BBH, advokatni kancelar, s.r.o.

BBH, advok?tni kancel??, s.r.o. (BBH) is a prominent law firm with an international presence. Established in 2000, BBH acquired the business of a leading international law firm that had been operating in the Czech Republic since 1990. BBH is currently operating in Prague, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia (BBH advok?tska kancel?ria, s.r.o.). The unique experience and reputation of BBH in the Banking, Finance and Insurance Law practice areas consist not only of standard banking and finance work, such as all types of loan financing, but also of unrivalled expertise in the areas of derivatives and regulatory issues. BBH holds a very strong position in representing important Czech, Slovak and international groups in the negotiation of loan documentation with Czech, Slovak and foreign banks, with average volumes ranging between hundreds of millions and billions CZK. At the same time, BBH provides legal advice to many Czech banks in important transactions requiring the complex structuring of the lender-debtor relations, often with multiple parties in varieties of jurisdictions. BBH is also a highly sought-after law firm for bond issuance and IPO programs on the Czech, Slovak and foreign exchange and stock markets. As can be seen from the mandates that BBH has executed through recent years ? including complex securitizations and syndicated loans, BBH has clearly evolved into the only true borrow-side boutique firm on the market with this type of focus and experience. BBH also has an extremely strong and experienced financial regulations team led by Partner Tom? Sedl??ek. The unique expertise of the team is evidenced by its members' previous posts, e.g. Zden?k Hust?k, member of the Appellate Commission of the Czech National Bank and member of the Advisory Committee of the European Banking Authority (EBA), and Adam Ne?as, Director of the Licensing Department of the Czech National Bank. Within the scope of BBH's unique and extraordinary expertise on the Czech market, BBH has provided legal advice in relation to licensing, approval and sanction proceedings before the Czech National Bank, compliance, internal regulation issues, changes of regulatory capital, structured issuances of subordinated and senior debts, solutions to risk-weighted assets, etc. As part of its financial regulation practice, BBH is also the market leader in fintech advisory, uniquely combining its expertise in financial regulation, IT/IP, TMT and compliance/corporate governance. The innovative leading P2P platform Zonky is a good example of how expertly BBH structured the legal functionality, prepared all of the necessary documentation, ensured the Czech National Bank license and oversaw the IT implementation of the project. Among many others, BBH advised Raiffeisenbank, a.s. on its synthetic securitization of its Tier 1 capital instruments issue. BBH also advised CETIN in floating its EUR 2bn Eurobond programme and structuring its record-setting 32.2bn CZK syndicated facility. BBH also advised PPF in its unique 2.228 bn EUR financing for the acquisition of O2 Telef?nica Czech Republic. This practice group is headed by Partner Tom? Sedl??ek. In Slovakia, this practice area is headed by Partner Miroslav Fa?ung together with Matej Blah?t.