Pavel Capouch
Partner

Has been advising companies on corporate finance, mergers and acquisition and capital markets for 25 years.
Head of the Research Department for a member and shareholder PSE.
Project manager in two companies focused on M&A.
In 2004, he co-founded the CN Finance group.
Specialized mainly on IT, FMCG goods, retail, wholesale, media and industry.

Transactional highlights:

• Sale of an international IT company with branches in five countries on three continents;
• Sale of several mid-size and large Czech IT companies;
• Sale of the specialized retail leader on the Czech and Slovak market;
• Acquisition of the largest Czech music TV channel;
• Sale of the largest Czech publishing house of non-fiction literature;
• Acquisition of several major Internet projects in the Czech Republic;
• Acquisition of a part of a major Czech dairy producer (cheese production).

Contact: capouch@cnf.cz

 

Tomas Navratil
Partner

Has been advising companies on corporate finance, mergers and acquisition and capital markets for 20 years.
Financial Analyst and Portfolio Manager in two major brokerage companies.
Worked in the field of sales and acquisition of companies since 1999.
Project manager in two companies specializing in M&A.
In 2004 Spoluzakládá the CN Finance group.
Specialized mainly in facility management, IT, retail, wholesale and distribution sectors.

Transactional highlights:

• Assistance with expansion of a global leader in facility management to the Czech and Slovak markets by means of several acquisitions, including the acquisition of the largest Czech facility management company;
• Sale of one of the largest Czech cleaning service companies to a foreign investor;
• Acquisition of other cleaning and facility management companies in Central Europe;
• Sale of a system integrator and software developer to a major Scandinavian IT company;
• Sale of several mid-size wholesale and retail companies;
• Sale of specialized e-shops;
• Financing for real estate projects;
• Financial restructuring of two retail groups of companies.
  

Contact: navratil@cnf.cz

We provide comprehensive sales services, from preparing the entity for a strategic or financial investor, identifying an investor and making the first contact, through the stages of negotiations, and up to assisting with the integration into the investor’s organizational structures. We render these services primarily to Czech and Slovak companies’ shareholders who are looking to capitalize on the efforts that they have taken in building up the company by selling their shares in the company. We will broker not only the sale of a whole company, but also its parts – divisions and other organizational units. The project will be made to measure for the client, taking into account the situation, as well as individual needs and preferences.

We provide comprehensive acquisition services, from identifying a suitable acquisition target, through contacting its shareholders, negotiating, ensuring financing, to assisting with the integration into the client’s organizational structures. We render these services primarily to Czech and Slovak companies that are looking to expand by means of acquisition of its competitors or companies dealing in any related business. We also provide these services to international entities that wish to enter the Czech or Slovak markets or strengthen their position by acquiring a local company.