Biography
Radek is a local partner of the Prague office, primarily specializing in acquisition and real estate finance and legal advice to banks. He provides ongoing advisory services to major financial institutions and companies in connection with international and domestic financial transactions. In his practice, he has mainly been engaged in the drafting and negotiation of contractual documentation.
Radek also has comprehensive experience in corporate law, insolvency proceedings and dispute resolution.
Radek also specializes in the provision of legal services to German-speaking clients.
Experience
Advised a club of eight commercial banks and international financial institutions in connection with the up-to-€331 million financing of the construction of the 269MW second phase of VIFOR wind farm in Romania. With a total capacity of 461 MW, Vifor will be, once fully operational, one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms. The transaction followed the successful completion of the financing of the first phase, with the up to €291 million financing, which marked the first financing for Rezolv Energy, a platform of Actis.
Represented Wood & Company, a.s., a leading investment company in Central Europe, on the €270 million financing of the Aupark shopping center in Bratislava, one of the largest real estate loan transactions on the Slovak market. The financing was provided by a syndicate of five banking groups – UniCredit Bank, ČSOB, ING Bank, Tatra banka and VÚB banka.
Represented the financing banks (Erste Group Bank AG, Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia) on the €400 million facilities agreement for the purpose of acquisition of Palladium, a prestigious mixed-use property in Prague, by REICO investiční společnost Erste Asset Management, which represents the largest single-property deal ever completed in the Czech market. The total value of the acquisition was approximately €700 million.
Advised FTMO, a prominent proprietary trading firm, in connection with the senior loan financing by major Czech banks for the purpose of the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of OANDA Global Corporation (bidding process). Inaugural external financing transaction – financing of a U.S. fintech acquisition in the Czech market, backed by an asset-light security structure in several jurisdictions, with Western-style selective funds protections dictated by the requirements of CVC.
Represented CTP on its debut issuance in the Japanese Yen loan market through a five-year sustainability-linked Samurai Loan facility totaling JPY 30 billion (approximately EUR 185 million).
Representation of PPF Group in connection with the EUR 2.5 billion sale of a stake of 50% plus one share in PPF Telecom Group's assets in Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia to Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (e&) and the setting up of a joint venture between PPF Group and e& in relation to such assets.
"Rising star partner", Banking and Finance, Czech Republic (IFLR 1000, 2025)
Ranked in Banking & Finance, Czech Republic (Chambers Global & Europe, 2026)
"Radek Kraus is always available to provide insights and has a broad understanding of the commercial matters that exceed just legal technical knowledge."
(Chambers Global and Europe, Banking & Finance, 2026)
"He is the lawyer I would like to work the most with. He is always helpful in understanding our needs as a client, having the right spirit and always delivering on time."
(Chambers Global and Europe, Banking & Finance, 2025)
Co-author "Banking and Finance II: Specific Types of Financing", C.H. Beck, 2025
Co-author "Banking and Finance. General Practice", C.H. Beck, 2023