Biography
Gabriela Blahoudková is an associate of the Prague office and a member of the EMEA M&A/Private Equity practice group. In her practice, she primarily focuses on M&A and real estate.
Gabriela is involved in a range of real estate matters, including development projects, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other transactional work. As part of a broader team, she has contributed to some of the most significant real estate deals in the Czech Republic and the wider CEE region.
Gabriela is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Charles University, where she is also engaged as a lecturer. Furthermore, she continues her research at the Charles University in the capacity of a scientific researcher. Her current focus is primarily on liability for damage and the legal framework surrounding small modular reactors.
Experience
Gabriela has recently advised, among others, the following clients:
- Česká spořitelna (member of Erste Group) on several transactions, including (i) the sale of its former headquarters located in the Budějovická business area in Prague to Penta Real Estate, (ii) the sale of Česká spořitelna's IT center located in Prague 4, and (iii) the sale of an office building by the Roztyly metro station where T-Mobile has its headquarters. The transactions are part of Česká spořitelna's planned relocation of its headquarters to a new site in Prague – Smíchov.
- Logport Development, a Czech-based commercial real estate developer, on several transactions in the past, including the establishment of a joint venture with J&T Real Estate for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in LUSIMA AD Property, a company owning brownfield project in the wider center of Prague, from the investment company JSK Investments.
- a four-bank syndicate led by Erste Group Bank and comprising Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka and UniCredit Bank in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the Palladium, a prominent shopping centre and mixed-use property in the centre of Prague, by REICO investiční společnost Erste Asset Management. The sale of the Palladium is a highly publicized transaction and represents the largest single-property deal ever completed in the Czech market.
- Generali Real Estate on several development projects in Prague, including the full redevelopment of the Kotva Department Store and the development of the new InterContinental Hotel on Jeruzalémská street.
- Crestyl, a leading Central European developer, in connection with the acquisition of a brownfield project from Brno New Station Development in the Brno city center, where Crestyl is developing its New America project. The total investment exceeds CZK 2 billion.
- Generali Real Estate on various ongoing matters related to its real estate activities in the CEE region, with a particular focus on the Czech Republic and Poland.
- Best Hotel Properties, the Czech-based hotel group which invests in premium and luxury hotels mainly in the CEE region, on its acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in a portfolio of eight hotel properties in the Czech Republic, managed by CPI Hotels, the seller; and on establishing a joint venture with CPI Property Group. The gross transaction value was reported at €347 million.
- Trigea on its acquisition of Arkády Pankrác, a prime shopping center situated in Prague, from real estate company G City. The acquisition represents one of the largest single-asset transactions ever executed by a Czech retail real estate fund.
- 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.
- Trinity Bank in the acquisition of the office building located at Na Příkopě 33 in Prague. The transaction represents the largest acquisition in the real estate office segment in the Czech Republic in 2023, and one of the largest office space transactions in the center of the Czech capital.
- 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.
- TPG Real Estate Partners, TPG's dedicated opportunistic real estate equity investment platform, in forming a joint venture with Contera Real Estate, developer and investment group focusing on commercial properties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and subsequent acquisition by the newly formed joint venture, of the assets forming Contera Park Říčany.
- CVC Capital Partners and EMMA Capital on their acquisition of the Packeta Group, a leading e-commerce logistics and delivery player in Czechia and Slovakia.