Know Your Lawyer: Vaclav Bily of PRK Partners
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An in-depth look at Vaclav Bily of PRK Partners covering his career path, education, and top projects as a lawyer as well as a few insights about him as a manager at work and as a person outside the office.
Career:
- PRK Partners, Partner, 2013-present
- PRK Partners, Attorney at Law, 2001-2013
- Nobel & Hug, Trainee, 1999-2000
- PRK Partners, Associate, 1996-1999
- Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch, Legal Assistant, 1994-1995
Education:
- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, PhD, Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2002
- Europa Institut at University of Zurich, LLM in European Business Law, 2000
- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, Master of laws, 1996
Favorites:
- Out of office activity: golf, history, old books
- Quote: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
- Book: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka; Bloody Novel by Josef Vachal
- Movie: The Godfather, Pulp Fiction
Top 5 Projects:
- Advising on the acquisition of the Czech real estate portfolio for Austrian real estate investor M&A RealConsult Group (followed by its sale after the client’s sudden death in an accident);
- Advising on the acquisition of real estate in Prague and Pilsen for CA IMMO, including representing the client in insolvency proceedings regarding ECM REI;
- Advising on the financing of solar power plants by UniCredit – more than 100 transactions within the last 12 years;
- Advising UniCredit Bank in 2020 on acquisition financing for the Tekro agricultural group, with the aim to acquire four agribusinesses, one of them located in Slovakia;
- Providing legal advice to a major investment group on the sale of the Main Point Pankrac office building in Prague (in the form of a share deal). The buyer was South Korean Hana Financial Investment, represented by the Mint Investments Group.
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