Times change. Our commitment to excellence doesn’t.

For more than 20 years, the core team of senior lawyers leading Kinstellar have been working together handling some of the region’s most important transactions. Below is an overview of major milestones and achievements.

• 1989 – Fall of the Iron Curtain in CEE
• 1992 – Establishment of Prague office
• 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: the ‘Velvet Divorce’
• 1993 – Establishment of Bratislava and Bucharest offices (Burns Schwartz)
• 1999 – Prague office becomes part of Linklaters & Alliance
• 2000 – Prague, Bratislava and Bucharest offices are merged into Linklaters
• 2000 – Establishment of Budapest office
• 2004 – Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia join the EU
• 2007 – Romania joins the EU
• 2008 – Spinoff of Prague, Bratislava, Bucharest and Budapest offices from Linklaters and launch of Kinstellar as an independent firm
• 2010 – Establishment of Belgrade office*
• 2010 – Establishment of Istanbul office
• 2010 – Kinstellar named 'Emerging Law Firm of the Year' by The Lawyer
• 2012 – Kinstellar receives 'Central & Eastern Europe Client Service Award' from Chambers Europe
• 2013 – Establishment of Almaty office
• 2014 – Establishment of Sofia office
• 2015 – Kinstellar named 'Hungarian Law Firm of the Year' at the Chambers Awards for Excellence
• 2016 – Establishment of Kyiv office
• 2016 – Kinstellar named 'Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe' by The Lawyer
• 2017 – Kinstellar named 'Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe' by The Lawyer
• 2018 – Kinstellar named 'Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe' by The Lawyer
• 2018 – Establishment of Tashkent office
• 2020 – Kinstellar receives 'Law firm of the Year Award: Central & Eastern Europe from Chambers Europe
• 2021 – Kinstellar expands in Ukraine with the acquisition of DLA Piper’s local practice
• 2022 – Kinstellar expands to Croatia by teaming up with and integrating Žurić i Partneri (ZiP) law firm
• 2022 – Kinstellar named 'Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe' by The Lawyer
• 2023 – Kinstellar expands its presence in Serbia by teaming up with and integrating SOG law firm

* In compliance with Serbian law and applicable Serbian national and local bar regulations, Kinstellar’s entity in Serbia (Kinstellar d.o.o.) is not a provider of legal services. Kinstellar advises international and local clients in Serbia in cooperation with Serbian law firm SOG.