Ivo Skolil

Managing Associate
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E-mail
ivo.skolil@havelpartners.cz
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Ivo Skolil specialises in acquisitions and divestitures of companies, energy law, private equity / venture capital, corporate law, commercial law (focused on contract law) legal audits and legal due diligence.

In the last three years he participated in several M&A transactions, acting for both sellers and purchasers, in particular in automotive and machine-building industry, energy and agriculture.   

In the field of energy he specialises in renewable sources and acquisitions and divestitures of renewable power generation sources. 

Prior to joining our law firm, he worked for several major Czech law firms.

Membership in professional associations

  • Czech Bar Association
  • Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
Languages
Czech, English
Education
  • Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague (2014), Mgr.
  • Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 2013–2014 (Erasmus programme)
  • advising a major investor on the acquisition of shopping centres in the Czech Republic
  • advising a major Czech venture capital investor on the administration of their investment in a major IT company
  • advising a leading global automotive manufacturer on the sale of their Czech assets
  • advising a leading global energy company on the sale of its Czech assets
  • advising a major Czech energy group on the acquisition of a manufacturer of power-saving lighting systems
  • advising a major industrial automotive group on the formation of a joint venture
  • advising a major Czech publishing house on the acquisition of a major literature publisher in the Czech Republic
  • advising a Czech qualified investors fund on the acquisition of a majority share in two machine-building companies
  • advising an international petrochemicals group on electricity trading
  • energy regulation in energy production and distribution
  • construction, sale and financing of photovoltaic power plants and risks associated with renewable energy support
  • advising and representing clients (acting for both sellers and purchasers) in connection with acquisitions and due diligence of companies
HAVEL & PARTNERS provided legal advice to the selling shareholders of HIWIN, a Brno-based company, in connection with a change in ownership structure. The German group HIWIN GmbH is now the sole shareholder of HIWIN. The transaction was handled by a firm’s partner Marek Lošan and managing associate Ivo Skolil, who not only negotiated the terms of the transaction […]
HAVEL & PARTNERS’ M&A experts participated in a transaction in which the Czech company Windyty, a leading global provider of high-precision weather services, merged with Meteoblue, a Swiss company active in the same field. The legal advice on the transaction included a legal due diligence exercise which was carried out by partner Václav Audes and […]
As in previous years, the beginning of summer at HAVEL & PARTNERS is associated with a wave of internal promotions, which is record-breaking this year. Jiří Kunášek becomes a new equity partner with effect from 1 July, Veronika Bočanová and Ivan Houfek are promoted to the position of partner. Additional 25 attorneys are moving to […]
With the assistance from HAVEL & PARTNERS, Albatros Media recently completed its 20th acquisition, which was also the largest in its history. The publishing house acquired a 100% stake in Libristo Media, a major online bookstore specialising in foreign-language literature. Libristo Media, based in Vsetín, now has over two million customers in 25 EU countries. […]
The firm’s transaction team was involved in a major telecommunications transaction in the Czech market. In the transaction, a ČEZ energy group’s subsidiary became the owner of a regional Internet provider in Eastern Bohemia and Vysočina. The legal advisory to the owners of EDERA Group, whose services are used by tens of thousands of customers, […]
HAVEL & PARTNERS represented HP Invest as the majority shareholder in a transaction in the consumer electronics retail sector. Thanks to this, DATART, the leading national network of electrical appliance stores, has once again a single owner, namely HP Invest. The seller of the stake was the Luxembourg-based Genesis Private Equity Fund III. The firm’s […]
HAVEL & PARTNERS as the Czech legal counsel represented the French group Pernod Ricard, one of the world’s leading producers of premium wines and spirits, in the sale of the famous Karlovarská distillery.  The legal advice included conducting pre-transaction due diligence of Jan Becher – Karlovarská Becherovka, restructuring, and drafting transaction documentation. For our law […]
Michelin, a prominent global manufacturer and distributor of tyres, has completed its acquisition of ČEMAT in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS acted as the legal consultant on the part of the seller in the transaction. ČEMAT is a major provider of mobile servicing and maintenance services for special industrial […]

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