Schoenherr has advised Enterprise Investors on the acquisition of a 100% stake in Centrum Medyczne Internus. DLA Piper reportedly advised the sellers.

CMS has advised the founders and shareholders of Coorum Informationstechnologie on the sale of 100% of shares to Kendox. Oberhammer advised Kendox.

Turunc has advised Lycian Capital and Maxis on their joint investment in Sneaks Up. Sole practitioner Ebru Kiper Demirhan advised Sneaks Up.

WKB has advised Greenvolt Group on the sale of VRW 11 to Energa Wytwarzanie. Bird & Bird advised Energa Wytwarzanie.

Arzinger has successfully defended Aroma Perfume in a dispute with the customs authorities.

CMS, working with Bech Bruun, has advised Alder Investment III on its acquisition of TriVision from VPK Fond I K/S and founders Neckelmann Holding, Claus Gramkow Holding, Hauge Holding, J. Bach Holding, and Jesper Bach. Gorrissen Federspiel reportedly advised the sellers.

Cvjeticanin & Partners has successfully advised the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on its patent strategy under the ISEC research program.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has advised Wolters Kluwer on its acquisition of Inisoft Group. Svoboda & Koubkova advised the sellers.

DLA Piper has advised TAG on the refinancing of its syndicated credit facilities, outstanding Schuldschein notes, and bilateral credit lines. 

Greenberg Traurig has advised Banco Santander on its agreement with Erste Group Bank to sell a 49% stake in Santander Bank Polska for EUR 6.8 billion alongside 50% of its Polish asset management arm, Santander TFI, for EUR 200 million. Rymarz Zdort Maruta and Wolf Theiss advised Erste Group Bank.

CMS has advised the Investment Fund for Developing Countries on its EUR 7 million subordinated debt investment in Bank Lviv.

RTPR has advised the syndicate of banks including mandated lead arrangers Banca Transilvania and Banca Comerciala Romana and lenders Raiffeisen Bank, BRD – Groupe Societe Generale, CEC Bank, ING Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania on a RON 3.1 billion syndicated loan facility granted to Electrica with Raiffeisen Bank also serving as a sustainability agent. Dentons adivsed Electrica.

Fieldfisher has announced the launch of its Polish operation with offices in Warsaw and Krakow with a team led by Rafal Stroinski and Piotr Szelenbaum as joint Country Managing Partners.

Integrites has established a new practice dedicated to advising Ukrainian defenders and military units on military law. The new practice is headed by Partner Oleksandr Onishchenko who is also the Head of the Domestic Litigation practice.

Ege Attorneys at Law has joined forces with former Cigdemtekin Cakirca Aranci Partner Tuna Cakirca and her team to form Ege Cakirca.

Markus Taufner has joined Kinstellar's Vienna Office as a Partner. At the same time, Petra Heindl joined Kinstellar as Counsel.

Eversheds Sutherland has promoted former Counsel Michal Hrabovsky to Partner.

Addleshaw Goddard has promoted Monika Krzyszkowska-Dabrowska and Joanna Gawlicka to Partner at their office in Poland.

CMS has promoted Marija Zrno Prosic to CEE Partner in its office in Croatia.

Former SSW Partner Filip Balcerzak has left the firm to become an independent arbitrator.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has promoted former Counsel Tomas Bury to Partner in its global M&A practice.

Horizons Alliance has announced an expansion of its international legal network with the addition of Gessel in Poland, Lovric Novokmet & Partners in Croatia, and NKO Partners in Serbia.

PRK Partners has promoted Daniel Vejsada, Jan Ditrych, Robert Reiss, and Shiyang Zhang to Associate Partners.

Former Visa Senior Regional Counsel for South Eastern Europe Basak Gurbuz has joined Alliance Healthcare Turkiye as its new Director of Legal Affairs and General Counsel.

In line with relevant European legislation, from 28 June 2025, new accessibility provisions will apply in Hungary to certain products and services, affecting a wide range of companies.

The latest amendment to the Labour Code, the so-called Flexinovela, which will be effective from 1 June 2025, introduces a number of changes that need to be reflected in employment documentation. We focus on the following key areas where we recommend making adjustments:

In the entertainment industry, protecting creative assets isn’t just about legal rights—it’s about building a brand. While copyright automatically protects movies and characters as original works, it doesn’t always go far enough. That’s where trademarks step in.

When it comes to foreigners residing or planning to reside in the Republic of Serbia, the most common practical issue involves the procedure for issuing a single permit for residence and work in the Republic of Serbia (“Single permit”).

Given the growing emphasis on sustainability and responsible business practices, obligations in the field of ESG are becoming increasingly significant. The banking sector is emerging as one of the key players in this transformation, with evolving regulatory frameworks influencing its operations.

Starting from 20 May 2026, short-term accommodation rental services in the EU will be subject to Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services, which also amends Regulation (EU) 2018/1724.

With the rise of digital platforms and the possibilities that the internet provides for businesses, more and more sellers are able to offer goods and services via these platforms and the internet. In this context, it has been difficult for the Ukrainian tax authorities to trace the flow of goods and services as well as to identify sellers to ensure that these goods and services are duly taxed.

Following an amendment in the Bulgarian Labour Code in late 2023 which will enter into force on 1 June 2025, Bulgaria is moving towards the introduction of a unified electronic employment record. This change will affect all Bulgarian employers and their employees and bring an end to the issuance and maintenance of paper-based labour books.

With the adoption of the Law on the Central Register of Beneficial Owners (“Official Gazette of the RS”, No. 19/2025), which entered into force on 14 March 2025, the legal framework governing this area has undergone significant changes. The application of most provisions is postponed until 15 September 2026, while certain provisions are applicable earlier.

As a driving force behind human progress, Intellectual Property represents property arising from the creative, inventive, or innovative activity of a human being. Such activities are protected by permitted monopolies made possible through Intellectual Property Rights. A particular challenge lies in finding a balance between protecting innovation through Intellectual Property Rights and the public interest—especially in industries where this balance plays a significant role, such as the pharmaceutical industry.

North Macedonia’s formal accession to the Single Euro Payments Area (“SEPA”) marks a significant step toward deeper European financial integration. Following the European Payments Council’s (“EPC”) decision in early 2025 to extend SEPA’s geographical scope to include the Republic of North Macedonia, commercial banks and other payment service providers (“PSPs”) based in the country are now eligible to join the SEPA Credit Transfer (“SCT”) scheme. This milestone will enable citizens and businesses in the Republic of North Macedonia to send and receive euro payments under the same efficient and standardized conditions enjoyed across the SEPA area.

What do you do when a private equity fund comes knocking on your door? Ask you out for a dinner to talk about your business?

RTPR has assisted the syndicate of banks in connection with a RON 3.1 billion syndicated loan granted to Electrica.

From the 1st May, 2025 Markian Malskyy becomes the new managing partner of ARZINGER, replacing Timur Bondaryev, founding partner. Timur Bondaryev has held this position almost ever since the firm was founded 23 years ago and, together with other partners, has built a strong legal brand.

This makes bpv Huegel’s tax practice top-ranked in Chambers Europe. This confirms the leading position of bpv Huegel in tax law advice.

EAVISTA is acquiring 75.1% of the shares in card complete Service Bank AG from UniCredit Bank Austria and Raiffeisen Bank International.

We are delighted to announce that PRK Partners has been shortlisted with other three international law firms operating on the Czech legal market as finalists for the Czech Republic Law Firm of the Year 2025 in the 26th annual IFLR Europe Awards.

The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (PMU) imposed a fine of EUR 675,200 on United Classifieds s.r.o. for a serious breach of competition rules, namely for abuse of a dominant position on the online real estate advertising market.

RTPR announces the promotion of Bogdan Cordos to Partner. He joins the team of 8 partners consisting of Costin Taracila, Victor Padurari, Alexandru Retevoescu, Mihai Ristici, Valentin Berea, Roxana Ionescu, Alina Stavaru and Cosmin Tilea.

The bpv Huegel team led by Elke Napokoj advised the founder and the shareholders of EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH (“EVK”).

A transaction team of bpv Huegel advised RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel und Vermögensverwaltung eGen (RWA eGen) on the acquisition of shares in RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft (RWA AG) from BayWa Aktiengesellschaft (BayWa AG).

RADULESCU & MUSOI provided comprehensive legal support for the successful completion of the transaction through which DigiRay, whose majority shareholder is the investment fund Black Sea Fund, acquired the three Maraffka clinics in Ploiești.

Schoenherr has won Best Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 CIJ Awards Hungary gala in Budapest. In the last three years, Schoenherr's real estate practice has played a prominent role in landmark deals in Hungary. 

IMMOFINANZ takes further step to optimise group structure. IMMOFINANZ Group holds 100% of the shares in S IMMO following completion of the squeeze-out.