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The European Accessibility Act: Compliance or consequences? Is your business prepared?

June 2025 – The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) (“EAA”) represents a significant shift in the regulatory landscape for private sector businesses across the European Union. Introduced to harmonise accessibility requirements for...

The tariff war has crossed over to the film industry – what now?

May 2025 – The recent announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump authorising the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Trade Representative to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% tariff on any and all movies produced outside the...

Kinstellar advises Paradox Interactive on the acquisition of Haemimont Games

February 2025 – Kinstellar’s Sofia office successfully advised Paradox Interactive, one of the premier developers and publishers of strategy and management games, on the acquisition of Haemimont Games, one of the first video game development studios...

Kinstellar and KST Law assist Balderton Capital in leading the USD 30M Series A financing round for Grand Games

January 2025 – Kinstellar and KST Law are excited to have assisted Balderton Capital in leading the USD 30M Series A financing round for Grand Games, a visionary mobile gaming company focused on delivering genre-defining experiences.

TMT Legal Update

October 2024 – Our TMT Legal Update provides insights from our law experts and aims to keep you regularly up to date with sector news, trends and legislation in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions. This issue covers key updates from...

Czech Republic is preparing a new incentive scheme for the video games industry

July 2024 –The Czech Republic will soon join a group of European countries that offer incentives to the video games industry. The video games industry has been one of the fastest growing sectors in the Czech Republic in recent years, and enjoys an excellent...

Loot boxes – still a mystery in CEE?

April 2023 – The recent resolution of the European Parliament on video games calls on the European Commission to take the necessary steps to bring about a European approach to loot boxes which could lead to more restrictive regulation.

Unpacking the European Parliament’s Recent Resolution on Online Video Games

January 2023 – Last week, the European Parliament (“EP”) adopted a resolution on online video games (the “Resolution”) . In essence, the Resolution calls for strong enforcement of consumer protection rules in the video game industry, requires...