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The JŠK transaction team was led by partner Tomáš Doležil on the sell side in cooperation with senior associates Klára Šmídová, Patrik Müller and Lucia Regecová together with junior associates Marek Pume and Jan Koprnický.
“It was a great honour to support the sellers in this transaction and I am confident that we will successfully complete the transaction,” Tomáš Doležil said. “The sellers’ structure was a factor that multiplied the complexity of the transaction. I am really glad that we were able to bring all the sellers successfully to completion.”
Freeths supported JŠK and the clients in relation to the English law aspects of the transaction¨.