Allen & Overy has advised the shareholders including J&T Arch Investments and founder Ondrej Kania on their divestment of a majority stake in Consilium Europe to Dukes Education in a CZK 1 billion transaction.
Consilium is composed of three American academies in Prague, Brno, and Zagreb and operates a local curriculum school, three bilingual nursery and junior schools, and an educational consultancy, all based in Prague. The group also owns a British school in Spain.
Based in London, Dukes Education describes itself as "a family of schools and educators, brought together by a common purpose: to give children the foundations for an extraordinary life, through education."
The Allen & Overy team included Partner Prokop Verner, Senior Associate Jana Chwaszcz, and Associate Martin Vykopal.