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Legal 500, 2025

We deliver solutions for all employment law aspects of your business in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Southeast Europe (SEE) and Central Asia.

Frequent changes to labour law and policy across the region make effective workforce management a challenge. Successful planning requires consideration of a range of issues, some of which are unique to emerging markets.

Kinstellar's experienced labour law specialists advise a broad spectrum of clients on managing the employment law aspects of their businesses to keep pace with social, economic and regulatory changes. We deliver practical assessments and advice to help companies manage labour law risks in their day-to-day operations, as well as in relation to complex restructuring and M&A transactions. We advise on collective labour law matters, negotiate with works councils and labour unions and assist in resolving complex litigation matters.

As part of Kinstellar's seamless cross-border service, we provide comprehensive labour law advice to clients with operations in multiple jurisdictions across the region. We also advise clients in connection with cross-border transactions, including mergers, transformation to Societas Europea and establishment of European Works Councils.

Our experts provide advice and assistance covering a broad range of employment and labour law issues, including:

• compliance
• employment contracts
• executive employment contracts, transfers and mobility
• employment disputes, incl. pre-litigation advice and mediation
• labour relations
• work councils, labour unions
• profit-sharing schemes and incentive agreements
• employee share schemes, incl. phantom shares
• employee benefits
• pensions
• personal data protection and privacy issues
• sensitive investigations
• termination, collective redundancies
• restructuring

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