Jan Vacula

Jan has represented, among others, the following clients:

Equity Capital Markets

• CTP Group, the largest full-service owner-developer of prime industrial and logistics property in the Central & Eastern Europe region, on its initial public offering (IPO) and listing of its shares on Euronext Amsterdam – the largest real estate IPO in Europe since 2014.
• Avast (Gen Digital), a multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague and a long-term client of the firm, on its USD 816.6 million initial public offering.
• Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka, Société Générale and WOOD & Company as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners in connection with the initial public offering of shares of CZG - Česká zbrojovka Group (Colt CZ Group), one of the leading European producers of firearms for military and law enforcement, personal defence, hunting and sport shooting, and their listing on the Prague Stock Exchange.

Debt Capital Markets

• ENERGO-PRO on the issuance of EUR 300 million senior unsecured notes due 2035. The notes benefit, among other, from a guaranty by the United States International Development Finance Corporation, an agency of the United States government, making the transaction a first of its kind in Europe and first such DFC-supported structure of an operating company globally.
• ENERGO-PRO on the issuance of USD 300 million 11.00% senior unsecured notes due 2028. Proceeds from the notes were used to repay a bridge facility used to finance the purchase price for a portfolio of ten hydropower plants on the rivers Xallas and Grande in the region of Galicia, Spain.
• CTP Group as issuer in connection with the establishment of its EMTN Programme, its subsequent annual updates, multiple issues of notes thereunder, and tender offers in respect of outstanding notes. The programme includes a green bond framework and the notes are listed on the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin.
• Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), a leading pan-European energy utility, on the establishment of its EUR 3 billion EMTN Programme, as well as the inaugural issue of EUR 500 million 6.651% guaranteed notes due 2028 (and a subsequent EUR 100 million tap issue of the same); and the inaugural issue of EUR 500 million 5.875% guaranteed green notes due 2029, under the programme, which were admitted to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Dublin. The issues represented the first-ever international issuance and the first-ever international green note issuance by EPH.
• Société Générale as arranger and Barclays Bank Ireland, J.P. Morgan, Komerční banka and Société Générale as dealers on the establishment of the EUR 5 billion international mortgage covered bonds programme of Komerční banka (Société Générale group), one of the leading banks operating in the Czech Republic.
• UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, as issuer, in connection with annual updates of its EUR 10 billion international covered bonds program, as well as on subsequent issues of mortgage covered bonds under the programme, including the first issuance of green mortgage covered bonds on the Czech market. The deal was awarded the Best Covered Bond in CEE at the EMEA Finance Achievement Awards 2023.
• BNP PARIBAS and J.P. Morgan as joint global coordinators, BNP PARIBAS, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe and J.P. Morgan as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners and J&T BANKA, a.s., as co-manager, on the issue of EUR 300 million fixed-to-floating rate senior preferred notes due 2030 by MONETA Money Bank, a.s., a Czech-based publicly traded bank. The notes were admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.