Wolf Theiss, working with White & Case, has advised Nomura on the acquisition of Macquarie Asset Management’s public investments business in North America and Europe. Schoenherr, working with Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, reportedly advised Macquarie.

Reals has advised investment fund Conseq Realitni on its acquisition of the Kavci Hory Office Park in Prague 4 from CA Immobilien Anlagen. Dentons advised the sellers.

Schoenherr has advised Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari on its acquisition of Campion Broker from Campion Grup. Draghiceanu, Bolca and Associates and Toacse, Iavolschi and Associates reportedly advised Campion Grup.

Karanovic & Partners has advised Czechoslovak Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Belgrade-based aerospace technology company Must Solutions. Zecevic & Lukic reportedly advised the seller.

White & Case has advised a consortium of joint lead managers on the issuance of EUR 500 million senior non-preferred green notes by mBank. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling reportedly advised mBank.

Dentons has advised Erste Group Bank on the extension of a EUR 40 million loan to LCP Poland, part of the M Core collective, to refinance the existing debt of the EMKA Koszalin shopping center. KNP Kaminski Radcowie Prawni i Adwokaci reportedly advised the borrower.

Harrisons has advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a EUR 10 million loan extended to 3 Banka under the Western Balkans Green Economy Financing Facility.

Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka has advised the Spotler Group on its acquisition of Webpower Adria. Jujnovic Lucic Markovic Ivandic Galic advised the sellers – Jan de Jong and Martina Sepic.

Schoenherr has advised Via Unita on its acquisition of all shares in Lang Finanzsoftware. KPMG Law advised the sellers.

Addleshaw Goddard and Kinstellar have advised Pegasus Airlines on its acquisition of Czech Airlines and its subsidiary Smartwings in a transaction valued at EUR 154 million, including related receivables. Dentons reportedly advised the sellers.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised Sygnity on its acquisition of Comarch HIS from CVC Capital Partners-backed Comarch. Greenberg Traurig advised Comarch.

DLA Piper has advised Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems on the sale of its overhaul business in Romania to Grampet Logistics. 

Act Legal has expanded into the Western Balkans by joining forces with Belgrade-based Vukovic & Partners.

Former PCS Partner Karolina Schiffter has joined Fragomen's Polish office as Managing Partner.

Richard Horejsi has joined Casuals as a Partner.

Sona Hankova has joined G. Lehnert as a Partner in Bratislava.

Integrites Co-founding Partner Ruslan Bernatsky has left the firm and will continue his career with IC Partners, an investment firm he established earlier in 2025. Following Bernatsky's departure, Integrites has announced it is rebranding to Impacta Law.

Michal Dobrowolski has joined BPV Huegel as a Partner in the firm's Corporate/M&A and Private Equity practice.

Former Wolf Theiss Attorney at Law Milan Novakov has joined Mijatovic & Providzalo as a Partner.

Former Deloitte Legal Partners Tomasz Ostrowski and Aneta Urban have joined SK&S as Partners.

Former Akol Partner Ceyda Akbal Schwimann has rejoined IAS Partners as a Partner.

Dinova Rusev & Partners has announced a firm-wide rebranding, adopting the new name DRP.

Savoric & Partners has promoted Nives Nola to Partner.

Janka Brezaniova has joined Wolf Theiss as a Partner in the firm's Prague office. 

Following the foundation of the Ministry of Sport, North Macedonia has made strong progress in developing its sports sector.

On 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the validity of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, confirming that its core provisions remain in force across the EU.

The Austrian Federal Government has presented an updated draft law to implement the NIS-2 Directive. The Network and Information Systems Security Act 2026 (NISG 2026) tightens requirements for companies in critical sectors and explicitly assigns responsibility for cybersecurity to senior management. Under the proposed regime, entities are classified as either essential or important based on their size and the sector in which they operate, with stricter obligations for essential entities. The rules aim to address growing digital threats and establish a strict supervisory and control regime – including temporary disqualification from management duties for non-compliant executives.

The European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Red Bull over suspicions that the company abused its dominant position on the EU energy drink market.

The Republic of Serbia, through the National Bank of Serbia (“NBS”), has established the complete legal and technical infrastructure for the use of electronic promissory notes (“e-promissory notes”) by adopting the Decision on Detailed Conditions, Content and Manner of Keeping the Register of Promissory Notes and Authorizations (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 95/2025) (the “Decision”), the Decision on Amendments to the Decision on the Manner of Conducting Enforcement from the Client’s Account (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 95/2025), and the Decision on the Unified Tariff for Fees Charged by the National Bank of Serbia for Services Rendered (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 95/2025).

In mid-November, the Hungarian Parliament adopted an 11-point tax and administrative relief package. According to the Government, the newly approved measures aim to significantly ease the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), stimulate investment activity and support a more stable economic environment. Several provisions take effect this year, while others will apply from 2026 and 2027.

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers have approved new mechanism that will provide state support for businesses that have suffered losses as a result of hostilities or that have obtained war-risk insurance. Resolution No. 1541 of 28 November 2025 establishes programs (for damage and for war-risk insurance) to be launched on 1 January 2026 and administered by the Export Credit Agency (ECA). Businesses can participate in one or both programs.

The Romanian Parliament has adopted, in its decisional chamber, a new law introducing provisions regarding real estate transactions involving future residential properties, such as units in condominiums or individual dwellings under development (the “Legislative Proposal“).

Following an unsuccessful attempt in April 2024, the Hungarian legislator introduced the concept of "undertakings with paramount significance" into Hungarian competition law – this time for real.

On 3 December 2025, the European Commission designated the russian federation as a high-risk third country with strategic deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”) frameworks.

We are witnessing the fact that social media has become an inseparable part of the everyday life of modern individuals. In addition to being one of the main communication channels, businesses increasingly use them to reach consumers more easily. Legal regulation significantly lags behind technologies that are developing at an unprecedented speed. In recent years, the European Union (“EU”) has taken significant steps in regulating various social spheres affected by technological development (e.g., GDPR, the use of AI).

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) has declared Hungary’s carbon quota tax incompatible with EU law. This finding can have serious consequences for both the state budget and the affected companies.

Michal Dobrowolski (45) has about 20 years of transaction experience in M&A and private equity. bpv Huegel continues its strong, dynamic growth in M&A and private equity with this team expansion.

RTPR has assisted Proinvest Group SRL in relation to the sale of the insulating panel division to Lattonedil S.p.A., a leading Group in Europe in the production and marketing of insulating panels.

RTPR advised AROBS Transilvania Software, an important Romanian company that provides software services and solutions in various industries and the largest tech company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, on the acquisition of majority stake in Global Engineering Services & Solutions S.R.L.

The law firm bpv Huegel provided comprehensive support to NÖM AG during its merger with Vorarlberg Milch.

The international sales process for the renowned Vienna Marriott Hotel at Parkring Vienna has been successfully completed with its acquisition by an international consortium of investors.

AIR ARABIA WAS FOUND COMPLIANT DURING A RECENT PROCEDURE OF PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA ACROSS THE EU

bpv Huegel successfully advised RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft (RWA) on the sale of its share in AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH to AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft.

RWA eGen completes the purchase of shares in RWA AG from BayWa AG. The acquisition financing was structured and provided by Raiffeisen Bank International AG.

bpv Huegel is delighted to appoint Johannes Mitterecker as a partner. He works in the Corporate Law/M&A practice group and specialises in M&A transactions, restructuring and sports law.

RTPR has assisted the syndicate of banks in connection with a RON 3.1 billion syndicated loan granted to Electrica.

From the 1st May, 2025 Markian Malskyy becomes the new managing partner of ARZINGER, replacing Timur Bondaryev, founding partner. Timur Bondaryev has held this position almost ever since the firm was founded 23 years ago and, together with other partners, has built a strong legal brand.

This makes bpv Huegel’s tax practice top-ranked in Chambers Europe. This confirms the leading position of bpv Huegel in tax law advice.