Petr Maleček is an Of Counsel in the Prague office. He focuses on dispute resolution, banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, and asset recovery.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

BANKING & FINANCE

• DEPOSIT GUARANTEE FUND OF UKRAINE on recovering assets defrauded from the banking sector
• A LEADING EUROPEAN BANK on a EUR 38 million senior facilities agreement and Czech security agreements
• EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT on agribusiness financing in Ukraine
• A UAE-BASED INVESTOR on securing cross-border leverage financing for infrastructure projects
• SLOVENSKÁ SPORITEĽŇA on financing a major retail and office development in Bratislava
• HSBC on structuring real estate financings in Poland

CAPITAL MARKETS

• SLOVAK REPUBLIC (MINISTRY OF FINANCE & ARDAL) on the issuance of Eurobonds under a Medium-Term Note (MTN) program to finance national reforms

RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY

• AN EU-BASED BANK on the restructuring of a USD 88 million financing package for a Kyiv real estate project
• AN AUSTRIAN BANK on the restructuring of a leading international automotive supplier
• BANK OF CYPRUS on restructuring loans for Ukrainian borrowers

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• A CZECH TECH COMPANY in a multi-million-dollar dispute with a US-based aircraft company
• A UK COMPANY on an investment treaty dispute with the Czech Republic
• A LONDON-BASED FAMILY OFFICE on a dispute over real estate investments
• ERSTE BANK UKRAINE on litigation against a regional retailer in default
• A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY on an arbitration dispute over assets acquired through the Czech coupon privatization scheme

M&A AND CORPORATE

• A EUROPEAN DEVELOPER on negotiations for acquiring a mixed-use property in Kyiv
• A HEDGE FUND on pre-acquisition shareholder investigations
• A COMMODITIES TRADER on due diligence for counterparty source of funds
• A US-BASED INSURANCE COMPANY on acquisitions in Central Europe

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 1999: Nottingham Trent University Law School, United Kingdom, Legal Practice Course
• 1997: College of Law London, United Kingdom, Common Professional Exam/Graduate Diploma in Law
• 1989: University of Waterloo, Canada, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, Economics (BA)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Czech Bar Association (European Advocate)
• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales

LANGUAGES

Czech, English