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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We are over the moon and proud to announce that Kinstellar has been named “2022 Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe” by the leading UK and European legal publication The Lawyer at its annual European Awards ceremony.
📢 🇸🇰 On 1 December 2022 🗓 , the Ministry of Economy of the #Slovak Republic published a call for the submission of applications for the provision of a #subsidy to cover additional costs due to the increase in #gas and #electricity prices. 💡 The aim of the Call is to compensate qualifying companies and natural persons (entrepreneurs) for excessive #energy prices in August and September 2022. 🌟 In their article, Partner Roman Oleksik and Associate Erik Neupaver present an overview of the related key information. 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eVnAUwQE #intheknow #exceptionaltogether #leadinglawyers #energyprices
Baking for good! The Kinstellar team in Bratislava at another of our “helping hand” initiatives, because we care. In what has become a tradition for Kinstellar's Bratislava office, we held our annual ????Cake Bake Fundraiser this Giving Tuesday in support of Brána do života (Gateway to Life), a crisis centre that provides asylum to victims of domestic violence and assistance to mothers with children and pregnant or lonely women.
📢 Karla Rundtova is giving a presentation on #Czech #law and the Czech tax system at the French-Czech Business Forum, a joint event organised by the France-Czech Republic Business Council of MEDEF International, Ambassade de la République Tchèque, CzechInvest and CzechTrade. The forum will be held in 📍 Paris on 🗓 Tuesday, 6 December 2022. Those interested in attending can register here: https://lnkd.in/ePt9T9P5. #exceptionaltogether #leadinglawyers
Last week we gathered for a delicious "cake bake" charity event for Ephata. Kinstellar volunteers from our Prague office baked an assortment of tasty pies, quiches and pastries.
🇷🇴 Honored to co-host, together with CBEX.ro - Canadian Business Exchange Association, Embassy of Canada to Romania, Bulgaria & Moldova|Ambassade du Canada en Roumanie, Bulgarie & Moldova, and TELUS International Romania, a new edition of our “#HR & #Employment Breakfast Session” dedicated to the latest updates in #Romanian #labour law. ⭐ The event aims to support companies in #Romania to adapt to the recent #EU directives focusing on work-life balance and better working conditions for #employees and answers to some of the key #workplace issues today. ➡️ The attendees will benefit from the expertise of Kinstellar speakers Remus Codreanu (Partner), Lidia Zarnescu and Catalin Roman (Senior Associates), as well as Ioana Miruna Stanescu (Senior Legal Manager) from TELUS International Romania, whom we thank for joining. 🙏 Our special thanks also to Her Excellency Annick Goulet (Ambassador of Canada to Romania, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova) for hosting us at the Embassy, and Victor Constantinescu (Managing Partner, Kinstellar) for moderating the event. ✍🏻 Participation at the event is free of charge, but registration is compulsory. 👉🏻 Please follow the link here to secure a place: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dU28F59p #exceptionaltogether #businessbreakfast #employmentlaw #leadinglawyersRomania #employmentlawyers #intheknow #humanresources
🇭🇺 💻 Kinstellar #Budapest has hosted a #webinar on the latest trends and developments of #greenfield #investments in the Central and South Eastern #European region. 🎤 Together with our partners, Colliers and Erste Group, using a hypothetical case study of a greenfield investment in the region, our speakers shared their views on the #economic outlook on the region, analysed the key considerations for an investor in choosing a specific country for its investment, and presented the main legal risks, as well as key steps for successful project completion. We appreciate the active participation of the attendees and the questions from the audience. 🙏 Special thanks to the speakers, Juraj Kotian and Fritz Mostböck, CEFA®, CESGA®. Erste Group, Karel Stransky, Colliers and Barnabás Sági, Kinstellar, for their valuable contribution! #intheknow #realestate #greenfieldinvestments #exceptionaltogether
📢 🇨🇿 An amendment to the Significant Market Power Act has been passed by the Czech parliament. The #Amendment, which transposes #EU #Directive No. 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food products supply chain, will introduce key changes to the concepts of significant market power in the Czech Republic. 👇🏻 Please read more below. 💡 For any other details or information, please contact Tomas Cihula or Simona Semanová. #unfairtrading #marketpower #intheknow
Kinstellar's data privacy team members Natalia Kirichenko, Lukas A. Mrazik, Petr Bratský and Daniel Nagy participated in the 2022 IAPP - IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals Europe Data Protection Congress—Europe's #1 gathering of data protection professionals—in Brussels on 16–17 November 2022.
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