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Kinstellar advises private investment group EMMA Capital on the strategic acquisition of Diamedix in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Ukraine

March 2025 – Kinstellar is pleased to announce that it has advised EMMA Capital Group, a private investment group, on its acquisition of Diamedix, one of Romania’s largest independent medical equipment distributors. The deal, closed through EMMA Capital’s...

Cybersecurity: Romania transposes the NIS2 Directive. What’s next?

February 2025 – Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2) aims to further strengthen the cyber resilience of the EU by requiring entities in various sectors to dial up their cybersecurity efforts. NIS2 replaces the former NIS1 Directive (EU) 2016/1148, expands...

Kinstellar advises on Central Asia’s largest healthcare PPP project

November 2024 – Kinstellar is proud to announce its involvement in the development of Central Asia's largest public-private partnership (PPP) medical facility in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan. With financing led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...

Kinstellar advises Ardian on the Romanian side of the transaction for the acquisition of a majority interest in Vista Vision

November 2024 – Kinstellar is proud to have advised Ardian, one of the world’s leading private equity investment companies, on the Romanian side of the transaction for the acquisition of a majority interest in Vista Vision, a leading provider of healthcare...

Ukraine advances toward introducing medical cannabis circulation

October 2024 – During September and early October, the Ukrainian government adopted secondary legislation to further the implementation of the so-called Cannabis Law.

Hugh Owen, a top M&A lawyer in Central and South Eastern Europe, joins Kinstellar as Partner

October 2024 – Kinstellar is very pleased to announce that Hugh Owen joins the Firm as a Partner, effective 1 October 2024.

Ukraine leaps forward in its cannabis policy

March 2024 – A cannabis law passed by the Ukrainian parliament back in December of last year, will come into force on 16 August 2024. Developed in compliance with EU regulations, the law represents a significant overhaul of cannabis regulations in Ukraine....

Amendment adopted to Czech Pharmaceuticals Act to address drug shortages

January 2024 – An amendment to the Pharmaceuticals Act has been adopted by the Czech parliament and officially published.

Cannabis use: CEE regulatory update

October 2023 – Significant changes in the regulation of cannabis use have occurred in some countries in Central and Eastern Europe since our last report.

New regulation of telemedicine in the Czech Republic

September 2023 – The Czech Republic should soon have its own legal regulation for telemedicine. A government proposal is on its way to the Parliament to introduce a basic definition of telemedicine. Until now, there has been no legal definition, which...