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Update on the ESG reporting obligations in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia

CSRD implementation uneven a month before deadline

First in-depth M&A investigation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: What it means for future M&A deals

June 2024 – The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) started to apply on 12 July 2023 as another instrument in the EU regulatory toolkit aimed at preventing distortions of competition on the EU internal market. In the spotlight of the framework...

Lifting financial assistance prohibition in Slovakia by allowing whitewash procedure

June 2024 – Effective 1 March 2024, financial assistance, i.e., the so-called whitewash procedure, is allowed for joint-stock companies, subject to certain conditions. Previously, such financial assistance was completely prohibited for joint-stock companies....

Kinstellar sponsors a private dinner in Berlin between Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, and leading international defence companies

June 2024 – Kinstellar was pleased to have been invited by hosts US-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) to sponsor an off-the-record dinner with Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, and C-suite executives from leading global...

Kinstellar advises Canadian Nuclear Partners on the framework agreement with Nuclearelectrica for the refurbishment of Unit 1 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant

June 2024 – Kinstellar has advised Canadian Nuclear Partners (a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, one of the world’s largest power generators, and a corporation wholly owned by the Government of Ontario) on the framework agreement for the refurbishment...

Kinstellar advises ING Bank on a new EUR 150 million senior facility granted to Romanian telecommunications service provider DIGI Romania

June 2024 – Kinstellar, together with Linklaters LLP, has successfully advised ING Bank N.V. on a EUR 150 million senior facility agreement granted to DIGI Romania, the leading Romania-based paid television and telecommunications provider (and part...

Kinstellar advises Vinci Airports on the strategic EUR 3.1 billion+ acquisition of a minority interest in Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport

June 2024 – Kinstellar is proud to have advised Vinci Airports, one of the world’s leading private airport operators, on the strategic acquisition of a minority interest in the group managing the Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The majority...

Kinstellar advises MOL in connection with their landmark Polyol Project in Hungary – MOL’s largest organic investment to date

June 2024 – Kinstellar is proud to have advised the MOL Group, a leading international integrated oil and gas company, in connection with legal aspects of the MOL Group’s flagship EUR 1.3 billion new polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary.

Luke Wochensky, Central & Eastern Europe/Central Asia Risk and Investigations expert, joins Kinstellar as Partner and Head of Firmwide Risk and Investigations Service Line

June 2024 – Kinstellar is pleased to announce that Luke Wochensky has joined the Firm as Partner and Head of the firm-wide Risk and Investigations Service Line.

Kinstellar advises Globalworth on the sale of logistics portfolio in Romania to CTP

May 2024 – Kinstellar is delighted to announced that it has advised Globalworth, a leading office investor in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), on the sale of a part of its logistics portfolio to CTP, the largest owner and developer of logistic and...