Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised AutoBinck Group on the sale of the Czech and Slovak divisions of Business Lease Group to KBC Group’s CSOB Leasing entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Baker McKenzie advised CSOB.
According to A&O Shearman, the approximately EUR 72 million deal remains subject to antitrust approvals in both countries, with closing expected in Q1 2026.
The A&O Shearman team included Czech Republic-based Senior Associates Jakub Cech and Ivana Halamova, Associates Jan Spousta, and Martin Vykopal, Junior Lawyer Alice Lepesantova, and Senior Tax Advisor Michal Dusek, Slovakia-based Associate Lenka Letkova, as well as further lawyers in the Netherlands.
The Baker McKenzie team included Partner Tomas Skoumal, Senior Associates Michal Simcina, Michal Malkovsky, and Dusan Hlavaty, and Senior Tax Advisor Eliska Kominkova.
