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Sensationalism – a word that often causes the media to “forget” about the law and ethics and trade them in for greater circulation/ratings. Serbia is not an exception to this phenomenon, unfortunately, especially when it comes to reporting about public figures.
Cobalt has advised Rubylight on follow-on investment in the Berlin-based social newsfeed app Jodel.
Wolf Theiss has provided advice to IHR Labor, a recently-merged network of medical laboratories, on legal questions involving IP, data protection, employment law, corporate law, tenancy law, and the drafting of contracts.
Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership — the Turkish arm of Dentons — has advised Turkven Private Equity on its acquisition of Mikro Yazilimevi Yazilim Hizmetleri Bilgisayar San. Tic. A.S., a Turkish company active in the software sector. Caliskan Kizilyel Toker advised the sellers.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has advised Danone Russia on its entry into a joint project with Soyuzmultfilm.
BPV Braun Partners in Prague has announced that firm attorney Gabriela Jirakova has recently become a certified GDPR professional and is able to perform the office of external data protection officer for clients of the firm.
Cobalt Estonia has advised a newly launched venture capital fund, Change Ventures, on Estonian law issues with respect to fund formation and on their first three investments, into Interactio (a Lithuanian startup that provides a simultaneous translation app that fully replaces interpretation hardware for live events), Timbeter (an Estonian startup that offers a smart-device solution for accurate timber measurement and data management), and Guaana (an Estonian startup that provides an online platform for allocating scientific research grants based on peer evaluation).
