Banks

Citi is a leading global provider of financial services. The bank manages approximately 200 million client accounts and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide. Through its two operating units, Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi offers individuals, businesses, governments, and institutions a wide range of financial products and services including personal banking and credit products, corporate and investment banking, securities trading, and wealth management.

It is the largest bank in the Czech market by the number of clients and it is second in the Czech market in the total volume of assets under management. Under one brand, the financial group of Česká spořitelna, a.s. offers a comprehensive range of modern financial products and services to meet the most demanding requirements of its clients. In the private equity and venture capital field, Česká spořitelna, as has been investing for several years through venture capital funds. Česká spořitelna, a.s. is presently an active investor in several funds specializing in investments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Ing. Martin Andraško
Head of Wealth Planning & Financing, Private Banking

Ing. Michal Kunc
Head of Structured Finance, Investment Banking
michal_kunc@kb.cz

Komerční Banka, a.s. is one of the leading banking institutions in the Czech Republic and in the Central and Eastern European region. Through banking advisors, direct banking and respective specialists, Komerční Banka, a.s., provides clients with payment services, trade financing, leasing, factoring, operational and investment financing, structured and acquisition/leveraged financing, club/syndicated financing, project financing, asset management, and capital market services, financial advisory and other services depending on individual client needs.

Břetislav Tichánek
Head of Corporate Banking
btichanek@ppfbanka.cz

Aleš Kratochvíl
Senior Relationship Manager – Structured Finance
akratochvil@ppfbanka.cz

PPF banka a.s. (PPFB) is an integral part of the PPF investment group and the centre of its financial activities. PPF Group gives PPFB a strong and stable financial background. PPFB is pure Czech bank, with Czech owners, Czech management, and all decisions are made in the Czech Republic. PPFB provides a range of financial and investment services for the corporate, public and private clients. PPFB provides its clients with highly specialized, tailor-made services in the field of structured financing, holding financing and real estate financing.

Raiffeisenbank is a member of Austrian Raiffeisen Group that also offers products and services in the Czech Republic in the area of building savings (Raiffeisen stavební spořitelna), insurance (UNIQA pojišťovna) and leasing (Raiffeisen-Leasing, Raiffeisen-Leasing Real Estate). Raiffeisenbank has merged with eBanka, a.s., in 2008. According to total assets over CZK 300 billion, the bank is 5th largest in the market. Raiffeisenbank serves clients at more than 130 branches and business client centers throughout the Czech Republic. The bank also provides services of specialized mortgage centers, personal, corporate and business advisors.

UniCredit Bank is a leading bank in the Czech Republic in acquisition finance, project finance, syndications, and club loans. During the last several years, we have arranged and financed transactions in the volume of several billions of Euros. However, we finance also smaller transactions, starting from EUR 3 million (debt size). Previously known under the ‘CAIB‘ brand, we are also a leading M&A advisor in the Czech Republic operating within a pan-European network of UniCredit’s Corporate Finance Advisory offices.