David Mikyska
David Mikyska
David Mikyska
David Mikyska

Biography

David Mikyska, an associate of the Prague office, is a member of the Capital Markets Practice Group.

David has extensive experience advising financial institutions and industry associations on derivatives and related regulation. He has advised both managers and issuers on the issuance of bonds, including covered bonds and high-yield bonds. David has represented clients on several IPOs.

David has provided advisory services regarding securities, derivatives, and the provision of investment services to both private and public sector clients. He has also been focused on ESG regulation.

David has also taken on pro bono work in family and contractual disputes, as well as environmental projects and access to justice initiatives.

Experience

His experience includes advising the following clients on the matters listed below:

BNP PARIBAS, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley Europe as joint global coordinators, joint physical bookrunners and initial purchasers, and UniCredit Bank as joint bookrunner and initial purchaser, on the issuance of senior secured notes by Czechoslovak Group. The transaction involved the issuance of USD 1 billion 6.500 per cent. senior secured notes due 2031 and EUR 1 billion 5.250 per cent. senior secured notes due 2031, offered under Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes benefit from a comprehensive collateral package and had to be integrated into the group's overall financing structure.

EMMA Finance CZ and EMMA Finance SK, special purpose vehicles of EMMA Capital, in connection with the establishment of the first Czech-law-governed dual-issuer CZK 7.5 billion note programme and concurrent debut issuances of CZK- and EUR-denominated senior guaranteed and secured notes under the programme. The transaction involved issuance of CZK 2.5 billion 6.00 per cent. notes due 2030 by Emma Finance CZ, and of EUR 50 million 5.25 per cent. notes due 2030 by Emma Finance SK. The notes were offered to retail and institutional investors in the Czech and Slovak markets and are admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Prague Stock Exchange.

Accolade Group in connection with the establishment of its CZK 5 billion bond programme and the subsequent issuance of CZK 1.875 billion 6.937 per cent. fixed rate green bonds due 2030 by Accolade Finco Czech 1 thereunder. The notes are guaranteed by Accolade Holding and are admitted to trading on the Prague Stock Exchange.

BNP PARIBAS, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, J&T BANKA, Morgan Stanley Europe and UniCredit Bank, as joint lead managers, and Raiffeisen Bank International and WOOD & Company Financial Services, as co-managers, on J&T BANKA's EUR 300 million senior preferred MREL-eligible notes due 2031 and cash tender offer related to its outstanding EUR 120 million senior preferred MREL-eligible notes due 2026. The notes were issued under J&T BANKA's EUR 3 billion EMTN programme and listed on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Komerční banka (Société Générale group), one of the leading banks operating in the Czech Republic, on the establishment of its EUR 5 billion international mortgage-covered bonds programme and a EUR 500 million issuance under the programme.*

Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka and Československá obchodní banka as the Joint Lead Managers on a CZK-denominated bond offering of NET4GAS, the sole owner and operator of the Czech gas transmission system, in an aggregate amount of CZK 10.998 billion (approximately EUR 440 million). The dual-tranche transaction consisted of CZK 4.098 in billion floating-rate bonds due 2028 and CZK 6.9 billion in bonds due 2031. At the time, the transaction represented the largest CZK-denominated corporate bond offering.*

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), the German Banking Association (BdB) and the Czech Banking Association (CBA) in relation to the enforceability of close-out netting and validity and enforceability of collateral arrangements under Czech law, as well as related regulation and legislation.*

Leading Czech and international investment banks on entering into derivative and repo framework agreements with various counterparties, as well as sponsors and syndicates of lenders on hedging arrangements (interest rate, currency, commodity) on leveraged and project financings.*

The initial purchasers in relation to a EUR 1.3 billion (equivalent) high-yield bond issuances by Allwyn, a leading multi-national lottery operator.*

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Erste, HSBC, Société Générale, UniCredit and J&T BANKA on the EUR 200 million and EUR 400 million high-yield bond issuances by SAZKA Group (now Allwyn International) and Allwyn Entertainment Financing (UK), respectively.*

JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs on a EUR 300 million bridge loan and the subsequent offering of USD 300 million guaranteed notes due 2028 issued by ENERGO-PRO, a leading electricity distribution and hydropower generation company in the Black Sea region.*

UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia and a syndicate of lenders on the establishment of EUR 500 million accordion facilities by Allwyn.*

J&T BANKA, Komerční banka, Česká spořitelna and PPF Banka on the establishment of a CZK 10 billion bond programme by KKCG and a CZK 6 billion issuance of secured bonds under the programme.*

*Experience prior to joining White & Case

Czech Bar Association
BCL
Faculty of Law
University of Oxford
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Faculty of Laws
University College London
Czech
English

MIKYSKA, David, VYBÍRAL, Petr, SPRINZ, Petr. § 3 [Osobní působnost zákona]; § 80 [Účinky na nesplněné smlouvy]. In: SPRINZ, Petr, JIRMÁSEK, Tomáš, ZOUBEK, Hynek a kol. Zákon o preventivní restrukturalizaci. 1. vydání. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2025.

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