December 2025 – The Austrian ministry responsible for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) matters, the Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy, and Tourism (“the Ministry”), recently released guidance on the assessment of the filing obligation for foreign...
December 2025 – The Republic of Serbia has adopted a new Law on Information Security (Zakon o informacionoj bezbednosti) (“Serbian NIS2”), marking a significant reform of the national cybersecurity framework and alignment with the EU NIS2 Directive....
November 2025 – Kinstellar has advised Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Standard Chartered Bank (Joint Lead Managers), alongside Halyk Finance and Teniz Capital Investment Banking (Kazakhstan Lead Managers), on the successful issuance...
November 2025 – Kinstellar has advised the joint global coordinators, bookrunners and lead managers, Bank of China (Hong Kong), BOCI Asia, China CITIC Bank International, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities, Citigroup Global...
October 2025 – On 24 October 2025, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a consultation paper on revised guidelines on common procedures and methodologies for the supervisory review and evaluation process (“SREP”) and supervisory...
October 2025 – On 23 October 2025, following a European Commission proposal issued on 19 September 2025 and extended negotiations among Member States, the Council of the EU adopted its 19th sanctions package against Russia in response to its ongoing...
October 2025 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce that Miriam Broucek, a highly regarded banking & finance lawyer, has joined our newly launched Vienna office as a Partner. Her arrival marks the launch of our Banking & Finance practice in Austria...
October 2025 – Kinstellar has advised Baiterek National Managing Holding (“Baiterek”) on the placement of USD 500 million Eurobonds with a five-year maturity and a 4.65% coupon rate. The bonds were placed among a wide range of international investors...
October 2025 – Kinstellar has successfully advised DTCP on its lead investment in Resistant AI, a Czech startup specialising in AI-driven fraud prevention solutions for financial institutions. The investment formed part of a USD 25 million Series B...
October 2025 – Kinstellar has advised J.P. Morgan, Citi, Société Générale, OTP Bank as Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners, and Joint Lead Managers and Bank of China and Mashreq as Co-Bookrunners; and BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services...