Kinstellar has announced Maja Mayrhuber as the fourth Partner to join its new Vienna office.

CEE Legal Matters is proud to introduce the latest in our Comparative Guides series. This one focuses on Litigation in CEE.

Contributed by Kinstellar.

Hartwig Kienast has joined Kinstellar's Vienna office as a Partner. 

April 2025 – In the first quarter of 2025, the Romanian Competition Council (“RCC”) published several significant decisions, launched new investigations, and imposed fines in cases involving abuse of dominant position, price coordination, and other anticompetitive practices.

RTPR and Karanovic & Partners have advised MidEuropa on the sale of Regina Maria Group to Mehilainen. White & Case advised Mehilainen. Kinstellar advised Blue Sea Capital on the sell-side as well. Reportedly, A&O Shearman's London office also advised MidEuropa while Bondoc & Asociatii also advised Mehilainen.

Kinstellar has advised DSV on the sale and leaseback of its newly constructed logistics park in Senec, Slovakia, to Reico Long Lease. Wilsons reportedly advised the buyers.

Kinstellar has advised Veolia on the acquisition of an additional 15% stake in Veolia Energie CR from CEZ, increasing Veolia’s shareholding to over 98%. Skils reportedly advised CEZ.

Kinstellar has advised EMMA Capital Group on its acquisition of Diamedix from Chrelias Vasileios and GED Eastern Fund II – Fondo de Capital de Riesgo, via its subsidiary Emma Zeta.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. With 2024 behind us, we asked: Looking at transactional volumes for this year, would you say that 2024 was better or worse than what you originally expected it to be, and why?

Financing transactions often involve lenders taking security over the assets of a borrower’s group of companies. The typical security package in Bulgaria includes security over the borrower’s and other relevant group companies’ shares and the receivables deriving from such shares.

BDK Advokati has advised A1 Srbija on its acquisition of Conexio Metro from Madison Debt Holdings. Kinstellar advised the sellers.

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Banque Banorient France Romania Branch on the financing provided to Solida Capital for the acquisition of the Victoria Center office building on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest. Kinstellar advised Solida Capital.

Harald Strahberger has joined Kinstellar as Partner in Vienna.

Kinstellar has advised the MVM Group on developing a 500-megawatt combined-cycle gas turbine power plant at the Matra Power Plant in North-East Hungary.

Kinstellar has advised Solida Capital on the acquisition of Victoria Center in Bucharest from Manova Partners. PeliPartners reportedly advised Manova Partners.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. This time around we asked: If you have a formal partnership track, how do you handle lawyers on it who do NOT end up living up to the requirements to make a Partner?

Over the past few years, the gaming sector has been thriving in CEE. Kinstellar Partner Milan Samardzic, Rowan Legal Partner Milos Olik, ACI Partners Head of Fintech and E-Payments Nicolina Turcan, and Linklaters Warsaw Associate Aleksandra Czubek explore how CEE jurisdictions are driving the industry forward and unlocking new potential.