On 5 January 2025, the Real Estate Register in the Slovak Republic (the “Register”) was subject to a ransomware cyberattack.

Kinstellar has advised European Imaging Group Limited on its acquisition of Megapixel from Tomas Matejcek. Tarpan Legal reportedly advised the seller.

CMS has advised the Via Salis consortium, comprising Vinci and Meridiam, on the D4 highway public-private partnership project in the Czech Republic. Kinstellar, working with Linklaters, advised the financing banks. White & Case advised the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic.

Kinstellar, working with Sullivan & Worcester, has advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on partnering with Banca Transilvania to implement a supply chain financing program for Profi Rom Food.

On 30 December 2024, the Romanian government adopted Emergency Ordinance no. 156/2024 (“the GEO”) regulating a series of important fiscal changes that entered into force starting January 2025, as summarised below.

Kinstellar has advised a syndicate of banks led by BRD Groupe Societe Generale and Banca Transilvania, with Raiffeisen Bank Romania as a sustainability agent, on a EUR 73 million syndicated facility to Grup Serban Holding. RTPR advised Grup Serban Holding.

Former Wolf Theiss Partner Horst Ebhardt has joined Kinstellar as a Partner to launch the firm's new office in Vienna.

Szabo Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys has advised ADEX on the merger of BSP Energy Exchange, HUPX Hungarian Power Exchange, and SEEPEX. Kinstellar and ODI Law advised HUPX and the Hungarian Transmission System Operator Mavir on the deal. Isailovic & Partners advised SEEPEX. Lukman advised ELES and BPS on the deal.

Dentons and its Turkish affiliate Balcioglu Selcuk Ardiyok Keki have advised Agave Games on its USD 18 million Series A funding round. Kinstellar Turkish affiliate KST Law and Mariott Harrison advised Felix Capital and Balderton Capital who co-led the round.

Kinstellar has advised Shamrock Capital on its investment in DE-YAN.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. As sunny days recede, the fall conference season is upon us, so we asked: How do you determine which Partner attends which events?

The Czech Republic has been a key global entertainment industry player for decades – whether through the quality of its local film production services, or the country’s use as a filming location, or with respect to developing world-famous video games. Now, in order to respond to the constantly evolving entertainment industry, to strengthen the competitiveness of the Czech audiovisual market, and to ensure the country remains a priority destination for major players developing film, series and video game projects, the Czech incentive scheme has been overhauled by lawmakers.

Kinstellar, working with Osborne Clarke, has advised Mpac Group on its EUR 56 million acquisition of the CSi Palletising group.

Former Baker McKenzie affiliate law firm Esin Attorney Partnership Co-Head of the Competition Practice Sinan Diniz has joined KST Law as a Partner.

On December 6, 2024, Kinstellar announced that UEG's acquisition of the 250-megawatt Simeonovgrad-Polyanovo PV project (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on April 10, 2024) has now closed.

Kinstellar has advised Eleven Ventures on an investment in Cloud Office.

Serbia’s renewable energy market is in the midst of transformation, driven by domestic reforms and international partnerships – most recently, with the governments of France and the USA in the field of energy efficiency.

White & Case and its Turkish affiliate GKC Partners have advised Ronesans Holding's subsidiary Renell Kokshetau on the financing of a EUR 456 million public-private partnership healthcare project for the construction and operation of a hospital in Kazakhstan. Clifford Chance reportedly advised the financing institutions.