Ivo Průša

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Securities & Capital Markets

Private Wealth / Trusts / Foundations

Career

KSB counsel Ivo Průša focuses on all types of financing, including syndicated loans and structured finance, both on the part of lenders and borrowers, on transactions involving receivable portfolios and debt restructuring, as well as M&A in the financial services sector.

As an expert in private law, Ivo also operates in the Czech Bar Association, where he is an examiner for Czech Bar Exams in the field of business law (since 2015), and also a member of the private law department (since 2018).

Work Highlights

Československá banka, a. s. and Česká spořitelna, a. s. in financing of the Prague Transport Company, joint-stock company up to CZK 8,000,000,000 (approx. EUR 320 million)

J&T Banka, a.s. in financing a joint venture and selling a stake in the portfolio of eight hotel properties in the Czech Republic to CPIPROPERTY GROUP and Best Hotel Properties, when the stake value was approximately EUR 173 million, representing a total portfolio value of EUR 347 million.

O2 Czech Republic a.s. in financing up to CZK 9,240,000,000 (approx. EUR 370 million) provided by the club of banks for the purpose of refinancing and operational financing.

Czechoslovak Commercial Bank, a. s. in financing the acquisition of companies from the BLOCK group up to 430.000.000 CZK (approx. 17.2 million EUR).

Mattoni 1873 a.s. in refinancing and operational financing provided by UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., Česoslovenská banka, a. s. and Česká spořitelna, a. s., in the amount of several billion. CZK (more than EUR 100 million).

A private company in the financing of the purchase of a private jet provided by APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS, with the participation of AXIS SPECIALTY EUROPE SE, LONDON BRANCH, and the EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

Languages Spoken

English