Michaela Straková is a Senior Associate in the Bratislava office. She is a member of the Financial Institutions sector line and focuses on banking and finance matters, as well as commercial, corporate, and M&A.
I’d like to highlight Michaela Straková and Tomáš Melišek for their professionalism and excellent collaboration.
Tomáš Melišek and Michaela Straková: professionalism, ability to understand the problem and proactively find solutions working for all parties, fair billing, prompt reaction/delivery.
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- ACCOLADE HOLDING, a leading Czech investment company, on financing provided by Tatra banka for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in GLP Kosice, which owns a logistics park in eastern Slovakia
- CVI, an independent investment company, in connection with bond financing provided for the recapitalisation of Slovak developer Lucron Group
- J&T BANKA, as the junior lender, on the financial recapitalisation of Tatry Mountain Resorts, consisting of a EUR 180 million senior facility and a EUR 110 million junior facility
- KOMERČNÍ BANKA (Societe Generale Group) as the lender on a real estate refinancing transaction related to the Pribinova 40 office building, a modern administrative centre located on the riverside promenade in the heart of Bratislava’s business area
- UNICREDIT BANK on the provision of acquisition financing and long-term refinancing for Slovakia’s largest operational photovoltaic portfolio, comprising 32 photovoltaic power plants strategically located across the country with installed capacity of 35 MW
M&A and Corporate
- INNOGY ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA on the acquisition of the majority share in TTS Martin, a Slovak-based company active in the production of electric power units and cogeneration units
- NN GROUP on the acquisition of Aegon insurance companies in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, including merger control approval in both countries
- PRO PARTNERS HOLDING, a major investment group operating in the CEE region in the field of private equity, real estate and finance, on its acquisition of a minority share in AQUAPARK Poprad, a company operating the AquaCity Poprad waterpark resort, from Letheby & Sons Limited
- UNILINK GROUP on its acquisition of the majority of ownership shares in Insia, a network of insurance and mortgage brokers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
- VEOLIA ENERGIA SLOVENSKO, the Slovak branch of French energy giant Veolia Energie International, on the acquisition of Slovintegra Energy from local investment group Slovintegra and a group of related companies, including a combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Levice in southern Slovakia
EDUCATION
2020: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Faculty of Law, Master of Law (Mgr.)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Slovak Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Slovak, English