Dagmar Dubecká is a partner at KŠB and leads the mergers and acquisitions team. She has extensive years of experience providing advisory services, particularly in M&A (across various sectors such as food, pharmaceuticals, energy, IT, gaming, etc.) and corporate law. She is consistently recognized in these areas by international rating agencies such as Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000, Legal500, and Who’s Who Legal. Dagmar has been repeatedly ranked among the most influential women in business in the Czech Republic in the prestigious TOP ženy Česka (Top Women of the Czech Republic) survey, as well as among the leading figures in Czech law in the Top 100 Women in Czech Legal Business ranking. This recognition includes her being listed among the so-called "All-Star Experts" in M&A, Corporate Law, and Private Equity within the #PRVNICH100LET (#First100Years) project.
Specialization
With over 25 years of experience, Dagmar Dubecká is a well-recognised lawyer for her skilful handling of complex M&A transactions in the food and beverage industry.
Lexology Index: M&A and Governance 2024
The corporate, commercial and M&A team at Kocián Šolc Balaštík advises on a range of matters, including local and foreign acquisitions, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures, and regulatory concerns. The firm counts start-ups, financial institutions, and banks among its key clients. The group regularly carries out due diligence exercises in addition to preparing and negotiating transaction documents. The practice is collectively led by restructuring specialist Dagmar Dubecká; Martin Šolc, who is noted for his involvement in milestone M&A transactions.
Legal 500 2024
Dagmar Dubecká is well placed to handle a broad array of matters, including squeeze-outs, sales and acquisitions as well as cooperation agreements. She is visible on deals in the food and beverages, real estate and life science sectors.
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Throughout her career, Dagmar has been involved in numerous significant transactions (acquisitions or transformations). Below is a cross-sectional overview of some of them:
- Advising the Skanska Group on various acquisitions and intra-group transformations in the Czech Republic, including Skanska's acquisition of IPS, marking its entry into the Czech market.
- Advising the Heineken Group on brewery acquisitions in the Czech Republic (including Krušovice Brewery), as well as on various intra-group transformations.
- Advising the Mattoni 1873 Group on numerous domestic and international acquisitions and transformations, including the acquisition of PepsiCo assets in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and the largest Serbian mineral water producer, Knjaz Miloš.
- Advising the Heidelberg Cement Group on several acquisitions and transformations in the Czech Republic, including one of the first transfers of assets to a majority shareholder conducted in the Czech Republic.
- Advising the Bakala Capital Group on numerous acquisitions and transformations, particularly in the energy industry.
- Advising the PPF Group on the acquisition of E-banka.
- Advising Very Goodies on the acquisition of the Central European assets of the Selecta Group and other acquisitions.
- Advising the NIBE INDUSTRY GROUP on the acquisition of heat pump manufacturers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Advising Inner Mongolia Mengtai on the acquisition of the Czech portion of a European group.
- Advising the GEN DIGITAL Group, including the Czech-based Avast, on transformations and transfers within the group.
- Advising Ms. Dagmar Havlová on the entry of a strategic investor into the Lucerna Palace, among other matters.
Acknowledgement
- International rating agencies (Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, IFLR1000) annually rank Dagmar Dubecká as one of the leading specialists in the Czech Republic in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate law.
- Dagmar is repeatedly included in the Women Leaders ranking compiled by IFLR1000.
- The prestigious publication Who's Who Legal M&A and Governance consistently recognizes Dagmar Dubecká as a leading expert in mergers and acquisitions in the Czech Republic.
- She has been listed multiple times among the leading figures in Czech law in the Top 100 Women in Czech Legal Business ranking, compiled as part of the #PRVNICH100LET (#First100Years) project, recently being recognized as one of the All-Star Experts in M&A, Corporate Law & Private Equity.
- Dagmar has also been repeatedly included in the list of the most influential women in business in the Czech Republic in the prestigious TOP ženy Česka (Top Women of the Czech Republic) survey and the Significant Women in Law ranking published by the legal monthly Právní rádce (Economia).
- Additionally, Dagmar was awarded Lawyer of the Year - Czech Republic 2015 in the M&A category by the Finance Monthly Law Awards, a global publication focused on the corporate sector.
Education
- Advocate since 1997
- Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague (Mgr. - 1994, JUDr. - 2001)
- Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague (Ph.D. - 2001)
Membership
- Czech Bar Association (member of Disciplinary Board in 2002 - 2013, member of Appeal Disciplinary Commission since 2013)
- International Bar Association (Czech Bar Association’s permanent representative in the IBA, officer corporate and M&A committee)
- Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Camera di Commercio e dell'Industria Italo-Ceca)
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Publications
- Market Intelligence M&A Overview Czech Republic (2019, 2020, 2021 Lexology Getting the Deal Through series)
- Czech Republic - Takeover Guide (International Bar Association)
- Czech Republic - Directors Duties Guide (International Bar Association)
- Directors’ Liability – A Worldwide Review (Kluwer Law International and International Bar Association,), Czech Republic Chapter
- A Space in the Crowd. Top Legal International, March/April 2011
- IFLR M&A Guide
- Additional articles focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate law in professional international and Czech publications and journals (e.g., Financier Worldwide or the weekly Ekonom).
Lectures
- Lectures and seminars within the KŠB Institute
- Lectures and seminars at various conferences organized by the International Bar Association
- Lectures within the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Union of Corporate Lawyers, the Association for the Development of the Moravian-Silesian Region, the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Brno, and others.
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