Private Equity

Boost to Hungary’s Venture Capital Market – The Implementation of “Convertible Notes” in the Hungarian Legal System

Early-stage startups often face a significant challenge due to their very limited runway – as usually they burn money faster than they are able to acquire funding – which makes external capital crucial for sustainability. From the perspective of potential investors determining the worth of these startups is a key factor in deciding whether to invest or not into the specific project which is complex and time consuming, a luxury startups often lack.

Gokce Ildiri Cosguner Makes Partner at Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli

Gokce Ildiri Cosguner has been promoted to a Partner position with Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli in Istanbul.

Ellex Advises Capitalica Asset Management on Establishing Capitalica Debt Fund

Ellex has advised Capitalica Asset Management on the establishment of its Capitalica Debt Fund targeting Baltic companies' high-yield bonds.

Sertac Kokenek Joins Pekin Bayar Mizrahi as Equity Partner

Former Moral Kinikoglu Pamukkale Kokenek Name Partner Sertac Kokenek has joined Norton Rose Fulbright Turkish affiliated firm Pekin Bayar Mizrahi as an Equity Partner.

Kinstellar and GT Legal Advise on Genesis Capital's Sale of Sanborn to Oriens

Kinstellar has advised the Genesis Private Equity Fund III on the sale of Sanborn to the Oriens industrial group. GT Legal advised Oriens.

Marszalek & Partnerzy Advises Goodspeed on StockEasy Acquisition

Marszalek & Partnerzy has advised Goodspeed and its shareholders – Sylwester Rypina, Pawel Rypina, and Enterprise Investors – on the full acquisition of StockEasy.

Greenberg Traurig Advises on Pfleiderer Polska Acquisition

Greenberg Traurig has advised Bogdan and Elzbieta Kaczmarek and the Innova Capital private equity fund on their full acquisition of Pfleiderer Polska and related financing, in a corporate carve-out transaction from the Strategic Value Partners-owned Pfleiderer Group. Rymarz Zdort Maruta and Kirkland & Ellis reportedly advised the seller. Allen & Overy reportedly advised the lenders.