Taylor Wessing Czech Republic has named two new partners, Janka Brezániová and Ivana Meňhartová. The law firm will thus significantly strengthen its team synergies. Brezániová, after almost a year as a senior associate and having achieved excellent results throughout the year, will continue to focus primarily on providing legal advice in the areas of M&A, corporate and labour law, including the protection of personal data, in which she has considerable experience. Meňhartová, after two years as a senior associate, will continue to focus on clients in the field of Banking & Finance, whom she advises on both local and international transactions. In addition, she will continue to provide legal advice to clients in the Real Estate area, a sector in which she also has considerable experience.

Dentons Prague office advised South Korean investment company, Hana Financial Investment represented by Mint Investments Group on their acquisition of Main Point Pankrac office building from Aceur Investment S.A.

Eversheds Sutherland provided legal advice to Polish fund EQUES Fotovoltaika in the sale of five local solar parks to Czech investment group Jufa. The firm's assistance consisted in the negotiation of contractual documentation, advisory in the termination of existing financing and transaction closing.

Almost CZK 400,000 will help victims of domestic violence, children from children’s homes and terminally ill people  

According to the newest CBRE Shopping Centre Index study, which has been compiled for the seventh year by the CBRE company, the world leader in the field of retail services, shopping centres in the Czech Republic have been successful again. Turnover in Czech regional shopping centres grew for the fifth consecutive year. Comparing the year 2017 with the previous year, turnover grew 4.2%. Rents grew only minimally. The vacancy rate is stable. The “Rent-to-sales ratio” reached a historical minimum and the average basket achieved its historical maximum. This once again proves that Czech retail is doing well.  

59% of companies worldwide plan deals in the next year fueled by portfolio reshaping Strong M&A intentions accelerated rather than stalled by uncertainty Despite Brexit uncertainty, UK is top investment destination for the first time in 10 years Despite mounting geopolitical complexities, the appetite for global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is at a 10-year high, according to the 20th edition of the EY Global Capital Confidence Barometer (CCB), a biannual survey of more than 2,900 senior executives across 47 countries. Companies continue to use acquisitions to build the foundations for future growth amid rising uncertainty. Almost six in ten (59%) global companies are now planning to acquire in the coming year — up from 52% 12 months ago.