In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. With 2024 behind us, we asked: Looking at transactional volumes for this year, would you say that 2024 was better or worse than what you originally expected it to be, and why?

Financing transactions often involve lenders taking security over the assets of a borrower’s group of companies. The typical security package in Bulgaria includes security over the borrower’s and other relevant group companies’ shares and the receivables deriving from such shares.

BDK Advokati has advised A1 Srbija on its acquisition of Conexio Metro from Madison Debt Holdings. Kinstellar advised the sellers.

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Banque Banorient France Romania Branch on the financing provided to Solida Capital for the acquisition of the Victoria Center office building on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest. Kinstellar advised Solida Capital.

Harald Strahberger has joined Kinstellar as Partner in Vienna.

Kinstellar has advised the MVM Group on developing a 500-megawatt combined-cycle gas turbine power plant at the Matra Power Plant in North-East Hungary.

Kinstellar has advised Solida Capital on the acquisition of Victoria Center in Bucharest from Manova Partners. PeliPartners reportedly advised Manova Partners.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. This time around we asked: If you have a formal partnership track, how do you handle lawyers on it who do NOT end up living up to the requirements to make a Partner?

Over the past few years, the gaming sector has been thriving in CEE. Kinstellar Partner Milan Samardzic, Rowan Legal Partner Milos Olik, ACI Partners Head of Fintech and E-Payments Nicolina Turcan, and Linklaters Warsaw Associate Aleksandra Czubek explore how CEE jurisdictions are driving the industry forward and unlocking new potential.

Recent court decisions in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector are expected to influence the way in which businesses manage, protect, and enforce their intellectual property rights and trade secrets in Bulgaria.

Kinstellar and Binder Groesswang, working with Jeantet, have advised LC Hospitality Holding on the acquisition of a 60% majority stake in Loisium Wine & SPA Holding via a share deal. FWP advised the seller – Soravia Group.

Kinstellar has advised Globe Trade Centre on the sale of its subsidiary Glamp Beograd, which owns the GTC X Building, to Forstone Realty.

Kinstellar has advised Paradox Interactive on its acquisition of Haemimont Games.

Kinstellar has advised Lafarge Serbia on its acquisition of Tribex Mining.

Gecic Law, working with Clifford Chance, has advised Telekom Srbija on its acquisition of Eon TV International from United Group as part of a deal that also saw United Group sell SBB Belgrade to e& PPF Telecom Group. Kinstellar, working with Sullivan & Cromwell, advised e& PPF Telecom Group. Moravcevic Vojnovic and partners in cooperation with Schoenherr, working with Kirkland & Ellis, advised United Group.

Kinstellar has advised TSH Investment on the acquisition of the Park Center shopping mall in Sofia from Revetas Capital Advisors. Schoenherr advised Revetas on the deal.

Kinstellar has advised UniCredit Bulbank as the lead manager on the private placement of a EUR 25 million corporate bond issuance by Minimart. Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov advised Minimart.

Former Binder Groesswang Partner Philipp Kapl has joined Kinstellar as a Partner.