We specialize in mergers and acquisitions advisory, procuring growth capital, corporate restructuring and reorganization, and fulfilling complex corporate strategies, including international expansion and others. We are bankers which believe that quality of services, deep professional knowledge, and speed are key factors in success. We cooperate with successful entrepreneurs, company owners and their senior management, as well as representatives of eminent investment groups and private equity funds. Our work has global reach.
Confidentiality of our successful projects is of utmost importance to us.
We only answer to our clients and avoid potential conflicts of interest.
We always deliver our full capacity and account for our clients' specific needs.
Our gradually built contact network is continuously maintained and expanded.
Globalscope partnership provides us with direct contact with a wide selection of potential foreign strategic buyers, acquisition targets, and financial investors. Thanks to these we are able to significantly increase the probability of our projects' success.
We secured investors for one of the largest Czech managed services and hosting providers, and led the company's owners through the entire transaction process.
We implemented one of the largest transactions of the year in the Czech Republic.
We moderated discussions at the owner level and mediated the sale of the company with almost 1000 employees and sales of billions CZK to an eminent Czech private equity fund specialised in industrial enterprises in Central Europe.
After almost 30 years of entrepreneurial efforts, the Client decided to sell his company.
We identified a number of multinational groups, and successfully finished the transaction with the subject which was best suited to the Client's vision. Thanks to the transaction the company significantly expanded its territorial influence.
Michael is VICF's founding partner. He is currently responsible for strategy, company leadership, and business development. Before he founded VICF in 1999, he had worked as a lawyer for WoodCommerz, where he participated in the first eurobond emission in Central and Eastern Europe (emitted by ČEZ). He worked for the First Privatization Fund (PPF), where he was involved with several privatization projects in Russia and Bulgaria.
He studied law at the Charles University, continuing with postgradual studies at the St. Anthony's College at Oxford University, and received his master's diploma LLM at Hughe's Hall, University of Cambridge, where he specialised in securities law and financial markets regulation.
Matěj became engaged with the transaction sector during his studies through a leading Central European company dealing in commercial real estate and the establishment and management of real estate private equity funds. He joined VICF in 2014 and has since worked on several projects mainly in the IT, telecommunications, digital, and e-commerce sectors.
Matěj studied the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Economics in Prague, specialising in financial management, corporate finance, and company valuation. He gained international experience during his studies at the University of Cologne in Germany, and in Australia in Sydney. Matěj expanded his qualifications by successfully becoming a holder of the prestigious international certification CFA.
Jakub joined VICF in 2015 and began to gain his first experience during university studies. His role within the team consists of business valuation, analytical work on acquisitions, sales and active participation in their execution. Jakub has experience in transaction processes in the fields of IT, Industry 4.0 and engineering.
He studied the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Economics in Prague, specializing in business valuation and management. He completed part of his studies at the École de management de Normandie in France. He also gained international experience during two internships in the USA.
Adam became a VICF member in 2018 during his studies. He soon moved from general market research to analyzing financial documents, valuing businesses, preparing project documentation, and participating in the entire acquisition process. Adam has worked on projects in IT, energy, electrical industry and e-commerce.
Adam is finishing his Master's degree at the Institute of Economic Studies at Charles University, specializing in finance, financial markets, and banking. During his studies, he gained experience abroad at Universidade do Porto in Portugal, and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy.
Confidentiality of projects, and even the initial client discussions, as well as the client's comfort with each of our subsequent steps, is of utmost importance to us.
We only offer detailed information to potential buyers after the signature of a non-disclosure agreement, and in select cases keep the client anonymous to the last minute.
If the Company is ready to be sold and the sale is not delayed, the entire process usually takes 6-10 months.
During the process we exert maximum effort to ensure that each phase happens as smoothly as possible to ensure maximum speed for the Client.
Of course, please contact Michael Rostock - Poplar, or any other member of our team, directly. We will gladly analyse the value of your company.
In general, most of our projects begin with an indicative valuation, which we provide for our clients in order to coordinate our mutual expectations.
We take pride in our individual approach to our clients, and this also holds in the pricing of our services.
We are flexible, and attempt to accomodate our clients' preferences as much as possible.
We have worked on projects in a wide variety of industries, including IT, e-commerce, telecommunications, energetics, transportation, and manufacturing companies with various specializations.We also provide references from our satisfied clients on request.
