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COMPARATIVE GUIDES
Czech Republic
Banking, finance and capital markets
Banking, finance and capital markets - ranked: tier 1
White & Case (Europe) LLP
White & Case (Europe) LLP ‘understands the complexities of multi-jurisdictional legal structures’. It advised PPF Group on the €7.3bn financing of its fully funded bid for the Central and Eastern European (CEE) assets and businesses of Anheuser-Busch InBev. The ‘fantastic’ Jonathan Weinberg and David Plch, who is ‘great at navigating clients through complex transactions’, co-head the bank finance team, while Eva Svobodová and Petr Hudec are the capital markets co-heads. Jan Linda is ‘first-rate’ and Tomáš Jíně is ‘very knowledgeable’.
Leading individuals
David Plch - White & Case (Europe) LLP
Next generation lawyers
Jan Linda - White & Case (Europe) LLP
Tomáš Jíně - White & Case (Europe) LLP
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 2
White & Case (Europe) LLP
White & Case (Europe) LLP ‘goes the extra mile in terms of quality’. In a multi-departmental mandate, the team advised Avast Software on its $1.3bn purchase of AVG Technologies. The team also advised P3 Logistics Parks and TPG Real Estate on the €2.4bn sale of P3 to GIC. Jan Andruško is ‘a great organiser’ and Jan Pařík, who was recently promoted to partner, is noted for tax matters. Jan Stejskal, who was promoted to partner in 2018, is also recommended. Petr Pánek heads the team.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution - ranked: tier 1
White & Case (Europe) LLP
The ‘highly recommended’ team at White & Case (Europe) LLP handles high-profile commercial litigation and arbitration cases, as well as white-collar crime disputes and investigations. Luděk Chvosta Sr represented Modrá pyramida stavební spořitelna in the possible cancellation of building loan contracts. Ivo Janda handles regulatory and competition cases. Magda Olyšarová recently made counsel.
Leading individuals
Luděk Chvosta Sr - White & Case (Europe) LLP
Projects and energy
Projects and energy - ranked: tier 1
White & Case (Europe) LLP
White & Case (Europe) LLP’s team is adept at infrastructure, energy, and natural resources projects, has ‘strong negotiation skills’ and is noted for its financing expertise. It has been advising ČEZ Distribuce on the public procurement process for core and non-core supplies, services and construction works, and acted for Česká spořitelna as arranger on working capital financing for OTE. The ‘goal-oriented’ Vít Stehlík and David Plch jointly head the team. Pavel Čížek is also recommended.
Leading individuals
Vít Stehlík - White & Case (Europe) LLP
Real estate and construction
Real estate and construction - ranked: tier 1
White & Case (Europe) LLP
White & Case (Europe) LLP is ‘strong’ in real estate deals and financing matters, and advised P3 Logistic Parks and TPG Real Estate on the €2.4bn sale of P3 Logistic Parks to GIC. It also advised Red Group on the sale of two industrial projects to a group of Czech private investors led by Accolade. LaSalle Investment Management, M7 Real Estate and York Capital Management are also key clients. The ‘unflappable’ Václav Kubr ‘makes the deals happen’ and pays ‘superb attention to detail’; Ladislav Chundela is also recommended. The ‘brilliant’ Petr Pánek heads the team.
Leading individuals
Petr Pánek - White & Case (Europe) LLP
TMT
TMT - ranked: tier 1
White & Case (Europe) LLP
White & Case (Europe) LLP handles transactional, regulatory, competition and dispute resolution matters across the TMT sector. The team advised České Radiokomunikace, on its transition from the DVB-T to DVB-T2 broadcasting standard, and on the related release of the 700MHz frequency band. It also acted, as part of a cross-office team, for Avast Software on its $1.3bn acquisition of AVG Technologies. Jan Andruško leads the team. Jakub Menčl left the firm for an in-house role.
Tax
Tax - ranked: tier 2
White & Case (Europe) LLP
White & Case (Europe) LLP handles a range of cross-border tax mandates, individual income tax and tax structuring matters. The team advised the founding shareholders of Czech start-up company Apiary on the tax aspects of its sale to Oracle. Recently promoted partner Jan Pařík heads the team.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
- Energy and infrastructure
- Islamic finance
Australia
Offices in Melbourne and Sydney
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition : EU and global
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory : Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- Industry focus : Manufacturing
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Not-for-profit
- Private equity
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate and construction : Foreign firms
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
Germany
Offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, and Bochum
- Banking and finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Banking and finance : Investment funds
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Banking and finance : Project finance
- Capital markets : Debt capital markets
- Capital markets : Equity capital markets
- Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
- Compliance
- Compliance : Internal investigations
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized domestic deals (€100m-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Financial services litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- IT and outsourcing : Information technology (including contracts)
- IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Telecoms
- Insurance : Insurance litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Media : Entertainment
- Private equity
- Public sector : PPP
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
- White-collar crime : Advice to companies
Algeria
Spain
Offices in Madrid
Finland
Offices in Helsinki
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law
- Aviation : Aviation finance
- Banking and finance : Transactional work
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Compliance
- Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : LBO
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Shipping : Shipping finance
- Tax
Ghana
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
Latin America: International firms
India
Italy
Offices in Milan
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- EU and competition
- Private equity
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Antitrust and competition law : International firms and joint ventures
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
- Restructuring and insolvency : International firms and joint ventures
Kazakhstan
Offices in Astana
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction: contentious and non-contentious
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- Transport : Rail
Morocco
Mexico
Offices in Mexico City
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Environment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Philippines
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A : Moscow
- Competition
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Energy and natural resources
- PPP and infrastructure projects
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
South Africa
Offices in Johannesburg
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Insolvency
- Insurance
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
South Korea
Offices in Seoul
Slovakia
Offices in Bratislava
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
Switzerland
Offices in Geneva
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul and Istanbul
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Foreign firms
- Insurance
- Project finance/projects
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Boston, and Houston
- Antitrust : Cartel
- Antitrust : Civil litigation/class actions
- Antitrust : Merger control
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : International litigation
- Dispute resolution : International trade
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation: defense
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Commercial lending
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Energy litigation: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Environment: transactional
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits and executive compensation (transactions)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Private equity buyouts
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious