‘Very high standard of work, efficiency, reliability, understanding. Dominik Vojta is outstanding’

‘Experience, knowledge, flexibility, availability. Very happy with their services on financing deals.’

‘Milos Felger is a tough lawyer who picks his battles well.’

‘Unique cross-border experience and capabilities running such complex deals.’

‘Milos Felgr – very good quality of work, always available.’

‘Global firm Clifford Chance Prague LLP has an international team of experts who combine their knowledge with a group of professionals worldwide.’

‘Excellent communication skills, ability to come up with solutions, great collaboration.’

‘Cooperative approach, understanding of the local market, responsiveness and flexibility.’

‘Professional local team, global footprint, innovative and flexible.’

‘Flexible, rational, reliable, capable banking practice.’

‘Jiri Tomola, Dan Hurych, Martin Mandulak, all fully trusted, committed and supportive. Negotiating constructively and responsibly even if representing borrower side.’

‘They are able to keep their loan documents more straightforward and practical (when compared with some of their competitors), without compromising on knowledge of trends, quality and legal protection.’

‘Daniel Hurych – good balance of personal involvement in client matters with leaving space to younger associates to do more routine tasks.’

‘Great co-operation, communicative employees, high involvement of the partner, supportive technology.’

‘Deep knowledge, ability to propose the right solutions, ability to deliver in challenging times.’

‘Peter Hudec is a skilled, experienced counsel who makes sure the product that shall be delivered is of top quality.’

‘The best law firm in the CEE region. Experienced and excellent track record.’

‘Tomáš Jíne – excellent lawyer, keeps exceptional relationship with his clients, always accessible’

‘Experienced team, which is reliable, deal-oriented and always available.’

‘I definitely appreciated the complexity of the solution. Responses not only to the questions and proposals we submited, but the completion of all points, from all points of wiev, to the all possible final stages. Proactive involvement and suggestions for possible solutions in the given situation were also very beneficial.’

‘Jonathan Weinberg – knowledgeable and experienced lawyer, always available for discussion, able to translate commercial/corp. finance language into legal very efficiently. James Greene – great ability to explain different bond terms and their implications, creative in terms of structuring. Petr Hudec – diligent, takes care of clients’ interests and has ability to give “early warnings”.’

‘Their people are key. Reliable and creative.’

‘Tomas Sedlacek – perfectly coordinates, helps us prioritize opened legal issues, so that we always know what we want to get and give in trade-off situations; he is the lawyer I would like to work with on every single financing transaction. Andrea Adamcova – she has a phenomenal memory and an ability to refer quickly to the relevant part of any document. A total must-have for complex negotiations, when we have to decide in real-time whether we aceept, reject or postpone the issue.’

‘We basically work with all the partners in their banking and corporate department. All are very capable and resourceful.’

‘Outstanding knowledge. In this team, there are two TOP people in the Czech rep. Nobody can compete with them in the financial sector.’

‘Well established practice capable of using the resources of the largest law firm in the country (very good knowledge management, very easy use of other practices’ experts within the firm).’

‘Jan Topinka – besides excellent technical skills, he is always determined to support his client in negotiations and to close the deal’

‘This is a local law firm, which knows the Czech environment very well. In general the firm acts very proactively and thus the cooperation is not only in terms of the usual mandates for financing, but we are frequently communicating also on a number of other issues which forms the Czech legal environment, namely in the infrastructure development.’

‘Again active approach, with the main aim being “to deliver”.’

‘As the largest firm on the Czech market HAVEL team is quite exceptional in their ability to provide lawyers with in-depth legal knowledge even of very specific business issues/market sectors. I would also highlight their ability to concentrate on relevant business matters instead of getting bogged down in insignificant details and thus actively push each transaction forward.’

‘Filip Cabart – partner – key person in financing to have on your side. Effectively identifies relevant commercial points and is able to negotiate the maximum value out of them. His team provides excellent support.’

‘They know all current trends and actual benchmarks in financial transactions and may help to negotiate good terms. They are brilliant lawyers able to find come up with creative solutions. They are also capable of managing international financial transactions involving 2-3 jurisdictions.’

‘Filip Cabart is very dedicated with a great understanding of business needs and project management skills. His hard skills are also great.’

‘Kinstellar’s highly professional team in Prague has rightly attracted praise for its international perspective. Its lawyers are efficient, the quality of their output is always very high and they understand what we are looking for as a client.’

‘Martina Brezinová is an accomplished and highly respected lawyer in the Czech market.’

‘Leo Javorek combines an excellent understanding of financing with an expert knowledge of banking client needs.’

‘Experienced team, which is reliable, deal-oriented and always available.’

‘Martina Brezinova – excellent professional’

‘Ability to listen to the requests of the customer and solve them, deliver the legal product on time and with the required quality.’

‘The team provides complex services viewed from various angles and points which provides certainty to the business.’

‘Lukas Srbecky – an outstanding lawyer with broad knowledge. Truly dedicated to providing the service to the client.’

‘The CERHA HEMPEL team is very flexible and responsive. They are able to deal with our matters even within very tight deadlines.’

‘Martin Kartner (partner), Barbora Kábrtová (associate) – very experienced and skilled lawyers with extraordinary knowledge of the law.’

‘We are very satisfied with the level of experience and professionalism of the CERHA HEMPEL team. They are very dedicated and always do their best to make the stipulated deadlines and deliver work of the highest quality.’

‘We work with Martin Kartner (partner) and Barbora Kábrtová (associate). They are both very dedicated professionals who always deal with our problems and matters in a very skilled and experienced way.’

‘I have cooperated with Barbora Dunovská and David Urbanec. They are professionals with deep legal knowledge and a commercial business approach in difficult banking transactions.’

‘Individual approach – they know their clients. Flexibility. A sense for detail.’

‘Experienced stable team with deep knowledge.’

‘Advice is to the point, accurate and practice-oriented. Pricing appropriate.’

‘David Urbanec, Barbora Simon Dunovská, they are both very innovative, flexible and business-oriented lawyers with strong negotiating skills, whom we recommend strongly.’

‘Dunovska and Partners team provide the market with excellent service focused on the real estate market. Always flexible, offering solutions.’

‘Ivo Prusa – excellent expert and project manager.’

‘Our experience overall is very positive. Collaboration is always smooth, workflow is well structured and organised and responsiveness of lawyers is up to standards.’

‘We have worked on many transactions with Ivo Pruša, counsel, as project leader. We are very happy to recommend him as he is consistent and practical in his approach to each project. He organises workflow well so that we always receive instructions and requests in a timely manner. His communications are clear and to the point, thus avoiding time being unnecessarily spent on discussions and ensuring that time-spent costs are always within the quoted and anticipated limits.’

‘Ivo Prusa is very experienced and a really good lawyer.’

‘The advice was always very relevant, practical and delivered in a timely manner.’

‘Very good and prompt cooperation no matter of time of day. Easy accessibility of both our partners (Mr. Havlicek, Mr. Sarapatka) via phone and e-mail. Tailor-made approach.’

‘They are very responsive, work hard and always willing to find a pragmatic solution.’

‘Ondrej Havlicek has plenty of experience in complex financings, always available and helpful.’

‘Requests were treated on a same-day basis, and in high-intensity phases of the transaction, we could count on instant availability of all necessary resources needed. We had a regulatory proceeding with another CZ law firm in parallel. Schönherr clearly outperformed them. The process with Schönherr was significantly better structured and much more streamlined. Besides that it was obvious that Schönherr has a different setup, be it reg. available resources or experience.’

‘Vladimir Cizek – project lead on behalf of Schönherr. Provided great support during SPA negotiations and pre-closing conduct and helped to overcome all obstacles.’

‘Matej Sarapatka – key person at Schönherr for necessary regulatory proceedings. Provided outstanding expertise and support in the whole proceeding with regulator and organized this cumbersome process in such a structured and professional way that we received necessary approval way before the intended timeline.’

‘Ondrej Havlicek – very helpful and creative lawyer, flexible and friendly approach’

‘We primarily work with Jiri Marek, who is very much business-oriented and deal closure driven. His pragmatic approach helps to move transactions forward.’

‘Squire Patton Boggs team provides top-level legal services. While being an international law firm, they have a very good understanding of the local market. They can easily handle complex transactions and multi-party negotiations. They are a modern law firm with many female lawyers and partners and excellent technical support. I appreciate the stability and great availability of the team, which brings advantages, especially in long-term projects.’

‘Our primary points of contact are Radek Janecek, a managing partner, and Marek Hrubeš, an associate. We have worked with Radek for many years, he is a real professional and great negotiator. I especially appreciate his business thinking, he really understands the market and financials. Marek is a rising star of the team. A young lawyer with excellent skills well beyond his peers.’

‘Unrivalled combination of Austrian and Czech legal advice.’

‘Robert David is a top lawyer in banking & finance in the Czech Republic.’

‘Virtual data room for sharing necessary documents – very helpful and effective’

‘Kristiny Tupa – reliable and hard working person.’

‘Strong team with a deep knowledge of law and sectors.’

‘Jan Havel – skilled senior partner. Amazing experience among the sectors.’

‘This team has strong experience in many areas with further expertise in projects and real estate finance, as well as debt refinancing. Compared to other offices they deliver very high-quality advice, are very responsive and know the market very well.’

‘Matyáš Kužela, a partner, has great project management and communication skills that are really beneficial.’

‘Strong negotiation skills.’

‘Their work is highly professional and their knowledge of the upcoming legislation is excellent.’

‘The cooperation with Mr. Miroslav Dubovský was at the highest possible level.’

‘Outstanding experts in their fields. High level of substantive advice. They are characterised by extraordinary openness and adherence to agreed deadlines. Considerable experience and high level of personal culture can be counted on.’

‘Prompt provision of information, openness to support on problematic issues, clear explanation of doubts, high value of expertise.’