March 2020 – An e-mail arrives from a long-term business partner’s e-mail address, informing of a change to their billing account number. The email appears to match familiar identifiers, such as the name, domain name, company name, etc. But, in reality...

November 2019 – Kinstellar is honoured to be included in the 2019 edition of the GIR 100 — an annual guide to the world’s leading law firms for corporate investigations. This is the third consecutive year that Kinstellar is ranked among the top-100...

October 2018 – Kinstellar, together with Linklaters and bpv Hügel, has successfully advised on the sale of Comparex AG, a global IT company, to SoftwareONE, a leading global platform, solutions and services company. The terms of the deal have not been...

October 2018 – Kinstellar is honoured to be included in the 2018 edition of the GIR 100 — an annual guide to the world’s leading law firms for corporate investigations. This is the second consecutive year that Kinstellar is ranked among the top-100...

October 2017 - On October 25th our Sofia office held a client seminar on cyber security and computer crime in Bulgaria. Our technology expert Dessislava Fessenko, head of the TMT practice in the Sofia office, and the guest speakers gave useful insights...

March 2017 – One rather interesting topic for companies doing business in the Czech Republic in relation to sanctions is the possibility of having the obligation to publish a judgment. This obligation was introduced into Czech law by Act No. 418/2011...

March 2017 – Kinstellar is proud to have contributed to the Czech chapter of the “International Comparative Legal Guide: Corporate Investigations 2017” published by Global Legal Group.

March 2017 – A new law known commonly as the “Anti-Letterbox Act” (the “Act”) came into force in Slovakia on 1 February 2017. The purpose of the Act is, broadly, to increase the transparency of all individuals and entities that do business...

February 2017 – Under the Law of Ukraine No. 1700-VII "On Prevention of Corruption", dated 14 October 2014 (the “Law”), legal entities that meet the below-stated criteria must put into effect an anti-corruption programme and appoint a person in...

February 2017 – Transparency International (“TI”) has recently published its Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) for 2016, which surveys 176 countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The index is...