Josef Bouchal

Senior Associate

Email:
josef.bouchal@havelpartners.cz

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Josef Bouchal specialises in acquisitions and divestitures, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, company law, commercial law (with a focus on contract law), legal audits, and legal due diligence.

In the field of acquisitions, Josef has been instrumental in numerous transactions for local as well as foreign clients, especially in heavy industry, IT and food industry, typically with an overlap into various other jurisdictions. He has also represented clients in connections with asserting their claims under transactional documents.

Within his transactional practice, Josef also handles finance issues with a focus on acquisition financing. He has developed ample experience in banking law while being a member of a team advising clients on public securities trading. In addition, he advises clients in connection with distress transactions and restructurings.

In the recent years, Josef has primarily focused on providing dedicated comprehensive advice to investors entering start-up projects involving venture capital and investment instruments, and also advises start-ups on structuring the internal legal relations and arrangements between the founders and investors, structuring the employee stock option plans (ESOP) and other instruments relevant to venture capital.

Membership in professional associations

Czech Bar Association

Languages
Czech, English

Education

Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2016), Mgr. (Master of Laws)

Press releases

In line with its New Year’s tradition, the law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS announces internal promotions – Štěpán Štarha becomes an equity partner, Jiří Kunášek becomes a partner; in total, 9 lawyers have been promoted
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Publications and newsletters

HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comprehensive advice to IF Invest EAST on the acquisition of Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park
HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comprehensive legal assistance to IF Invest EAST in connection with t… read more »

Significant Matters

HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comprehensive advice on the settlement of disputes over the “ŠKODA” sign
HAVEL & PARTNERS’ experts provided comprehensive legal support to the Volkswagen Group's larges… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS provided legal services to European Housing Services in the acquisition of M&M Reality
HAVEL & PARTNERS represented the real estate group European Housing Services (EHS), which inves… read more »

Advising international investors in the Czech travel start-up Daytrip
The HAVEL & PARTNERS team acted as legal counsel to investors in a Series A investment round in… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNES team helped FIXED.zone successfully enter the START stock exchange
The law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS took part in another very successful IPO on the START market. Cap… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS advises Premium Media Group on the acquisition of Art Antiques to its portfolio
As part of a significant transaction on the premium print media market, the HAVEL & PARTNERS la… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS advised PriceHubble on the acquisition of Realtify
HAVEL & PARTNERS represented PriceHubble, a Swiss start-up company, in the acquisition of 100% … read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS represented the proprietors of KOMIX in the sale of the company to the KKCG group
HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comprehensive legal advice to the sellers in a major transaction in t… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS has provided comprehensive advisory services to SEBRE, an investment group purchasing a share in the Sousedé.cz platform
HAVEL & PARTNERS has provided comprehensive M&A advisory services to SEBRE, an investment g… read more »

HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comprehensive advice on the acquisition of Medema
Dentamed, a member of the Lifco group, has acquired 100 percent shares in Medema, Brno-based vendor… read more »

Comprehensive advice to an Austrian fund on an investment in the Czech payment service Twisto
By providing comprehensive legal advice to the Elevator Ventures fund, the law firm HAVEL & PAR… read more »