Stanislav Dvořák is an attorney-at-law specializing in commercial and corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and insolvency.
Stanislav also has significant experience in representing clients in administrative court proceedings, especially in tax and gaming regulation matters.
Stanislav is the founding partner of our law office. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, where he later pursued postgraduate studies. He also studied at Hamburg University in Germany (LL.M.). Before founding the Prague office of Eversheds Sutherland, Stanislav worked as an attorney in Andersen Legal.
In addition to his practice as an attorney-at-law, Stanislav frequently lectures, e. g. for the Union of Legal Counsels, and contributes to professional legal publications. His book, titled “Merger Control”, was published by C. H. Beck. Apart from Czech, he is fluent in English and German.
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Stanislav has acted on a number of transactions for both global and Czech clients, including:
- Comprehensive legal advice in connection with the sale of a Czech engineering company and its sale to a strategic investor upon the concurrent sale of a minority interest by a bankruptcy administrator, including preparation of the tender and transaction documentation
- Pre-packaged reorganisation of a subsidiary of an Italian textiles maker, including dealing with concurrent insolvency proceedings in several EU countries.
- Comprehensive legal advice and execution of the financial restructuring process of a Czech engineering company through a debt for equity swap by a governmental institution. Our involvement included various complex corporate and competition (state aid) matters
- Advice on legal structuring and preparation of legal documentation in the process of acquisition of several projects in the areas of renewable energy exceeding 20 MWp installed capacity
- Post-acquisition due diligence in respect of Czech and Slovak companies operating in steel, heavy machinery and energy sectors.
- Comprehensive legal services in connection with the acquisition of a Czech securities brokerage subsidiary of a leading international bank, including clearance of the acquisition of the target company by the Czech capital markets regulator
- Comprehensive advisory in the process of acquisition of a foundry company and its interconnected entities by a strategic international investor. Our services included due diligence and negotiating transactional documentation
- Due diligence in respect of a MEUR 0.5bn distressed debt portfolio, originated in commercial banks and administered on behalf of a Czech governmental institution
- Legal advisory services in connection with the complex restructuring of security instruments and refinancing of a chemical industry holding in a pre-bankruptcy situation
- Legal500 mentions Stanislav as “the name for insolvency matters and capital markets transactions”
Stanislav is a member of Eversheds Sutherland Europe board and of its CEE group.
Stanislav is also arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration attached to the Agricultural Chamber and Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic