Cobalt has advised the City of Tallinn on renegotiating the PPP contracts with Vivatex Holding and the BCA Center for the lease of ten school buildings in the city. Walless advised the BCA Center.

Kinstellar has advised Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka on its EUR 85 million long-term financing for a retail and logistics real estate portfolio of the CPI Property Group in the Czech Republic. 

On 2 May 2023, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted Law “On Amendments to the Laws of Ukraine Regarding Improvements of Legal Regulation of Notarial and Registration Actions When Acquiring the Land Plots” No. 3065-IX (“Law”).

Johannes Feilmair, Karoline Hofmann, and Stefan Jeitler have been appointed to Partner positions with E+H in Austria at the beginning of July 2023. 

Despite a recent M&A slowdown, updates to the capital markets and land rights laws, renewable energy auctions, and business migration heavily impact Serbia's legal and business landscape, according to Doklestic Repic & Gajin Partner Slobodan Doklestic.

The business situation in Slovenia remains solid, although several challenges worsening prospects for the future are present – from the worker shortage to increasing prices and indications of a potential slowdown – while the country works on its green transition and considers reforming its tax, pension, and health systems and employment legislation, according to Kirm Perpar Partner Jan Gorjup.