Michal Janíček

Advokát
Senior Associate
Practice Group: Mergers & Acquisitions
Practice Group: Real Estate Investment Group

Michal Janíček is a senior associate specialising in M&A transactions, VC investments, corporate and commercial matters.
Michal also focuses on real estate law, particularly real estate transactions, development and commercial leases.
Michal has extensive experience in cross-border transactions across a wide range of sectors.
In addition to advising on transactions, Michal also regularly advises Czech and international clients on day-to-day matters relating to various aspects of their businesses in the Czech Republic.

Expertise

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Venture Capital
  • Real estate
  • Corporate law

Career

  • Master’s Degree at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno Legal studies at Univesity of Vienna
  • At Noerr since 2018
  • Admitted to the Czech Bar Association

Selected Projects

  • Ponsse: acquisition of Czech exclusive distributor of Ponsse machinery (2022); acquisition from the founder of a leading dealership of forest machinery
  • Magna Automotive Europe GmbH: acquisition of the Czech OEM supplier Klein automotive s.r.o. (2021)
  • BBA Capital Partners: acquisition of a stake in the Czech company Quinta-Analytica s.r.o., a leading clinical research company, from Genesis Private Equity Fund III (2021)
  • ISS A/S: sale of its main subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary to leading Hungarian facility management company B+N Referencia Zrt. (2021)
  • Lexum: acquisition of Top Esthetic s.r.o., a leading operator of number of ophthalmic optics; acquisition from a founder (2021)
  • Bilfinger SE: sale of its Czech and Slovak industrial services business to funds advised by Deutsche Invest Mittelstand (part of Deutsche Invest Capital Partners) (2020)
  • NetBrokers Holding (Bauer Media Group): sale of its Czech SMS Service Business to Warsaw stock exchange listed company R22 (2020)
  • KIKA Moebelhandelsges. m.bH.: sale of KIKA´s Eastern European business to XXXLutz (2019)
  • Bauer Media Group: sale of its Czech and Slovak publishing business to Mafra (2018); acquisition from the founders of a leading Czech OCP company NetBrokers Holding (srovnejto.cz, epojisteni.cz) (2018)

Memberships

  • Czech Bar Association