK Investments and its shareholders, Simona and Jaromir Kijonka, on the sale of Packeta.

Kinstellar has advised Siemens Mobility on its acquisition of Slovak railway security solutions company HMH. Havel & Partners reportedly advised the seller.

Havel & Partners has advised the Sekyra Group on its acquisition of the remaining land in the vicinity of the Smichov railway station in Prague from Ceske Drahy.

Majernik & Mihalikova has advised Blockmate on its EUR 1.5 million seed round led by Erste's Seed Starter with the participation of various Slovak and foreign VC funds. Havel & Partners reportedly advised Seed Starter.

Havel & Partners has advised Turk Electronik Para on its acquisition of Twisto Payments from Australia's Zip. Schoenherr reportedly advised Zip.

Wardynski & Partners, working with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has advised the Bauer Media Group on the merger of its online comparison platform business with that of the Netrisk Group.

The relationship between the Czech Republic and Slovakia is forged on a shared history and close economic ties. As the two countries maintain strong trade relations and extensive cross-border business activities, legal firms have recognized the need to establish a presence in both jurisdictions. Havel & Partners Managing Partner Jaroslav Havel, BPV Braun Partners Managing Partner Arthur Braun, and Eversheds Sutherland Managing Partner Bernhard Hager talk about the ties that bind the two legal landscapes.

Havel & Partners has advised Investown Technologies shareholder Ceska Sporitelna Seed Starter on the sale of a stake in the company to Finbus.

Havel & Partners has advised the Czechoslovak Capital Partners investment group on the acquisition of five properties in Hradec Kralove.

Cobalt has advised Binalyze on its USD 19 million series A financing round with Molten Ventures, Cisco Investments, Citibank Ventures, and Deutsche Bank Corporate Venture Capital as well as existing investors Earlybird Digital East and OpenOcean. Ellex Raidla advised Molten Ventures on leading the round.

Clifford Chance has advised Ceska Sporitelna and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia on their financing for the Oriens holding's Moravia Containers in relation to the acquisition of Steelmart. Havel & Partners advised the borrower.