Tomáš Doležil

Career

• Partner, JŠK, law firm, s.r.o. (2014 – present)

• Member of the Appeals Committee, Czech National Bank (2016 – present)

• Board Member and Chairman of the Tax and Legal Committee, Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) (2016 – present)

• Attorney-at-law, Clifford Chance LLP (2006 – 2014; Counsel since May 2012)

• Associate, Attorney-at-law, Linklaters LLP (1999 – 2005)

Languages Spoken

Czech

English

German

Professional Memberships

Czech Bar Association

Czech National Bank’s Appeals Commission

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Czech Republic

Personal

Tomáš Doležil is the head of the JŠK’s M&A and Corporate practice and is personally involved in all key transactions. He maintains direct availability to clients and senior executives throughout the lifecycle of each matter, ensuring strategic oversight as well as hands-on execution. His approach is consistent across mandates — he brings the same level of commitment to complex cross-border transactions as to strategically important domestic deals.

He advises a broad spectrum of clients, including multinational hi-tech companies, IT market leaders, traditional manufacturing groups, private equity and venture capital funds, asset managers, distributors, and companies in niche industrial sectors. This diversity of mandates reflects both his technical versatility and the strong confidence placed in him by the market.

Tomáš holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, an LL.M. Eur. in European Law, and a Ph.D. from the University of Economics. His academic background, combined with long-standing transactional experience, enables him to provide commercially focused and strategically sound advice.

He became a partner at JŠK in 2014, following 15 years at leading international law firms Linklaters and Clifford Chance (where he served as Counsel). Over the course of his career, he has advised on more than 200 M&A transactions at international, regional, and domestic levels, representing strategic investors, founders, private equity funds, and management teams.

In addition to his transactional work, Tomáš regularly organizes expert seminars addressing current market and regulatory developments and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and workshops in the Czech Republic and abroad. His visibility and engagement in the professional community further reinforce his standing in the market.

Practice Areas

M&A, Contractual & Corporate Issues, Competition Law, Private equity, Venture Capital, Start-ups, Trusts and Foundation

Publications

Tomáš co-commented on the Corporate Corporations Act (Wolters Kluwer) and the Civil Code (C.H. Beck), also authored the book Concerts in Community Law (Auditorium 2008).

Work Highlights

Legal advisory to:

• Telefónica S.A. on the sale of a 65.9% stake in Telefónica O2 Czech Republic

• Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund in connection with the acquisition of České Radiokomunikace

• Riverside Europe Partners on the acquisition of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, a leading provider of virtual electronic simulators for military and related purposes, and subsequent advisory services

• KKCG on the Czech law aspects of its joint venture with Emma Capital in connection with the Sazka Group;

• APS Holding on an agreement with Hellenic Bank of Cyprus for the management of real estate assets and the servicing of the non-performing loans of the Bank;

• the founders and other shareholders of the company on the sale of 100% of shares to the Swedish strategic investor Axis (Canon Group);

• the founders and shareholders of Tescan Orsay Holding, a leading manufacturer of electron microscopes and other high-end scientific instruments, on the sale of a majority stake to Carlyle including reinvesment, and on subsequent sale of the minority stake to Shimadzu;

• private equity funds GENESIS CAPITAL and Avallon MBO Fund on the acquisition of TES Vsetín, a traditional Czech manufacturer of electrical machines and components;

• Credit Value Investment on a number of private debt transactions in the Czech Republic;

• the shareholders on sale of their stakes in GoPay, the largest Czech payment gateway according to the number of e-shops served, to Worldline Company;

• Genesis Capital on the acquisition of shares in AV MEDIA Group (a leader in audiovisual technologies), PFX (an expert in visual effects, advertising and animation), STT Servis (a supplier of precision machinery components and assemblies) and KASPER KOVO (a specialist in the production of metal components for industrial and technological applications);

• Electron Capital Partners in connection with a co-investment in Meopta - optika, a world-class manufacturer of optical, opto-mechanical and optoelectronic products.

Education

Awards