Kinstellar and its Turkish affiliate KST Law have advised Grupo Antolin on the sale of a 45% stake in the Turkish joint venture Ototrim to its JV partner Diniz Holding. SEOR Law reportedly advised Diniz Holding.

Kinstellar has advised the majority shareholders of Agrotex on the sale of a significant stake to Promat Comimpex. PNSA reportedly advised Promat Comimpex.

Kinstellar has advised CSOB on financing a portfolio of rooftop solar power plants for CPI Property Group in the Czech Republic via a green loan.

Viliam Mysicka has been appointed as the new Managing Partner of Kinstellar’s Bratislava office and Jan Juroska has taken over as the new Managing Partner of the firm’s Prague office.

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Kinstellar has advised Edwards Lifesciences on data protection legal matters via a secondment arrangement.

While energy is still going strong in the Serbian market, others such as biotechnology and blockchain are certainly worth keeping an eye on, according to SOG in cooperation with Kinstellar Managing Partner Milos Velimirovic.

Following Gen Temizer's announcement that it is going independent, Kinstellar announced the appointment of Mert Elcin to Partner and leader of its new Turkish law practice – KST Law.

Kinstellar has advised Canadian Nuclear Partners on the framework agreement for the refurbishment of Unit 1 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Linklaters, Freshfields, Bittera, Kohlrusz & Toth, and Herbert Smith Freehills have advised AviAlliance and co-shareholders on the sale of Budapest Airport to a consortium consisting of Hungarian state-owned Corvinus Zrt and French co-investor Vinci Airports for a total purchase price of EUR 3.1 billion and net debt of EUR 1.2 billion. CMS advised Corvinus. Kinstellar, working with Orrick, advised Vinci Airports. Wolf Theiss, working with Latham & Watkins, advised the lenders on financing the transaction.

Kinstellar, working with Linklaters, has advised ING Bank on a EUR 150 million senior facility agreement granted to Digi Romania. Filip & Company advised the borrower.

Heralded as a cornerstone of the national economy, the Hungarian automotive sector faces significant challenges but also promising opportunities. Baker McKenzie Partner Zoltan Hegymegi-Barakonyi, Lakatos, Koves & Partners Partner Adam Mattyus, Szecskay Senior Partner Judit Budai, and Kinstellar Sector Head and Senior Counsel Akos Nagy take a deep dive into the sector’s status amidst a backdrop of labor shortages, geopolitical shifts, and the government’s concerted efforts to continue growth and maintain global competitiveness.

An in-depth look at Viliam Mysicka of Kinstellar covering his career path, education, and top projects as a lawyer as well as a few insights about him as a manager at work and as a person outside the office.

Kinstellar has advised the MOL Group on its  EUR 1.3 billion new polyol complex in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has advised CTP on its acquisition of a Romanian logistics portfolio fully owned by Globalworth. Kinstellar advised the seller.

In Serbia, most of the exclusivity arrangements between pharma companies need to be, prior to their implementation, individually exempt by the Serbian Competition Authority (“SCA”). Most recently, the SCA issued two decisions in the individual exemption process. In one it denied, while, in the other it only conditionally approved individual exemptions for exclusive distribution agreements between pharmaceutical companies. These developments show a noticeable shift in the SCA’s stand towards exclusivity arrangements with the SCA taking a stringent approach, limiting the parties' ability to contract exclusivity arrangements in the sector.

Kinstellar has advised the United Bulgarian Bank on its merger with UBB Factoring.

Kinstellar has advised S Immo AG on its acquisition of a EUR 463 million property portfolio in the Czech Republic from the CPI Property Group.