Mergers and Acquisitions
The lawyers at act Řanda Havel Legal have extensive experience during structure proposals and completion of transactions to acquire or sell shares in companies, plants or parts thereof or any other transactions to change the owner of identified property of companies or natural persons. Act Řanda Havel Legal’s experience includes privatisation and transactions in the area of private equity and venture capital. We have long-term and regular clients whom we represent during the acquisition and sale of shares or stakes in companies, during transfers of plants or parts thereof, transfers of identifiable assets and liabilities, during consolidation, merger, division or other changes in the form of companies, establishment of joint ventures, during complex restructuring, etc. We provide consultancy to companies with shares quoted on regular markets in relation to any questions associated with regulating transactions involving quoted shares, including takeover bids.
We provide these legal services in various branches of industry such as energy generation, construction, steel working, metallurgy, the chemical industry, the rubber industry, pharmaceuticals, mining, the production of electrical appliances, the production of automobile parts and so on. We regularly secure legal aspects of acquiring and selling photovoltaic power stations. Our experience includes transactions also in non-industrial branches such as telecommunications, information technology, the media, insurance, tourism, transport, advertising services and so on.
act Řanda Havel Legal in particular:
During sales: performs detailed pre-transaction inspections of subject of sale (vendor due diligence) aimed at identifying potential risks that could reduce the price of the subject of the sale or constitute risk of potential liability for any faults it may contain; recommends suitable forms and structures of transactions with regard to the facts ascertained during vendor due diligence in cooperation with the financial and tax advisors;
During acquisitions: performs legal inspections of subjects of purchase (due diligence) and prepares reports on the results of inspections that set out the ascertained risks and the important facts for evaluating transactions and deciding whether or not to proceed with a transaction; the report takes into account all facts relevant to successfully operate the company or factory or to implement any other specific plans the client has for the investment;
Prepares, assesses and negotiates all legal documentation necessary to the complete transactions and their goals; the documentation includes documents parties exchange prior to signing binding documentation (offer letters, letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, etc), the actual transfer contract, all corporate documents necessary to complete transformations, the necessary agreement of company meetings, partners or authorised representatives and supervisory boards with the transaction or with individual steps contained within the transaction, legal documentation for securing financing and so on.
The prestigious IFLR1000 international rating publication has once again ranked act Řanda Havel Legal amongst significant law firms in the area of mergers and acquisitions. IFLR1000 carries out independent worldwide research into the legal services market in the segment of financial law and identifies leading law firms in individual countries and areas of law.
The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa international rating company has included act Řanda Havel Legal in its rankings for 2024 in the area of mergers and acquisition. The Legal 500 publication annually maps out law firms from all over the world and its data is used by 4 million readers and 2.5 million companies in electronic form.
EPRAVO.CZ, the prestigious Czech online legal journal, has recommended act Řanda Havel Legal in the area of Corporate law in its Law Firm of the Year 2024 ranking. The annual awards are decided by an independent group of 250 evaluators from the ranks of companies and institutions, as well as by EPRAVO.CZ, an independent entity that monitors and follows lawyers in the Czech Republic.
