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Czech, English
Educ.:
Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2002), Mgr. (Master of Laws)
Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2004), JUDr. (Doctor of Laws)
University of Economics, Faculty of International Relations, Prague (2005), Mgr. (Master’s degree)


Ivan Barabáš

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Ivan Barabáš is a partner of Havel, Holásek & Partners. He specializes in acquisitions and divestitures, insolvency and restructurings, banking, finance and capital markets.

Ivan Barabáš advises clients in numerous acquisition and divestiture transactions on both the sell and the buy sides, mainly in the banking and finance sector, the engineering industry, media, security services and private equity.

In the field of insolvency and restructuring, Ivan Barabáš specializes mainly in out-of-court workouts and reorganizations. In the area of banking, finance and capital markets, Ivan focuses on debt administration, factoring, financial restructuring and specific types of debt financing (particularly acquisition financing).

Before joining Havel, Holásek & Partners in 2004, Ivan Barabáš worked for the ČSOB group (now part of the KBC group), where he was in charge of liquidating the assets of the bankrupt IPB group, taken over by ČSOB in 2001.

Transactions

  • advising a major international financial group on the establishment of a joint venture with the largest group of companies providing insurance and financial services in the Czech market
  • advising a leading Austrian financial group on the acquisition of a home building savings bank in the Czech market, including the post-acquisition merger resulting in the formation of the third largest provider of building savings services in the Czech Republic
  • advising a major international group providing security services on several acquisitions in the Czech Republic
  • advising the largest European air carrier on the contemplated acquisition of the Czech national airlines via privatization
  • advising a major European media group on the formation of a Central European joint venture with Switzerland’s largest media group
  • advising the Czech branch of a foreign bank on drafting complete documentation for mortgage loans
  • advising foreign investors on several acquisitions of debt portfolios in the Czech Republic, including advice on the financing of these transactions and on the subsequent administration of the portfolios in the Czech Republic
  • advising a leading Czech leasing company on a number of sales and acquisitions of lease and loan agreement portfolios
  • advising the bankruptcy receiver in one of the largest bankruptcy proceedings in the Czech Republic involving a financial institution

Membership in professional associations

  • Czech Bar Association