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Kinstellar secures major victory before the Romanian Supreme Court of Justice

March 2025 - Kinstellar Romania is pleased to announce the successful representation of a leading provider of cash payment services in Romania in a dispute recently finalized before the Romanian Supreme Court of Justice.

CJEU confirms validity of asymmetric jurisdiction clauses in contracts

March 2025 – On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a key ruling in the Lastre case (C-537/23) (the Judgment), confirming that asymmetric jurisdiction clauses in contracts are valid and in compliance with the Brussels...

Kinstellar acts in landmark AIFC Court case on jurisdiction over foreclosure of pledged property

February 2025 – Kinstellar acted for its client, Freschette Limited, in a case before the AIFC that resulted in a precedent setting judgement. The AIFC Court has delivered a judgement in AIFC Court Case No. 35 of 2024 – Freschette Limited v. Enegix...

How Slovak courts operated in 2023 – Statistics don’t lie

September 2024 – At the beginning of August 2024, the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic released its annual statistical yearbook for 2023 (please see here: Statistical Yearbook 2023). At the time of publication, the effects of the so-called...

Kinstellar announces new Senior and Managing Associate promotions in Zagreb

September 2024 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce a new round of promotions in our Zagreb office.

Kinstellar Sofia authors the Bulgarian chapter of the GAR Commercial Arbitration

May 2024 – Kinstellar’s team in Sofia authored the Bulgarian chapter on Commercial Arbitration 2024, published by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR), the leading resource on international arbitration news and community intelligence. Our Bulgarian...

Do you want to litigate in Slovakia? From 1 April 2024 you will pay more

March 2024 – At the end of last year, the National Council of the Slovak Republic adopted changes to administrative fees, court fees and fees in other areas of public administration. From 1 April 2024—just a few days from now—not only will it be...

Kinstellar announces new promotions to Counsel

February 2024 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce the promotions to Counsel of: Yerlan Akhmetov, Kuanysh Shekerbekov (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Cătălin Dinu, Cătălin Graure (Bucharest, Romania), Barnabás Sági (Budapest, Hungary), Yulia Eismont, Maksym...

Kinstellar strengthens its team in Kazakhstan with the appointment of Ardak Idayatova as Partner

February 2024 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce that Ardak Idayatova has joined the firm’s Almaty office as Partner.

Kinstellar welcomes new Senior Associate, Lenka Petráková, to its highly rated Dispute Resolution Team in Prague

January 2024 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce the addition of Lenka Petráková to its Dispute Resolution team as a Senior Associate in the Prague office.