September 2020 – Kinstellar’s Bratislava office has recently advised E.ON, one of the world's largest investor-owned electric utility service providers, on its acquisition of a 49% stake in electric utility Východoslovenská energetika Holding (“VSE”)...

August 2020 – On 1 August 2020, pivotal amendments to Ukraine's renewable energy regulation have come into force (the RES Law). The RES Law implements the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 10 June 2020 between Ukraine's government and the renewable...

July 2020 – On 15 July 2020, on the basis of the request of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (“Ministry”), the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (“HEPURA”) launched the second tender procedure of the Hungarian...

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July 2020 – On 18 June 2020 the Hungarian Ministry of Innovation and Technology (“Ministry”) announced that the Ministry requested the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (“HEPURA”) to launch the second public tender procedure...

June 2020 – On 10 June 2020, Ukraine’s prime minister and minister of energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (the "Memorandum") with two major renewable energy associations in Ukraine. The document is the long-awaited result of a lengthy mediation...

5 June 2020 – New public bidding procedures have recently been published in SEAP (the Romanian Electronic System for Public Procurements). Below we highlight a number of high-value procurement procedures selected by our team that target the Romanian...

May 2020 – On 19 May 2020, Government Emergency Ordinance no. 74/2020 amending Romanian Energy Law no. 123/2012 (the “Energy Law”) was published in the Official Gazette (“GEO no. 74”). GEO no. 74 introduces, under certain conditions, the possibility...

May 2020 – On 18 May 2020, Romania’s National Energy Regulatory Authority (“ANRE”) published in the Official Gazette the Order no. 79/2020, on the obligation to offer natural gas on centralised markets in Romania (the “Order”), which introduces...

6 April 2020 – The current global pandemic situation has dire consequences for the energy & natural resources sector, including on energy and petrochemical development projects and revamp / refurbishment projects across the sub-systems in the energy...