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Kinstellar advises Nestlé on the sale of BOCI chocolate brand in Hungary

March 2024 – Kinstellar has successfully advised the world-leading food company Nestlé on the sale of the iconic Hungarian chocolate brand 'BOCI,' with a heritage spanning nearly a century, to Cerbona, a prominent Hungarian food manufacturing company. 

The AI Act is adopted, what to do now?

March 2024 – On March 13th the EU Parliament adopted the AI Act, marking a significant milestone in shaping the region's AI landscape. The Act will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, and 20 days after publication, the AI Act...

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...

Update: ESG reporting obligations in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia

February 2024 – With the 6 July 2024 deadline for the implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (the "CSRD”) looming, Member States across the EU have been moving at different speeds to adopt their respective...

Recent regulatory developments regarding the use of body cameras in Hungary

February 2024 – The use of body cameras by law enforcement (both police forces and local government) and private security services started almost two decades ago and has been becoming more and more ubiquitous globally.

Hungarian Government's decree on reducing food inflation to enter into force

January 2024 – The Hungarian government's decree on measures to combat the so-called “shrinkflation” will enter into force on 1 February 2024. “Shrinkflation” refers to the hidden raising of prices by reducing the size of products.

New legislation in the real estate sector in Hungary

January 2024 – With the adoption in 2023 of Act C on Hungarian Architecture (the "New Legislation"), Hungary’s parliament amended several laws affecting the real estate sector, some of which entered into force on 30 December 2023. At the same time...

Kinstellar contributes to International Employment Lawyer's Guide to Restructuring a Cross-Border Workforce

January 2024 – Kinstellar is delighted to have contributed to IEL’s Guide to Restructuring a Cross-Border Workforce 2023. In 2023, cross-border restructurings increased significantly – a trend that is expected to persist in early 2024. But conducting...

Kinstellar appoints new Sector and Service Line Heads and Head of German Desk

January 2024 – Kinstellar supports professional growth by offering a broad range of career development opportunities for our team, including the role of sector/service line head or co-head. We provide growth opportunities to all of our talented lawyers...

Kinstellar, together with Linklaters, advises a consortium of lenders on a EUR 800 million financing agreement with AmRest

January 2024 – Kinstellar has recently advised a consortium of lenders on the Romanian, Czech and Hungarian legal aspects of a EUR 800 million financing agreement with fast-food operator AmRest. Led by Banco Santander, S.A. as agent, the group of lenders...