Tereza Stefunkova

Tereza Štefunková

Associate
Baker & McKenzie s.r.o., advokátní kancelář

Biography

Tereza Štefunková focuses on corporate & commercial law, with a special focus on mergers & acquisitions, restructurings and corporate governance.

Practice Focus

Tereza provides complex legal services mostly to foreign investors in connection with various M&A transactions, in particular disposals and acquisitions realized both by Czech and international private equity investors. Such legal services usually include the structuring and preparation of transactional documentation, legal assistance in connection with negotiating the documentation, closing management and post-closing issues.

Tereza advises on various restructuring projects, including post-acquisition restructurings and intra-group restructurings. She also advises various clients on corporate governance issues within their M&A transactions realized in the Czech Republic, in particular structuring their management in the Czech entities and D&O liabilities under Czech law.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Acted for Telefónica Czech Republic, a.s. in connection with the merger of Telefónica O2 Business Solutions spol. s r.o. into Telefónica Czech Republic, a.s.

  • Acted for Baxter Group in connection with the spin-off of its bioscience business in the Czech Republic into Baxalta Incorporated

  • Advising aAIM Europe in connection with post-acquisition restructuring in the Czech Republic

  • Advising an American manufacturer of medical devices in connection with post acquisition restructuring of the target company (another major medical devices manufacturer) in the Czech Republic, including merger of their Czech subsidiaries

  • Advised Centrum.cz holdings B.V. in regard to acquisition of domain name stahuj.cz and in relation to the acquisition of the entire ownership interest in Stahuj.cz, s.r.o., in particular preparation of vendors data room and management of the due diligence process

  • Advising C.S.CARGO in connection with preparation of vendors due diligence report for financing purposes and various corporate restructuring matters

  • Advising ČSOB pension funds in connection with their merger and related restructuring

  • Advising Dexia in relation to various Slovak mandatory takeover issues

  • Advising EXIMAT a.s. in connection with squeeze-out of minority shareholders of Česká zbrojovka, a.s., major Czech manufacturer of weapons

  • Advising KBC Private Equity, Mr. Ron Adams and others included in a consortium of private equity investors (including KBC Private Equity and Mr. Ron Adams) in connection with restructuring of the shareholders structure in TATRA, a.s., the largest Czech trucks manufacturer


Admissions

  • Czech Republic (Attorney-at-Law) (2007)

Education

  • Masaryk University Brno (2003)

Languages

  • Czech
  • English
  • Italian
  • Latin