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Settlement procedure: Overview for businesses in light of Ukraine's new competition law

April 2024 – Building on established practices, and taking inspiration from the successful experiences of international partners, the Ukrainian competition authority (the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine) has introduced a settlement procedure for cartels...

Kinstellar advises Wizz Air on the lease of its headquarters in Hungary

April 2024 – Kinstellar has successfully advised Wizz Air in connection with the preparation and negotiation of a lease agreement for its new office headquarters in Millennium Tower, Budapest. The deal is one of the largest transactions of its kind...

Kinstellar advises MAVIR and HUPX on joining Central and Southeast Europe’s largest electricity trading hub

April 2024 – Kinstellar has successfully advised the Hungarian Power Exchange (HUPX), together with the Hungarian Transmission System Operator, MAVIR, on the landmark Project Bluesky transaction: the Hungarian Power Exchange, HUPX’s joining Adex...

Amendments to the Bulgarian Labour Code

Strengthening the home-office regime and enhancing remote workplace safety

The International Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is launched

April 2024 – The application process for the International Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine (the "Register") has been launched. The launch of the Register marks the next phase of the proposed International...

Kinstellar advises UEG on the acquisition of a solar project in Bulgaria with a forecasted capacity of 250 MW

April 2023 – Kinstellar has supported United Energy Group (UEG)’s internal legal team, Leslie Zhang, Yu Zheng, Yao Liu and other UEG in-house counsels, on the acquisition of Green Profit EOOD, a developer of a photovoltaic (PV) project under construction....

Kinstellar to continue the operation of Noerr’s CEE practice in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania & Slovakia

Noerr and Kinstellar are very pleased to announce that Noerr’s practices in Budapest, Bratislava, Bucharest and Prague are to be transferred to Kinstellar.

Kinstellar facilitates Araltuz's expansion in Kazakhstan: A landmark English Law transaction 

March 2024 – Kinstellar is thrilled to announce our firm's leading role in facilitating a significant transaction whereby the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has made an investment in Araltuz, a leading Kazakhstan-based producer...

Improved leniency policy: Overview for businesses in light of Ukraine's new competition law

March 2024 – A leniency procedure has been in place in Ukraine for many years. However, available data suggests it has been severely underutilised. A recent first stage of competition law reforms in Ukraine introduced, among other things, an improved...

Kinstellar advises Nestlé on the sale of BOCI chocolate brand in Hungary

March 2024 – Kinstellar has successfully advised the world-leading food company Nestlé on the sale of the iconic Hungarian chocolate brand 'BOCI,' with a heritage spanning nearly a century, to Cerbona, a prominent Hungarian food manufacturing company.