The Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) recently published a draft report on its findings based on an accelerated sector inquiry into Hungary's online accommodation booking market. The sector inquiry was launched on 24 August 2023 after the HCA received numerous complaints during the peak summer holiday season about the practices of Booking.com, a key market player, for withholding payments to accommodation providers.
DPC Advises TPXImpact Holdings on Sale of Questers
Dimitrov, Petrov & Co has advised TPXImpact Holdings on the sale of its subsidiaries Questers Resourcing and Questers Bulgaria to Estonia-based software developer Nortal. Reportedly, Charles Russell Speechly and Konecna & Zacha advised Nortal.
Orrick Advises on Ellia USD 1.5 Million Seed Funding
Orrick has advised Ellia on its USD 1.5 million seed funding. Wolf Theiss reportedly advised Bulgarian Eleven Ventures on leading the funding round.
Cerha Hempel Advises Tech2People on Capital Increase
Cerha Hempel has advised Tech2People on an over EUR 800,000 capital increase.
Legal Monitoring Report for the Period of October 1 - November 8, 2023
This Legal Monitoring Report includes the latest and most relevant amendments to the national legislation for forward-looking businesses. This month, several amendments were made to the Law on State Aid, Law on Consumer Protection, Law of Protection of Trade Secrets, as well as to the Customs Code and Law on Energy. The Report also outlines changes to the IT parks activity, as well as recent adjustments to the minimum and average salary in the economy for 2024.
Wardynski & Partners and Tomczykowski Tomczykowska Advise on Senacor Technologies' Acquisition of Finanteq
Wardynski & Partners has advised Senacor Technologies on its acquisition of Finanteq. Tomczykowski Tomczykowska advised the sellers.
What is Illegal Offline Should be Illegal Online - The Romanian Implementation of the European Union Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Service
On 20 October 2023, the National Agency for Administration and Regulation in Communications (“ANCOM”) and the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization submitted for public consultation the draft law establishing the national legislative measures necessary to implement the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market for Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (“DSA Regulation”) in Romania.