Statement on our policy to work for ‘Russian clients’
We remain shocked by and deeply condemn the Russian military aggression in Ukraine and the resulting war and human suffering. One of our largest offices is in Kyiv and our thoughts are with our colleagues, their families, and the Ukrainian people.
We continue standing with the people of Ukraine and are united with those in governments and the business community calling for an immediate cessation of the acts of war, a withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine and the restoration of peace with no further delay.
We support the efforts for peace through international sanctions and informal boycotts to bring pressure to bear on the Russian authorities to cease the aggression and stop the war in Ukraine.
We ensure compliance with applicable local, EU, UK and US sanctions regimes and will not work for Russian clients falling within the remits of such sanctions.
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Ukrainian refugees and their employers have come to a critical point: Ukrainians become tax residents in their new countries and for many this is an important factor in their decision to stay or return to Ukraine.
An honour, as always, to join the leading real estate conference, CEE Property Forum 2022, in Vienna, both as sponsor and speaker in the panel, an excellent event organized by our longstanding partners at Property Forum Events & News. Victor Constantinescu, managing partner of our Bucharest office and co-head of the firm-wide real estate sector, shared his view on the topic of “Investments without borders – The most active local #dealmakers of 2022''
Meet us at the 52nd International Gas conference, one of the largest and preeminent events in the CentralEuropean region of the gas sector on 27 & 28 September 2022, at the Hotel Azúr Siófok. Kristof Ferenczi, Managing Partner of Kinstellar Budapest and Head of our firm-wide Energy & Natural Resources sector team, will moderate the ‘Gas security of supply issues in the CEE region In the spotlight: 2022-2025’ panel on 27 September.
Kamil Blazek, Partner at Kinstellar’s Prague office and chairman of the AFI - Association for Foreign Investment, recently led a panel discussion co-sponsored by the AFI together with the Moravian-Silesian region. Panel participants included high-ranking representatives of the regional administration: Ivo Vondrak, Governor; Jakub Unucka, Deputy Governor for Industry and Energy, and Jan Krkoška, Deputy Governor.
Turkey is going through transformation to become a real hub between East and West in the very complex geopolitical environment. Turkish companies abroad and foreign investors into Turkey face various legal and other challenges. Risks and rewards are significant. The ways to resolve the disputes among various parties involved are critical.
On 12 September 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic submitted a long-awaited draft amendment to the Labour Code to the interdepartmental comment procedure. The aim of the submitted draft amendment is primarily to implement two directives whose transposition has been delayed, namely Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union.
Delighted and proud to share that Mufit Arapoglu, Partner and Head of Capital Markets in Turkey, is singled out among the top ten lawyers in Turkey in terms of the number of reported deals he has worked on since 2013, according to the Activity Rankings function of CEELMDirect, a publication of CEE Legal Matters.
Kinstellar has successfully advised 52 Entertainment, a worldwide leader in bridge online (BBO, Funbridge) and e-sailing (Virtual Regatta), on its expansion into strategy and mind games by the acquisition of Casualino (also known as Zariba Group), the largest independent gaming studio in Bulgaria.
Kinstellar has successfully advised Genesis Private Equity Fund IV and Evolving Europe Principal Investments I on its acquisition of BORCAD, an innovative producer of train seats and interior equipment for passenger trains based in Fryčovice, Czech Republic.
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