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Weinhold Legal participated in the successful completion of the acquisition of the B&B Hotel in Prague's Florenc district, executed by investment company Amundi Czech Republic, acting on behalf of qualified invest fund, Amundi Realitní fond KB3. The hotel will become part of a transformational project that aims to turn the area into a modern and lucrative space in the coming years. Amundi Czech Republic has long focused on acquisitions of commercial real estate in the Czech Republic and Western Europe. This transaction, in line with the fund's investment strategy, confirms the continued growth of interest in the hotel market in the Czech Republic, which has stabilized after the pandemic and is beginning to show a positive trend. “We are pleased to have provided legal support for this important transaction and to have contributed to the further development of this location. Collaborating on such projects allows us to leverage our experience in real estate transactions,” said Václav Štraser, Managing Associate at Weinhold Legal. The legal support for this transaction was provided by the Weinhold Legal team, consisting of Martin Lukáš, Václav Štraser, and Lenka Němečková Other resources: https://www.amundi-kb.cz/aktualni-informace/aktuality/amundi-realitni-fond-kb3-posiluje-nemovitostni-portfolio-o-prazsky-bb-hotel-sazi-na-transformacni-lo   About Weinhold Legal Weinhold Legal has been a strong player on the Czech market since the founding of the Prague office in 1996, and boasts a team of several dozen highly qualified lawyers. Weinhold Legal has been highly ranked in international client guides to the best law firms on the market today, among them Legal 500, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global, and IFLR. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.weinholdlegal.com

Weinhold Legal is proud to have advised to Resistant AI, a Czech-based fintech firm specializing in AI-powered fraud prevention, in its $25 million Series B funding round. Led by DTCP Growth, with continued support from Experian, Notion Capital, and GV (formerly Google Ventures), this round brings the total capital raised by the company to $53 million. Resistant AI is also supported by the local VC fund, Credo Ventures. Resistant AI, founded in 2019 by Martin Rehák, uses AI to combat financial crime by offering advanced document fraud detection and transaction monitoring services. With this new funding, the company will expand into new markets and enhance its capabilities to address emerging threats, including generative AI fraud and money laundering. "This transaction will allow Resistant AI to expand its document fraud detection and transaction monitoring offerings into new territories and partnerships, and build out its threat intelligence capabilities. We are very proud to help Resistant AI’s in its fraud fighting mission,” said Pav Younis from Weinhold Legal. The legal team from Weinhold Legal supporting the funding round was led by Pav Younis, with Martin Lukas, Sofia Petrova, and Matěj Novák collaborating on the transaction. Resistant AI’s clients include major financial institutions such as AXA and Dun & Bradstreet. The company’s solutions have helped clients achieve significant improvements in fraud detection and prevention. Other resources: CzechCrunch, EU - Startups