Structured finance

• The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance team finances acquisitions for all type of investors, from financial to strategic buyers, across all industries, and for various situations including disposal and acquisition of companies, ownership consolidation, LBOs and MBOs.
• Financings can be set up based on the cash flows of the target through ring-fenced structures but also with recourse on the buyer.
• KB SFA also structures recapitalization financings which release cash to shareholders in form of dividends or others. Other types of solutions are also offered to clients to help them optimize their capital structure.
• Thanks to an experienced and recognized team, KB boasts a market leading track record in arranging many important transactions for leading Czech and international clients, who regularly return to KB SFA for new solutions.
• In 2018, KB completed more than 30 deals including successful structuring of landmark transactions.
• The international presence of the Société Générale Group enables us to execute successfully transactions which exceed the capacity of the Czech market, or those which require the involvement of specialized industry expertize.
• Contact: Michal Kunc - Aquisition & Leveraged Finance Director, michal_kunc@kb.cz

• KB provides financings for real estate assets in the Czech and Slovak Republics as well as in selected Balkan countries.

• The KB Group is a partner of Upvest s.r.o., which provides online investment in specific development projects through of crowdfunding. More information.​

• The dedicated team of specialists is active across all segments: Residential, Logistics, Office and Retail.
• KB finances construction of new projects...

For projects in planning and development stage, KB can devise complex financing packages correctly addressing the risks of the construction phase. Investors are typically required to provide equity contribution as well as building permits and a certain level of pre-sales or pre-leases.

• … as well as existing assets for which KB provides loans for their acquisition, refinancing, and recapitalization through a new loan.

KB can review the existing debt package, with the goal to provide refinancings potentially at lower pricing or in a higher amount. Such recap refinancing allows for the release of the amount corresponding to the increase to the owner. The owner can then use it for other investments or dividends.

• KB boasts significant credentials in real estate finance with repeat business being awarded to it by leading sponsors demonstrating its ability to serve the most demanding clients in the sector.
• Contact: Milan Dembowski - Real Estate Finance Director, email: milan_dembowski@kb.cz

• Our Energy Finance experts provide solutions for all-energy related financial needs with a particular focus on renewable energy sectors including solar, wind, hydro and others.
• KB an also finance Energy Savings (including battery storage), Waste to Energy and Heating all across the value chain from Production to Distribution.
• Financings can be provided for greenfield projects, for acquisitions of projects as well as in terms of debt restructuring including recapitalization.
• Thanks to an in-depth knowledge of the regulatory environment and decades of combined experience in the sector, the Energy Finance Team is able to take advantage of the latest market developments to offer the most attractive financing solutions to its clients.
• For technically complex and very large international transactions, KB can also provide its clients with the expertise of Société Générale Group which is a leading Energy Project Finance house worldwide.
• Contact: Pavel Beran - Relationship Manager for Specialized Financing,  email: pavel_beran@kb.cz
• More information at page Energy

• KB enables Czech and Slovak exporters to enter into competition on international markets under conditions comparable to those that their foreign competitors utilize.

• KB export finance experts provide solutions to finance export transactions from the Czech and Slovak markets in the form of buyer’s credit, financing of foreign investments or purchase of export receivables.

• In order to decrease the risks connected with the political and economic situations in the targeted foreign countries, financings can benefit from the state export assistance in form of EGAP or EXIMBANKA insurance or from private insurance.

• Provided solutions can allow for prompt payment of export receivables and do not require the exporter to increase his existing credit lines. 

• KB’s exporting clients can also benefit from the recognized expertise of Société Générale Group in the arrangement of a variety of export credit schemes. Société Générale Group has a global network and established presence in a number of export territories notably in Africa and Asia and was awarded several times as the „Best Export Finance Bank“.
• Email:  export_finance@kb.cz