Your reliable
partner in:

-Acquisition of enterprises
- Sale of enterprises
- Restructuring
- Financing
- Valuation

Our services are based on the individual approach to our clients, providing complex solutions and risk mitigation.

About us

We build on: individual approach broad experience confidentiality

CIC Partners, Czech Investment Connection Partners, is an investment advisory company covering mainly the region of the Czech Republic, however, together with its external partners is able to provide its client with a wide range of advisory services globally.

The company was established in 2016 when its founders, Zbyněk Buš and Vladimír Veleba, just tied on their long-lasting careers in the corporate finance department of the company KPMG Praha.

The goal of the company is always to provide its clients with an outstanding and measurable added value that comes from the CICP’s founders long-time and broad experience and expertise in the field of investment banking.

Our clients can expect a high level personal and confidential approach. Our usual “modus operandi” is that first after our initial analysis of the case we propose several “solution options”. Then based on our professional opinion we suggest the best-case scenario or scenarios so that the client can make his final decision on his own.


Our motto is “Trust and Confidentiality”.

Our team

Experts in corporate finance

Zbyněk Buš

Partner

Zbyněk Buš is a founding member of CIC Partners, s.r.o. Prior to its foundation in 2016 he had been working for almost ten years as a director of corporate finance department within KPMG Prague. Before joining KPMG, he had worked as a Head of Investment Division in the real estate group Sekyra Group, where he was responsible for M&A activities of the group. Between 1999 and 2005 he had been working in a senior manager position of corporate finance department of Komerční banka in Prague. Before joining Komerční banka he had worked for the Austrian bank Volksbanken AG and the French bank Société Générale.

Zbyněk Buš holds a MSc degree from Brno University of Technology (FAST) and undertook a DMS postgraduate studies under VŠE Prague and the Brunel University London (Buckinghamshire College of higher Education) plus various M&A courses at the International Faculty of Finance, London.

He participated in the following selected transactions:

  • Sell side advisory to owners of the telco company
  • Sell side advisory to the city of Ostrava with the telco company Ovanet
  • Sell side advisory to the owners of the biggest Czech winter tour operator, company NEV-DAMA
  • Buy side advisory to the facility management company
  • Sell ide advisory with the sale of a huge real estate portfolio
  • Oil & gas buy side advisory for KazMunaiGaz – privatisation of Unipetrol
  • Sell side advisory to the owners of Trilet Group/Zakládání staveb
  • Privatisation of Prague water utility/PVK, sell side
  • Sell side advisory Zbrojovka Uherský Brod
  • Buy side advisory for Český Telecom (Eurotel)
  • Sell side advisory for the Czech government – privatisation of the Czech incumbent telco operator Český Telecom

Vladimír Veleba

Partner

Vladimír Veleba is a founding member of CIC Partners, s.r.o. He has more than twenty two years of experience in the field of corporate finance, most of which under the colour of KPMG. During his 17 year career at KPMG, he has gained vast expertise in the field of Corporate Finance, especially in mergers and acquisitions, leading cross border transactions, valuations of companies, due diligences and forensics. Before joining KPMG, he has worked for the Czech Rating Agency (lately sold to Moody´s) and recently worked for BDO Czech Republic as a partner responsible for M&A.

Vladimír Veleba holds MSc degree in the field of Finance from University of Economics in Prague. At KPMG, he took part in various courses focused on mergers and acquisitions, managing cross-border transactions, negotiation skills, due diligence and valuations. In 2012, Vladimír Veleba was appointed as a certified valuation expert by the court

Vladimír Veleba took part at the following selected M&A transactions:

  • Buy side advisory for the publicly quoted Chinese company Xi’an ShaanGu Power Co. – acquisition of engineering company EKOL Brno
  • Sell side advisory for the company Wolseley – sale of the company WOODCOTE in Central Europe
  • Buy side advisory to Hyundai Heavy Industries in connection with the contemplated acquisition of the engineering companies TES Vsetín and MEZSERVIS
  • Sell side advisory to the owners of the biggest Czech winter tour operator, company NEV-DAMA (buyer – a tour operator FISCHER from the KKCG)
  • Sell ide advisory to the owners of the company Getronics in the Czech and Slovak Republics – sale of assets to an Austrian Kapsch group

our services

Top level
professional services

Buy side advisory – acquisition of enterprises

- identification of the appropriate target enterprise
- suggestion of acquisition strategy and contacting the owner(s) of the selected target company
- management of entire acquisition process including co-ordination of other potential advisors
- valuation of target
- arrangement of acquisition financing
- negotiation of the best possible transaction conditions
- signing assistance
- closing and settlement assistance

Buy side advisory – acquisition of enterprises

- identification of the appropriate target enterprise
- suggestion of acquisition strategy and contacting the owner(s) of the selected target company
- management of entire acquisition process including co-ordination of other potential advisors
- valuation of target
- arrangement of acquisition financing
- negotiation of the best possible transaction conditions
- signing assistance
- closing and settlement assistance

Sell side advisory - sale of enterprises

- analysis and assessment of the company
- sale strategy suggestion
- identification and selection of potential buyers
- preparation of info pack (teaser, info memo) and data room
- business plan assistance
- preparation and management/control of the sale process
- negotiation of the best possible transaction conditions
- signing assistance
- closing and settlement assistance

Sell side advisory - sale of enterprises

- analysis and assessment of the company
- sale strategy suggestion
- identification and selection of potential buyers
- preparation of info pack (teaser, info memo) and data room
- business plan assistance
- preparation and management/control of the sale process
- negotiation of the best possible transaction conditions
- signing assistance
- closing and settlement assistance

Restructuring

- analysis and assessment of the company
- restructuring scenarios suggestion
- restructuring plan assistance
- realisation of restructuring plan incl. communication with banks and other creditors

Restructuring

- analysis and assessment of the company
- restructuring scenarios suggestion
- restructuring plan assistance
- realisation of restructuring plan incl. communication with banks and other creditors

Financing

- analysis and assessment of the company
- best case scenarios suggestion
- business plan assistance
- selection of the best source of financing
- contacting and communication with financial investor and/or institutions
- selection of the best investor
- negotiation of the best possible financing conditions,
- signing assistance

Financing

- analysis and assessment of the company
- best case scenarios suggestion
- business plan assistance
- selection of the best source of financing
- contacting and communication with financial investor and/or institutions
- selection of the best investor
- negotiation of the best possible financing conditions,
- signing assistance

Valuation

- business plan assistance
- quick indicative valuation
- discounted cash flow valuation
- expert opinion

Valuation

- business plan assistance
- quick indicative valuation
- discounted cash flow valuation
- expert opinion

how we work

What do have all our realized
transactions in common ?

Initial contact

propose date and time and we will be pleased to visit you in your company

Free of charge consultation

in the meeting, we will discuss your request and issue

Solution proposition

in the meeting or shortly after the meeting, we will come back to you with several solutions

Execution

we will assist you in selection of the optimal solution and will be ready to execute it

Our achievements

References

Advisory to PRISKO a.s. with the sale of its shareholding in České aerolinie a.s. (joint sale with Korean Air) to Travel Service a.s.
Advisory to the management of the MAI CEE group with the management buy-out (MBO)
Sell-side advisory to owners of Royal Comfort, s.r.o. in the sale of 100% of shareholding to PDG Sleep Products s.r.o.
Acquisition advisory to NOTINO during takeover of Mussler Beauty GmbH
Advisory to the owners of Story Design in disposal of the company
Assistance to the owners of the group of companies TOP TISK with the sale of the 50% share
Sell-side advisory to German company Brück Handelsgesellchaft mbH with the sale of 100% shareholding in its Czech subsidiary BRÜCK AM spol. s r. o. to Moravia Steel Group
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