Biography
Barbora Vaculová, an associate of the Prague office, is a member of the EMEA M&A/Private Equity team. She focuses primarily on M&A, private equity, real estate transactions, leasing, and corporate law. Barbora is qualified in both Czech and English law.
Barbora provides advisory services to a number of major clients of the firm, including private equity sponsors, institutional real estate investors and developers, throughout various stages of complex transactions. She has also taken part in numerous debt financing projects. She also frequently assists clients with asset and property management matters.
Experience
Barbora has advised, among others, the following clients:
- TPG Real Estate on the €470 million sale of CT Real Estate, a portfolio of ten logistics parks in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to funds managed by Blackstone, in one of the largest real estate deals in Europe in 2024.
- Bonatrans Group, a leading European manufacturer of railway wheelsets, wheels, axles, and related components, on the sale of a majority stake in Bonatrans India to the Indian rolling stock manufacturer Jupiter Wagons, listed on NSE India.
- HB Reavis on the sale of 100 per cent of the shares in HB Reavis Investment Management, the leading Luxembourg-based company which manages HB Reavis CE REIF to IAD Investments, a premier Slovakia-based asset management company.
- Bonatrans Group, a leading European manufacturer of railway wheelsets, wheels, axles, and related components, on its investment to Terraverse, a Czech startup specializing in innovative solutions for sustainable construction and environmental technologies.
- Wirtualna Polska group on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Invia Group from European Bridge Travel for more than PLN 1 billion (€239.7 million), with Rockaway Group and CITIC Europe Holdings participating as existing shareholders of Invia Group and guarantors of EBT's obligations arising from the sale.
- FCDE (Fonds de Consolidation et de Developpement des Entreprises), a French private equity firm, and Bertin Industries, a French technology and engineering company specializing in innovative solutions across industrial sector, on the acquisition of VF Nuclear, a leading player in radiation protection and monitoring systems, notably for civil nuclear applications.
- Crestyl, Czech developer and investor, in relation to acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in one of Poland's largest residential developers Spravia (formerly Budimex Nieruchomości) from Cornerstone Partners, giving it full control of the company.
- Trigea on its acquisition of Arkády Pankrác, a prime shopping center situated in Prague, from real estate company G City.
- TPG Real Estate Partners, TPG's dedicated opportunistic real estate equity investment platform, and Contera Real Estate, developer and investment group focusing on commercial properties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, on several joint ventures.
- LaSalle Investment Management and subsequently Swiss Life Asset Managers on complex leasing matters relating to newly developed retail and office project 100Yards at Na Příkopě street in Prague, including setting-up of the future lease relationships and complex negotiations with future tenants of the project.
- P3 Logistic Parks (P3) and leading global investment company TPG Real Estate (the previous owner of the P3 developer alongside Ivanhoé Cambridge) on the sale of P3 to GIC, a sovereign wealth fund established by the government of Singapore. With a transaction value of EUR 2.4 billion, this represents the largest deal on the European real estate market in 2016, and the largest real estate deal ever in the Czech Republic.
- CTP Group, a leading commercial real estate developer and manager of business parks in Central & Eastern Europe, on the EUR 450 million sale of a Czech logistics portfolio to Deka Immobilien.
Czech Republic
the United Kingdom
"Barbora Vaculová has great experience in real estate management, lease drafting, and negotiation." (The Legal 500, 2025)
Rising Star in #PRVNÍCH100 local initiative recognizing young legal talents (2024)