📢 🇹🇷 Kinstellar and KST Law are delighted to have advised #Quexco Incorporated, a #US-based diversified, private holding company with investments in the lubricants space, on its #acquisition of Mutlu Akü, one of the major #auto #battery manufacturers in #Turkey, from Metair International Holdings Coöperatief U.A. (a member of Metair Group, a South African listed company). 💼 Completion of the transaction is subject to shareholder and anti-trust approvals as well as other customary conditions.   🌟 The team was led by Partner Emre Edmund Ozer, supported by Senior Associate Şeyma Olğun, and Associate Sıla Özge Şaylı. 🤝 Kinstellar worked in close collaboration with Bowmans (Law Firm), as to South African law, throughout the transaction. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dGb_wDV9   🙌 Kinstellar operates in #Turkey in cooperation with KST LAW, a full-service corporate law firm based in #Istanbul. #donedeals #intheknow #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateLaw #Kinstellar #KSTLaw #TurkeyBusiness #AutoIndustry #GlobalTransactions #BatteryManufacturing #PrivateEquity #CrossBorderDeal #LegalExperts #MetairGroup #BusinessExpansion #DealAdvisory

📢 🇷🇴 #Romania strengthens #compliance regulations for #crypto service providers ₿ 📝 Romania’s National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering has recently published a draft Emergency Ordinance to align national law with the EU's Fifth AML Directive and MiCAR regulations. This crucial update focuses on increasing compliance for crypto-asset service providers, ensuring tighter oversight and reducing the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing. 📌 Some of the key updates: 👉 Introduction of the term "crypto-asset service provider" to standardize terminology; 👉 A well-defined regulatory framework and rigorous #KYC, #AML, and #CFT requirements; 👉 Enhanced supervision by the National Bank of Romania and the Financial Supervision Authority; 👉 Mandatory appointment of a single point of contact for providers authorised in other EU member states. 📅 The new provisions will come into force on 30 December 2024, with certain compliance obligations starting in January 2025. 🔗 Read more about the regulatory changes and their impact in the article ✍️ written by Razvan Constantinescu, Managing Associate, and Horațiu Crețu Cretu, Junior Associate 👉 https://lnkd.in/dcg__kYY #intheknow #CryptoRegulation #AML #CryptoCompliance #FinancialRegulations #MiCAR

📢 🇺🇦 Olena Kuchynska, Managing Partner of our #Ukraine office and co-Head of Kinstellar’s firm-wide ESG service line, will speak at the #ESG & #Compliance Forum 2024 covering #EU Directives: ''How Companies Should Act in Ukraine'', 📍 taking place in #Kyiv, on 📅 19 September. 👉 The forum participants will discuss the most pressing issues in sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, and legal compliance, including: 🌍 Vision: the global ESG regulatory landscape – what are the challenges for companies? 🏢 ESG transformation and corporate responsibility management. ⚖️ The role of compliance in ESG – synergy of capabilities, objectives, and processes. 🚨 Managing ESG risks in organisations. 💡 ESG for business leadership. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/djEubgj7 #intheknow #ESG #Compliance #Sustainability #KyivEvent #CorporateResponsibility #Networking #LegalCompliance #UkraineBusiness #ESGForum2024

🇸🇰 📈 In early August 2024, the Ministry of Justice of the #Slovak Republic published its annual statistical yearbook for 2023. 👉 While the impact of the judicial map reforms initiated in 2023 has yet to be fully realized, the data offers some interesting insights. 📝 In the article below, Michal Hrušovský (Managing Associate) and Viliam Achberger (Junior Associate) explore emerging trends and other notable findings from the yearbook. 👇 Read more and access the whole article here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dDXiqhc7 #intheknow #JudicialReforms #SlovakiaLaw #LegalTrends #JusticeStatistics #JudicialMap #LegalInsights #Kinstellar #LawInSlovakia

💼 #Kinstellar is proud to have successfully advised Nova Ljubljanska Banka, d.d. (NLB), #Slovenia’s largest #banking group, in completing the #acquisition of 100% of SLS HOLDCO, holdinška družba, d.o.o., the parent company of Summit Leasing Slovenija d.o.o., and its subsidiaries, including Croatian Mobil Leasing d.o.o. After receiving all required regulatory and anti-trust approvals, NLB became the sole shareholder.   🌟 The Kinstellar team was led by Partner Emre Edmund Ozer, supported by Associate Bianka Kovacs dr.. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dVyy_Z4t #donedeals #FinancialServices #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateLaw #LegalAdvisory #NLBGroup #SummitLeasing #KinstellarDeal #CrossBorderTransaction #LawFirm #BankingIndustry #LegalExpertise #DealCompleted 

中秋月，故乡连，团圆夜，心相连。Kinstellar律师事务所全体同仁向您及您的家人致以最诚挚的节日祝福，中秋节快乐. 🌕 Wishing you a Happy Mid-Autumn festival! 🌟 #HappyMidAutumnFestival #MidAutumnFestival #MoonFestival #MidAutumnCelebration #FestivalOfLights #LunarFestival

🎬 Kinstellar #FinTech Talks + #Gaming: New Episode 👇 📅 17 September ⏰ 11:30 CET 🎤 Join us for an interactive discussion hosted by Illya Muchnyk, Kinstellar’s firm-wide Head of Fintech. This episode features Masha Stolbovа, Chief Legal Counsel at Natus Vincere, one of the world’s top #esports organizations. Together, they’ll dive into the following topics: ✔️ #Esports from the insider; ✔️ Structure and participants of the industry; ✔️ Legal implications in esports; ✔️ Building the ecosystem in an unregulated market; ✔️ Role of in-house and external lawyers.    👉 To register please email us at 📧 . #intheknow #EsportsLaw #FintechTalks #EsportsIndustry #LegalInEsports #InHouseCounsel #FintechAndLaw #BuildingEsports #UnregulatedMarkets #EsportsEcosystem #LegalTech #EsportsInsights #Kinstellar

📢 🇺🇦 Kinstellar is proud to have acted as #Ukrainian legal counsel to NJJ Capital, the #investment company of France’s leading #technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel, on the landmark roll-up of its businesses in the telecommunications sector in #Ukraine. 💼 The deal involved the acquisition and merger of Datagroup-Volia, one of Ukraine’s largest fixed telecom and pay-TV providers, and Lifecell, Ukraine’s third-largest mobile operator. 📡 Kinstellar’s legal team provided comprehensive Ukrainian law advice to NJJ Capital throughout the transaction. 🚀 Lead lawyer and office managing partner Olena Kuchynska, noted, "We hope that this investment serves as a signal to other foreign investors to not wait to the end of the war, and to invest in Ukraine’s many opportunities now. I’m very proud of our team for their hard work to conclude this deal under very challenging circumstances.” 🌟 The #Kinstellar team led by Olena included Natalia Kirichenko (Partner), Ihor Kitela (Of Counsel), Yulia Eismont (Counsel), Oleksandra Poliakova (Managing Associate), Olena Stanishevska (Senior Associate), Mykola Lykhoglyad (Senior Associate), Diana Malysh (Associate) and Danylo Kholodyan (Junior Associate). 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dPbGjfSG #donedeals #telecom #MergersAndAcquisitions #Ukraine #telecommunications #exceptionaltogether

📢 🇷🇴 Romania introduces a new #tax #amnesty program 💸 On 6 September 2024, the Romanian #government adopted Emergency Ordinance no. 107/2024 regulating a nationwide tax amnesty generally aimed at cancelling late payment interest and penalties, as summarised in the article below 👇 📌 Key points covered: 👉 Taxpayers can benefit from a waiver of interest, penalties and other additional charges for outstanding debts as of 31 August 2024; 👉 Profit taxpayers, microenterprise taxpayers and tax groups may benefit from a discount for the payment of certain tax liabilities. Further instructions are expected for the application of the tax amnesty program. 📩 For more insights or questions, contact Theodor Artenie, Counsel in Bucharest and Head of the local Tax service line. ✍️Carmen Mazilu, Senior Tax Advisor, co-authored the article above. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eQWk4-AU #Romania #TaxAmnesty #TaxRelief #TaxUpdates #DoingBusinessInRomania #FiscalUpdates #Tax