Tomas Kirner
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Tomas Kirner

Senior Associate

Email

tomas.kirner@aoshearman.com

Phone

+420 222 107 112

Offices

Prague

V-CARD
Tomáš is a debt finance expert who advises on leverage finance and capital markets transactions, including debt, structured products and derivatives, and related financial regulation.
He has a track record of advising some of the world's largest private equity sponsors and financial institutions on complex and cross-border transactions across Europe and the United States. He has a particular expertise in acquisition financing, refinancing or exit strategies, involving loans and bonds.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A group of financial institutions as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers in respect of a new Rule 144A/Reg S offering of EUR 700 million of 8% senior guaranteed green notes issued by ENERGO-PRO a.s., a leading hydropower generator and electricity distributor headquartered in the Czech Republic.
  • Československá obchodní banka on ongoing material updates of its public investment certificates programme, with underlyings referencing equities, indices, interest rates, FXs and their simple or complex baskets and on multiple issuances to retail clients.
  • Československá obchodní banka on ongoing material updates of its public notes programme allowing, among others, issuing notes with derivative-linked yields referencing underlyings such as equities, indices, interest rates or FXs, including several issuances to retail clients.
  • Czech Banking Association on an update of its Master Agreement for Financial Transactions, edition 2025 reflecting current demand for netting of new finance products and new regulatory requirements.
  • Czech Banking Association, ISDA and other associations on the validity and enforceability of OTC derivatives master agreement vis-à-vis various Czech counterparties.
  • J&T IB and Capital Markets as the sole arranger, and J&T BANKA as the sole lead manager and fiscal and paying agent, on the issuance of up to CZK2.1bn senior guaranteed Czech law-governed and Prague-listed fixed rate bonds by a Delaware limited liability company Liberty One Methanol LLC guaranteed by a financial guarantee of a Swiss-based joint-stock company KKCG AG.
  • Komerční banka as an issuer of EUR500 million ‘AAA’-rated covered bonds with a negative yield on hedging aspects of the issue.
  • Komerční banka as a sole lender on a financing of KKCG AG.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted in the Czech Republic and New York

Academic

Ph.D./Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, 2025
 
LL.M./Master of Laws, Law School, Columbia University, New York, 2022 (James Kent Scholar)
 
Ing./Engineer, Economic Policy and International Relations, Masaryk University, Brno, 2016 (cumma sum laude)
 
Mgr./Master., Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, 2015
 
Bc./Bachelor, Political Science and International Relations, Masaryk University, Brno, 2014

Languages

Czech, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.