Former HKV Partner Lukas Michalik has opened up a new law firm in Slovakia: Ments. Joining Michalik at Ments is Partner Peter Makys, another former HKV lawyer.

Kinstellar, working alongside Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has advised Squared Capital on the acquisition of the entire Arriva Group.

Koutalidis has advised Alpha Bank on its partnership with UniCredit in Greece and Romania.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised Deutsche Telekom group member Telecom Innovation on an investment in Desquared and BOX.

Herbst Kinsky has advised Refurbed on its Series C financing round totaling EUR 54 million from investors including Evli Growth Partners, C4 Ventures, All Iron Ventures, and Speedinvest.

Schoenherr has announced it is promoting Iustin Armasu, Christoph Cudlik, Michael Marschall, and Teresa Waidmann to Partners, as of February 2024.