Jana Guričová

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions

Company Law, Corporate Law

Private Equity / Investment Funds and Structures

Private Wealth / Trusts / Foundations

Career

Jana Guričová as a senior attorney at Kocián Šolc Balaštík. Her practice primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, investment funds and structures, contract law, corporate law including group law, liability of board members, corporate governance, supporting foreign investors in entering and operating in the Czech market, legal audits, restructurings, family asset management, and philanthropic projects. She has been a practicing attorney since 2018. She publishes and lectures in the fields of contract law and corporate law. She is a member of the authoring team of the single-volume Commentary on the Civil Code and Volume V of the Commentary on the Civil Code (Contractual Law), both published by C. H. Beck. She is a member of the Czech Bar Association and the Common Law Society. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague (2014, Summa cum Laude) and Cardiff University Law School (2013, With Distinction).

Work Highlights

Acquisition of PepsiCo's operations in the Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian markets by the Mattoni 1873 Group, and the sale of Mattoni 1873 Group's Toma plant to the Coca-Cola Group.

Acquisition of IT companies by the Seyfor Group (Solitea).

Acquisition of web hosting companies by the Webglobe Group.

Support for the American Brentwood Group in the Czech market.

Support for the Polish Budimex Group in entering and operating in the Czech market.

Creation of the Lázeňský fond SICAV a.s. investment fund and the establishment of shareholder relationships.

Acquisition of Technometra by the Hungarian Riverland Private Equity Fund from Aviation Technologies Holdings Group.

Sale of several photovoltaic power plants by J&T IB and Capital Markets to Lausitz Energie Verwaltungs GmbH, part of the EPH Group.

Creation of the Eva Pavlová Endowment Fund.

Collaboration in the creation of a joint venture between the international groups Monster and CareerBuilder.

Collaboration in managing the general meeting of ČEZ a.s.

Assistance to Smetanova Litomyšl o.p.s. and the SmetaNOVÝ Sál Endowment Fund in the new hall project.

Creation of the Rohlik Growth SICAV a.s. investment fund and the establishment of relationships between the J&T and Rohlik Group.

Languages Spoken

English

German