Energy & Utilities

Weinhold Legal advised WLSCo INVESTMENT (cooperating with LAMA energy) on the acquisition of 100% of FONERGY s.r.o., in particular, in obtaining merger clearance by the Office for the Protection of Competition and M&A advisory services. The merger takes place in the field of natural gas and electricity supply. LAMA energy is one of the leading domestic suppliers of natural gas and electricity. FONERGY is active regionally in the retail supply of natural gas and electricity.

Vivendi Water (Veolia) / PVK

Weinhold Legal together with French colleagues advised Vivendi Water (now Veolia ) and subsequently the consortium of Vivendi Water and Anglian Water in its successful bid for the privatisation of Prague Water and Sewerage. Our assistance covered all legal aspects of the project including: planning, structuring/strategy, due diligence, negotiations, bid preparation and submission (the offered price exceeded 6 billion CZK). Weinhold Legal assisted Vivendi Water in its outsourcing projects with Slovak Industrial Companies.

Enel / Slovenské elektrárne, Enel, Iberdrola / ČEZ

Weinhold Legal provided comprehensive legal services to the winning bidder in one of the Slovak Republic’s largest privatisation projects (the offered price exceeded 840 million EUR) with respect to Slovenské elektrárne (the Slovak dominant electricity producer), including due diligence and assistance in negotiations with the Slovak government. Weinhold Legal also provided comprehensive legal services to Enel and Iberdrola, an international consortium, one of three short-listed bidders, in the Czech Republic’s most ambitious privatisation project (the offered price exceeded 4 billion EUR) with respect to the Czech electricity sector, including due diligence on the dominant producer of electricity, operator of the transmission grid and 6 regional distribution companies.

Sokolovská těžební

Weinhold Legal rendered legal services to a management buy-out team as a winning bidder in the privatisation of Sokolovská uhelná, one of the three largest brown coal mining companies. The purchase price exceeded 2.6 billion CZK. Our work included legal due diligence, negotiations with the National Property Fund regarding the wording of the share purchase agreement submitted with the bid, assistance with the bid submission, etc.

OMV, Shell, Colas, Mondi Packaging, Nationale Nederlanden, Gramofonové závody/Winslow Partners atd.

Weinhold Legal provided legal services to several clients (f.e. OMV, Shell, Colas, Mondi Packaging, Nationale Nederlanden, Gramofonové závody/Winslow Partners etc.) in connection with the restructuring of their companies and development of new investments in the Czech Republic, including mergers, demergers, liquidations, transformations and transfers of assets.