JIRI KLASKA
Associate Director
BS.c. (Hons) in Economics and Management, Aston University, UK
MS.c. in Economics and Econometrics, University of Nottingham, UK
Qualifications and professional memberships
BS.c. (Hons) in Economics and Management, Aston University, UK
MS.c. in Economics and Econometrics, University of Nottingham, UK
Summer School Programme in Economics and Finance, London School of Economics, UK
Passed all three Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams
Passed two American Society of Appraisers (ASA) exams
Experience overview
Jiri joined Leadenhall in October 2022 after over eight years as an adviser at Deloitte in Australia and in the Czech Republic.
After six years at Deloitte Czech Republic, where Jiri focused on valuations for litigation and international arbitrations, Jiri moved to Australia where he instead mostly valued infrastructure investments and prepared valuations for transaction support.
In both roles, Jiri was responsible for the in-house opinions on key valuation parameters, and created multiple methodologies and templates.
Infrastructure valuations
Port of Melbourne
Prospect Water
Aquasure
Victorian Comprehensive Care Centre
Rowville transmission facility
Axicom
M5 Toll Road
Audit review of a variety of infrastructure assets (airports, ports, toll roads, PPPs, etc.)
Transaction advisory
Potential merger of the two largest Australian cash management providers
Sale of an embedded network provider by a PE fund
Restructuring of OKD, the largest Czech black coal miner
Capital raising of include, a Croatian smart-bench start-up
Valuation of Czech and Slovak energy distributors for the purpose of the RWE / E.ON asset swap
Independent expert reports
Mainstream Group, a fund administrator
Litigation and international arbitration
Valuation of a large part of the electricity distribution, transmission and retail portfolio of CEZ, one of the largest Central European energy companies
Valuation of MNG, the largest Czech oil & gas producer, for the purpose of a squeeze-out of minority shareholders
Valuation of the gas distribution and retail portfolio of Innogy, one of the largest Czech energy companies for the purpose of a squeeze-out of minority shareholders
Several valuations for various confidential international arbitrations
Financial reporting, tax and other purposes
Valuation of the portfolio of Inven, a Central European venture capital fund
Review of the portfolio valuation of Penta, one of the largest Central European private equity funds
PPA of SeaLink Travel Group’s acquisition of Transit Systems
PPA of Visy’s acquisition of Owens Illinois’ glass manufacturing business
Valuation of a duty-free retailer for internal restructuring purposes
