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Lukáš Hejduk

Partner
Head of Real Estate, CEE

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Lukáš Hejduk

Partner
Head of Real Estate, CEE

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, advokáti, v.o.s.
Palladium, Na Poříčí 1079/3a
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
Languages Czech, English

Lukáš Hejduk is a partner and Head of CEE Real Estate and Construction at CMS. He also heads the Czech real estate practice. 
He advises on all aspects of real estate mandates including real estate M&A, construction projects, development, leasing, sale and lease-back transactions and greenfield investments. He specialises in complex property transactions and has extensive experience of acting for international funds, private investors, developers, insurance providers and banks.

Lukáš also heads the CEE Hotel & Leisure sector group. 

He leads the regional team on hospitality transactions and sector specific matters such as hotel management agreements, and hotel lease and franchise agreements. As such he has been involved in mandates in the Czech Republic, CEE, UK and Africa.

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"He is very progressive and forward thinking – helpful, responsive and commercial." He garners further praise from sources who highlight him as "very practical and hands-on; he gets the job done. He is very pleasant to deal with and attentive."

Chambers, 2020

"The real estate team is skilled in handling large transactions for global clients, particularly practice co-head Lukáš Hejduk."

Legal 500, 2021

"He is very progressive and forward thinking – helpful, responsive and commercial." He garners further praise from sources who highlight him as "very practical and hands-on; he gets the job done. He is very pleasant to deal with and attentive."

Chambers, 2017

"He is very progressive and forward thinking – helpful, responsive and commercial." He garners further praise from sources who highlight him as "very practical and hands-on; he gets the job done. He is very pleasant to deal with and attentive."

Chambers, 2020

"The real estate team is skilled in handling large transactions for global clients, particularly practice co-head Lukáš Hejduk."

Legal 500, 2021

"He is very progressive and forward thinking – helpful, responsive and commercial." He garners further praise from sources who highlight him as "very practical and hands-on; he gets the job done. He is very pleasant to deal with and attentive."

Chambers, 2017

Relevant experience

  • TPG on acquisition of logistics and warehouse portfolio in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
  • Deka Immobilien on EUR 460m logistics portfolio acquisition.
  • Amundi on the purchase of the Praha City Center office building.
  • REICO on EUR 90m acquisition of the Metronom Business Center.
  • Deka Immobilien on EUR 360m acquisition of “the Park” office complex in Prague.
  • Hard Rock on hotel development lease in Prague. 
  • Penta Real Estate on a lease agreement for a new hotel in Prague.
  • Invesco Real Estate on the sale of shopping centre Varyada in Karlovy Vary.
  • Prologis on a number of warehouse and development acquisitions.
  • Bluehouse on the acquisition of shopping centres in Prague and Karvina.
  • Pradera on the acquisition of Avion Zličín shopping park in Prague.
  • Pradera on the sale of retail parks in Olomouc and Ostrava.
  • Goodman on the acquisition of a warehouse development in the Czech Republic.
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Education

  • 2015 - College of Estate Management, University of Reading, Reading
  • 2008 - Member of the Czech Bar Association
  • 2005 - Charles University Faculty of Law, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2003 - International Trade Law, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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