Adrian Achimescu graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest and acquired an LLM degree in Business Law and a university diploma in Insurance Law from the Business Law Center, Faculty of Law in Montpellier, France (French Government scholarship). Adrian has experience in the corporate and finance sectors, and has been involved in several significant international transactions. Adrian is a member of the Bucharest Bar and of the Romanian Union of Lawyers and he is cooperating with the Bucharest office of Konecna & Safar. He is fluent in English and French. During the first years of his career Adrian has worked on corporate transactions assisting clients to set up a business presence in Romania, as well as on financing transactions by assisting either corporate clients or banks in relation to financing agreements and security packages. Adrian also has good knowledge of Insurance law and European law.

Petko Iliev graduated from the Law Faculty of the Sofia University. A fully-admitted Bulgarian qualified lawyer, he cooperates with the Sofia practice of the firm. His experience started at a large-scale independent Bulgarian law firm and was then diversified by an appreciable spell at the Tax and Legal Department of a Big 4 company. The languages in which he is fluent include English and Russian. Petko’s work has been largely focused on corporate, contracts and M&A matters, the latter with particular emphasis on due diligence, structuring advice and acquisition support. In compliment to his legal trade, he is knowledgeable in corporate tax, VAT and, generally, tax litigation. The clients he has handled vary broadly from Bulgarian and multinationals in fast-moving consumer goods, real estate and pharmaceuticals to boutique businesses in IT and media.

Radka Konečná graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, and the Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. She is a partner of Konečná & Šafář, Attorneys at Law, registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association, Slovak Bar Association and is a member of ARTN (The Association for Real Estate Market Development). She speaks English, German, Slovak and Russian. With her real estate team she represents a number of multinational corporations and foreign investment funds in their investments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, particularly in the field of real estate and growth capital. Recently, she has dealt especially with development and subsequent sales or acquisitions of shopping centers with the value of approx. CZK billions (including forward sale thereof), preparation of investment structures in real estate, negotiating joint-venture agreements between significant players on the real estate market, development of logistic and residential complexes, including securing title insurance, project financing, construction projects also according to the FIDIC regulations and all aspects of leases and other steps associated with completion of the projects by sale. Her expertise includes, among others, also the issue of investments in various industrial sectors, including car-manufacturing and chemical industry.

Markéta Surgová graduated from the Law Faculty of Charles University, Prague. She is registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association and is an attorney at law cooperating with the Prague-based office. She speaks fluent English,and comunicativelly German and Spanish. She focuses her practice mainly on real estate and contractual law. She is experienced in greenfield and brownfield development, including acquisition transactions. Prior to joining Konečná & Šafář she worked with an international law firm. Her most significant transactions included major acquisitions and development of major shopping centers, including leases and subleases of non-residential premises.

Martina Tatíčková graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague. She is registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association and is an attorney at law cooperating with the Prague-based office. She speaks fluent English. Within the framework of provision of legal services she has been engaged in various areas of civil, commercial and administrative law. She specializes particularly in real estate and corporate law, including acquisition transactions, as well as the law of obligations. She is also experienced in legal consultancy in the field of public tenders and regulation of stationary traffic (arrangement of surface parking and development, lease and operation of parking houses and fenced parking areas).

Mikhail Tikhonov graduated from the Faculty of Law, State University of Kemerovo. Mikhail is member of the St. Petersburg Bar and he is cooperating with the St. Petersburg office of Konecna & Safar. He speaks English and Hebrew. Formerly, he worked with a international law firm and acted as a board of directors’s legal counsel of a world top 10 coalmining company. He has experience in litigation as well as in real estate law, contract law and corporate governance issues.

Simona Vaihel graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest and acquired an LLM degree in International Business Law from the Central European University, Budapest and TMC Asser Instituut, the Hague. Simona has particular expertise in corporate, M&A and real estate sectors as well as in international finance transactions. Simona is cooperating with the Bucharest office of Konecna & Safar. She is a member of the Bucharest Bar and of the Romanian Union of Lawyers. She speaks English and French. During the first years of her career Simona has worked intensively on financing transactions by assisting various Global banks in relation to syndicated loans and complex security packages. Subsequently Simona has gained vast experience in the corporate, M&A, real estate and private equity fields. She has assisted major investment funds in M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of the biggest office buildings in Bucharest, of leasing companies and of top players in various industry branches. She has also focused on the European Union law and its effects over the Romanian legal system and on data protection regulations.

Dagmar Yoder graduated from the Faculty of Law, Komenský University, Bratislava, and received her LL.M. degree at the University of London, Great Britain. She is a lawyer registered with the Slovak Bar Association and a partner of Konečná & Šafář, Attorneys at Law, in Bratislava. She speaks English and German. She gained her professional experience not only within the legal profession, but also at a managerial position of a renowned banking institution. She has essentially participated in preparation and realization of acquisitions for significant development projects and has abundant experience associated with structured financing, real estate development projects and commercial leases. She has actively cooperated in legal audits of corporations and assets portfolio within the framework of clients' acquisition plans. Her most significant projects include acquisition of land for a significant development company, acquisition of a company with a wide portfolio of land, including a complete legal audit, complete legal service provided to a client in connection with the implementation of a logistic park and negotiation of loan documents for project financing.

Tomáš Zacha graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague. He is a partner of Konečná & Šafář, Attorneys at Law, Prague and is registered in the Register of Lawyers of the Czech Bar Association. He speaks English, Slovak and Russian. He focuses on the field of intellectual property, especially in establishment of structures and registration of intangible industrial rights in the Czech Republic and abroad. He also represents clients in disputes associated with intellectual property, including the issues of internet law and domain ownership. In the field of contractual relationships he specializes in large supplies of investment projects and his current projects include drawing up a comprehensive contractual package to implement one of the most important brownfield projects in the Czech Republic. He has also successfully represented clients in a number of judicial and arbitration proceedings associated with their business and acquisition activities. In the past, he participated also in restructuring of a prominent Czech industrial group. He established corporate structures of concern type with foreign overlaps for leading companies operating in the field of industry and construction and, among others, also participated in establishment of corporate management systems. For a long term, the corporate team headed by him has been a support to clients representing a number of prominent Czech as well as foreign companies. Tomas also focuses on energy sector with emphasis in renewable sources of energy.

Klára Zemanová graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague. She is an attorney at law registered with the Czech Bar Association and speaks fluent English and German. She regularly prepares and completely handles acquisition transactions and provides counselling in contractual and corporate issues associated with capital investments. She is a specialist on real estate transactions, including corporate and tax aspects, and participates in negotiation of conditions of title insurance and financing. She also performs legal audits (due diligence) in connection with real estate and corporate transactions. Her specialization includes also leases and subleases of non-residential premises.