M&A Advisory

Jakub Burda works as a Managing Director in the Roklen Corporate Finance department, board member of the Roklen Holding a.s. and executive of Fundlift s.r.o. He is responsible for the development of the department and management of transactions. Jakub is a senior investment banker with more than 16 years of experience (Corporate Finance). He started his professional career in 2006 in the Corporate Finance department of Patria and progressed up to the Board of the Company. Later he was at the dawn of the Roklen Holding in 2014. During his advisory career, he has participated on more than 50 transactions worth 20 billions of CZK.

His main responsibility within the M&A deals include primarily project management of transaction teams, negotiation and moderation between contractual parties, coordination and execution of advisory services in the field of market analysis, senior expertise within company valuation, due diligence, feasibility studies, assessment of investment opportunities, and marketing strategy consultancy.

Jakub is a sector specialist in deals having roots in construction sector (general contractors, sub-contractors, real estate, mining and production of construction materials, etc). Furthermore, he participated in various projects in machinery, transportation industry, food industry and retail.

Jakub significantly helped to outset alternative market START by Prague Stock Exchange. As a lead manager and analyst runned two successfull IPOs of Fillamentum and AtomTrace.

Jakub acted as an advisor on transactions for leading regional companies, including: ČEZ, EP Rožnov, CCR, ČESKÁ ŽULA, Jež – kamenické práce, RD Rýmařov, ELCOM, 2JCP, SUEZ, Skanska, EUROVIA, SUDOP Group, DEK, ZAT, BREMA, BioVendor, Unipetrol, EXPLOSIVE Service, MOFO Distribution, United Bakeries, Český Aeroholding, Schneider Electrics, DORMA, ČD Cargo and others.

Jakub Burda holds a Master degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, with a major in management and economics.

Petr Kmoníček works as an Executive Director in the Roklen Corporate Finance department since June 2018. His responsibilities include new deals acquisition and management and execution of the ongoing transactions.

Petr has more than 10 years working experience in corporate finance (M&A). Prior to joining Roklen, Petr worked in Corporate Finance department of Patria and earlier in ERSTE Group, where he was executing transaction in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Petr acted as an adviser on transactions for numerous companies such as sale of HERKUL and RELIEF PROJECTS – a major Czech construction group into the hands of AVE CZ / EP INDUSTRIES, sale of 2JCP´s majority – engineering group to the investment group Jet Investment, divestiture of HomeBrands, subsidiary of Unilever ČR, leading Czech company specializing in the distribution of the insecticides which was acquired by SC Johnson & Son; sale of APTO’s majority – LED lighting system integrator to Martin Burda Spa Group; divestiture of Fronek, spol. s r.o., Czech construction company sold to noted strategic investor – IMOS Brno; acquisition; acquisition of Valosun - distributor of pharmaceutical products and food supplements for pharmaceutical company Walmark; acquisition of the major share in Veletrhy Brno, acquisition of the SBAJ Inmart for the leading player in hydraulics components the Charvat Group; strategic advisory for the Skanska; elaboration of expert studies on sales of the residual assets of Ceske drahy; voluntary auction of the Hipodrom Most company’s assets owned by Severni energeticka; management buy-out of Profinit, DEL and others such as Cotring, 1. Liberecka bezpecnostni etc.

Petr was in charge of IPO of AtomTrace on the START market as the manager of the emission.

Petr graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, majoring in Corporate economy and management.

Vojtěch Štefan works as Associate Director in the Corporate Finance department since 2022. His responsibilities include new deals acquisition and management and execution of M&A transactions. Vojtěch has more than 5 years working experience in corporate finance with execution of transaction processes especially in the field of financial services, media and technology. Within ROKLEN group, Vojtěch also works as a project manager of the investment crowdfunding platform Fundlift.

Before joining Roklen, Vojtěch worked as associate at investment boutique CORPIN, where he gained experience in the field of M&A and transaction advisory. Among others, he was involved in the following transactions:

- Advising to Benson Oak & investors in leading online insurance broker KLIK with respect to their sale of 100% equity stake to Hungary-based leading online ins. broker Netrisk (owned by TA Associates & MCI)

- Advising to the shareholders of RENOMIA a.s. (the largest corporate insurance broker in the CEE region) on the sale of 30% equity stake to one of the lneading global insurance brokers Gallagher (NYSE)

- Advisory to the owers of Československá filmová společnost (operator of 4 pay-tv and one free-to-air TV channel) in the sale of a 100% stake to JOJ Media House

- Advising ArcelorMittal on the sale of GO Steel Frýdek Místek a.s., a world class producer of electrical steel located in the Czech Republic, to Poland-based Stalprodukt S.A.

Vojtěch‘s previous work experience also includes senior finance analyst at Accenture and sales trainee at IBM CEE.

Vojtěch graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, majoring in International business. During his studies, he attended courses within the Bcom program at McGill university in Montréal.

Michael Miláček has been working at Roklen Corporate Finance since 2020. As an Associate, Michael is responsible for execution of M&A transactions and valuation projects. Michael has experience in transactions mainly in construction industry (sale of HERKUL a.s. and RELIEF PROJECTS, s.r.o.), engineering industry (acquisition of PBS Group) and energy industry (acquisition of PV Design and Build s.r.o. to ČEZ Group). Michael has also participated in valuation of several companies.

Prior to joining Roklen, Michael worked as a Consultant at PwC in Financial Services team, providing services mainly in the area of strategic planning, project management, controlling and accounting. Furthermore, Michael gained relevant financial experience while working at Unicredit.

Michael holds an MSc in Finance, and his major included business valuation and capital markets. During his undergraduate studies Michael completed an exchange program at the University of Cologne in Germany.

In 2020, Michael completed a Quantitative Finance program at the University of Otago in New Zealand and was awarded by University Dean for exceptional performance.

Adam Tománek has been working in the Corporate Finance department since 2020. His tasks include execution of transaction processes, valuation of companies, preparation of transaction documentation and documents for M&A transactions.

Adam has experience primarily in the financial services, IT, healthcare, food industry and design, engineering and implementation services segments.

Adam acted as an advisor on transactions such as sale of EP Rožnov, a.s. to ČEZ ESCO, a.s., sale of CCR Prague s.r.o. to NEUCA and sale of Cotring spol. s r.o. to Thein.

Before joining Roklen, Adam gained experience as a Consultant in PwC Česká republika in Financial Services team, providing services mainly in the area of strategic planning, project management, IT implementation and controlling. Furthermore, Adam was part of strategy departments in Česká spořitelna and EGAP, or participated in fundraising for startup Angee.

Adam holds Master's degree from Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague.

Tomáš Kovařík has been working as a Analyst in the Corporate Finance department since 2021. His task is analytical support in transactions, valuation of companies and preparation of documents for M&A transactions.

He is currently finishing his Master's degree at the University of Economics in Prague, where he is studying management, corporate economics and capital markets.

During his studies, Tomáš spent two semesters at the Czech Technical University in Prague and construction and construction technologies are subjects of interest to him.

Klára Polanská has been working as an Analyst in Corporate Finance since 2023, providing analytical support in transactions, valuation of companies and preparation of documents for M&A transactions.

She holds an MSc from the Faculty of Finance and Accounting at the University of Economics in Prague, where she specialized in business valuation. During her Master's studies she also completed an exchange program at Ghent University in Belgium.

Before joining Roklen, Klára worked as an assistant at TPA Czech Republic, where she gained experience in valuation and expert services.

Alan Klenor has been working as a Junior Analyst in the Corporate Finance department since 2023. His responsibilities include analytical support for transactions, company valuations, and preparing materials for M&A transactions.

He earned a degree in Economics and Finance from Boston College, where he focused on Private Equity and Fiscal and Monetary Policy. He was also a member of the golf team.

Lukáš Podzemský has been working as a Junior Analyst in the Corporate Finance department since 2023. His role involves analytical support in transactions, company valuations, and preparing materials for M&A transactions.

He is currently completing a master's degree in Economics and Finance at the Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, specializing in financial markets and data analysis. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in an exchange program at the University of Barcelona in Spain.

Before joining Roklen, Lukáš worked at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as a system administrator for MS2014+ and MS2021+, and also provided technical support in the administration of ESF projects.

Jan Mach has more than 20 years of experience with capital markets. He is a member of the Board and a Managing Director of Roklen 360 a.s. (previously Finance Zlin).

Jan held the position of Head of Trading and Prime Broker at Finance Zlin. Later, he worked as a Head of Corporate Finance department.

He participated in the preparation and organization of takeover bids, auctions, public proposals and transformation of organizations for more than 100 companies.

Jan graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Brno University of Technology, majoring in automation control systems in electrical engineering.