http://www.acquisition-intl.com/2015-legal-awards M&A awards 44 LEGAL awards ~ Best in Insurance Law - Czech Republic BADOKH is a leading specialist firm dedicated to providing first-class service which builds upon the practice of individualized client care. After more than fifteen years practice in London, Prague and Bratislava, former White & Case partners, Petr Kuhn, Jakub Dostal and Ivo Barta, together with a number of talented experts, established a Prague-based boutique law firm, BADOKH, in 2014. Within its first years of existence, the business reached a unique position in the Czech market as it provides its clients with excellent legal services following the highest international standards combined with the in-depth knowledge of the local law and business environment. The firm’s legal professionals advised clients on a number of local and cross-border deals, including project and export transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestments, acquisition and real estate finance, and also advised clients on complex corporate projects and high-profile transactions carried out in the CEE market. BADOKH has created one of the best-recognized insolvency and restructuring practices, which advises its clients from various industries, including energy, mechanical engineering, foundry operations and welding, on matters to do with out-of-court restructuring. The firm represents its clients (i.e., creditors, shareholders and investors) in judicial insolvency proceedings both in the Czech Republic and the CEE region as a whole. For more than 20 years, the experts of BADOKH have devoted themselves to energy, industrial, and infrastruc- ture projects, representing major Czech and multinational corporations and financial institutions. BADOKH has established one of the biggest dispute resolution practices on the market, which advises its clients on judicial and arbitral proceedings both in the Czech Republic and across the CEE region as a whole. The firm’s professional team currently consists of four partners, seven advocates and tax advisors, two coun- sels, seven junior lawyers and seven legal trainees. Petr Kuhn is a co-founding partner of BADOKH. Petr heads the corporate and financial restructuring and insolvency practices within the company. Before he co-founded BADOKH, he was involved in a number of major projects in Prague and London as a part of his 15-year career with an international law firm. This included advisory services for the first-ever IPO in the Czech Republic, advisory services for the first-ever listing of shares of a foreign company at the Prague Stock Exchange, complex takeover bids, domestic and international large-scale takeovers, and dozens of various cases of court restructurings and out-of-court restructurings of domestic and foreign companies. Jakub Dostal is a co-founding partner of BADOKH. Jakub has extensive experience in banking & finance, M&A and private equity and heads the Banking & Finance Practice at BADOKH. As counsel for multinational corporations and financial institutions, municipal and governmental entities, he has advised on all aspects of their domestic and cross-border financings, with a particular emphasis on corporate finance, project finance, acquisition finance and structured finance, including deal structuring, negotiation and documentation. Before co-founding BADOKH, he was involved in a number of major transactions in the Czech Republic and abroad, as a part of his 15-year career with the international law firm, in London and Prague, where he was partner of the Bank Finance practice group from 2007 to 2013. Company: BADOKH Name: Petr Kuhn; Jakub Dostal Email:
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[email protected] Web Address: www.badokh.com Address: 28. rijna 767/12, Prague 1 Telephone: (PK) +420 606 631 366 ; (JD) +420 603 158 883