Biography
Lucie Zanášková is an associate of the Prague office and a member of the EMEA M&A/Private Equity practice group.
In her practice, she focuses primarily on real estate transactions, advising investors, developers, financial institutions, and state entities at all stages of deals, including real estate and corporate due diligence, joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, and divestments.
Lucie is also actively involved in M&A transactions, both within and beyond the real estate sector, supporting some of the most notable deals on the market.
Experience
Lucie has advised, among others, the following clients:
Real Estate
- Trigea on its acquisition of Arkády Pankrác, a prime shopping center situated in Prague, from real estate company G City. The acquisition represented one of the largest single-asset transactions ever executed by a Czech retail real estate fund.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hines, a global real estate investment, development and management firm, managing $83.6 billion investments in 27 countries, on its inaugural investment in the Czech Republic – the acquisition of Eastgate Park, a 39,000 sqm last-mile logistics facility situated in an established industrial zone in Štěrboholy, Prague.
- Generali Real Estate on several transactions, including (i) the acquisition of a residential building at Ke Karlovu street in Prague; (ii) the acquisition of Retail Park Bucharova in Prague, (iii) the sale of Prague's office building City Empiria, and (iv) the acquisition of a portfolio of residential buildings in Pilsen.
- Českomoravská Nemovitostní, a Czech real estate group focused on long-term investments in commercial real estate, on the acquisition of Zirkon, Apeiron (Ruby) and Corso Karlín, portfolio of three office buildings located in the prime location of Prague – Karlín, a transformed industrial neighborhood and important business district of the Czech capital.
- Crestyl, a leading developer of residential, retail and commercial real estate in the Czech Republic, on its CZK 2 billion sale of the Central Kladno shopping center in Kladno, Czech Republic, to Czech investment group Portiva and Micronix.
Corporate/M&A
- Mehiläinen, Finland's largest social and healthcare provider and a CVC Capital Partners portfolio company, on its acquisitions of Regina Maria in Romania and MediGroup in Serbia from private equity firm MidEuropa.
- Ali Group, the largest and most diversified global leader in the foodservice equipment industry, on its acquisition of JIPA, a Czech Republic-based manufacturer of advanced electrical multifunctional devices for commercial kitchens, from its founders.
- SigmaRoc, an AIM-listed specialist quarried materials group with a market cap of approx. £350 million, on its approx. €1 billion acquisition of certain European lime businesses from CRH plc, a provider of diversified building materials.
- CETIN, a subsidiary of PPF Telecom Group that operates and owns the largest telecommunications network covering the entire territory of the Czech Republic, in its acquisition of Nej.cz, a Czech internet service provider (ISP).
- MNX Global Logistics, a leading provider of national and international specialty logistics services, on its acquisition of 25% shares in Easyflyers Logistics, a dynamic, high-growth logistics company specializing in next flight out shipments.