Weinhold Legal has advised the founders and full owners of Libristo Media on its sale to the Albatros Media Group. Havel & Partners reportedly advised the buyer.

Havel & Partners has represented HP Tronic and NAY on merger clearance from the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition and the Slovak Antimonopoly Office for their merger.

Havel & Partners has advised HP Invest on its full acquisition of HP Tronic from Genesis Private Equity Fund III.

E+H has advised PAI Partners on the acquisition of VAMED Group's rehabilitation business from Fresenius. Schoenherr, working with Latham & Watkins, advised the sellers. Reportedly, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Novacos, Baer & Karrer, KNPZ Rechtsanwaelte, and Havel & Partners advised on the deal as well.

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.