NKO Partners has advised Dr Max on its acquisition of Zalfija.

CMS has advised Solia and Vineli JSCo on the sale of the 100-megawatt Vinely RE photovoltaic project located in General Toshevo municipality, Dobrich region, Bulgaria, to Metka EGN Solar 5.

Filip & Company, working with Freshfields, has advised Banca Transilvania on its sustainable bond issue valued at RON 1.5 billion. Clifford Chance advised the banks involved.

Schoenherr has advised OMV Aktiengesellschaft on the issuance of EUR 750 million in perpetual, subordinated hybrid notes with J.P. Morgan and MUFG acting as the structuring agents and joint global coordinators and BofA Securities, Erste Group, ING, LBBW, and SMBC as the joint bookrunners. Wolf Theiss, working with the White & Case Frankfurt office, advised the bookrunners.

DLA Piper has advised Spanish hotel group Ibersol on its entry into the Austrian market through the takeover of a four-star hotel in Vienna, to be managed under the Ibercity brand. Nomos advised the landlord, GTI Immobilien.

Dentons has advised Develia on the final stage of the EUR 42.967 million (approximately PLN 182 million) sale of the Arkady Wroclawskie mixed-use complex in Wroclaw to Vastint Poland, a subsidiary of the international Vastint Group. Legal Kraft reportedly advised Vastint.

Kinstellar, working alongside Noerr, has advised Strabag on the Romanian, Croatian, Czech, and Montenegrin aspects of its EUR 100 million acquisition of WTE Wassertechnik from EVN. Freshfields advised EVN.

Kyriakides Georgopoulos has advised Bally’s Corporation on its EUR 2.7 billion sale of its International Interactive Business to Intralot. Papapolitis & Papapolitis advised Intralot.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised the European Fund for Southeast Europe on the provision of a EUR 15 million UAH-equivalent loan to Bank Lviv via the fund’s Ukraine Sub-Fund.

BPV Huegel has advised CPI Europe Group on the sale of the Vienna Marriott Hotel to a joint venture between Evientro and Landfair European Dislocated Opportunities. Binder Groesswang and Saxinger advised the buyers. DLA Piper and Wolf Theiss reportedly advised the buyers as well.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of financial institutions on the PLN 3.7 billion (approximately EUR 880 million) refinancing of Swiatlowod Inwestycje. Clifford Chance advised Swiatlowod Inwestycje.

Ellex has advised Robinhood on establishing its European hub in Lithuania.

Former Herbst Kinsky Attorney at Law Carl Walderdorff has joined Mueller Partner as Equity Partner and the firm's new Head of Corporate and M&A.

Belgrade-based law firm Dodic, Djuric, Dabic has rebranded and is now operating under the name of Dodic Law Firm.

Former Serban & Associates Partner Mugurel Tataru has joined Stratulat Albulescu as Counsel and Co-Head of the firm's Dispute Resolution Group.

Daiva Usinskaite-Filonoviene has become the new Managing Partner at Noor, taking over from Giedrius Murauskas who spent the past three years at the helm of the firm.

Former Provaris Varga & Partners TMT and corporate law Partners Adam Liber, Tamas Bereczki, and Aron Bagdi have spun off to launch BLB Legal, effective July 1, 2025.

Baker McKenzie has promoted Malgorzata Bakula and Slavomir Slavik to Partner as part of its latest promotion round that saw a total of 59 lawyers join the firm's partnership ranks.

TGS Baltic has changed its name to Tegos.

Cobalt has promoted former Managing Associate Rauno Ligi to Partner.

Kinstellar has appointed Karla Rundtova as the Co-Head of the firm-wide Automotive & Industrials Sector.

Mihaj, Ilic & Milanovic has promoted Jelena Papic and Bojan Jankovic to Partner.

Skanska Executive Vice President Legal Counsel Tomas Fabian was appointed as the company's new Executive Vice President Operations Czech Republic.

Former Ellex Partner Migle Petkeviciene has joined Sorainen as a Partner.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia has adopted a set of laws regulating the banking sector and the protection of financial services users on March 6^th this year:

Hungary’s specific domestic foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime (affecting both ongoing and future cases) has been updated to include extended applicable deadlines and the possibility of multiple rounds of extensions. Additionally, the existing pre-emption mechanism – originally intended for transactions targeting solar developments – has been extended to cover all transactions blocked by the competent minister’s decision.

On 18 June 2025, the Bulgarian National Assembly adopted a Law Amending and Supplementing the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act, promulgated in State Gazette No. 52 of 27 June 2025 (the "Law"). These amendments introduce significant changes to the regulatory framework governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals in the country, aiming to establish clearer rules and new residence opportunities for various categories of foreigners.

The European Commission (EC) has published a comprehensive communication introducing a playbook for Member States on designing state aid measures to support their objectives under the Clean Industrial Deal. This framework aims to facilitate industrial decarbonisation and the rollout of clean energy and will remain in force until 31 December 2030. The Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) is intended to offer a wide range of companies long-term investment predictability.

On 13 May 2025, the Hungarian Government submitted a bill to the Parliament on the amendment of several laws governing the justice system. The proposal could bring significant changes to civil litigation.

By 31 July 2025, all entities that were authorised to provide crypto-asset-related services (so-called VASPs) before 30 December 2024 must apply for authorisation as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the MiCA Regulation.

Starting next year, the rules on corporate criminal liability in Hungary will undergo significant reforms aimed at making companies' participation in criminal proceedings more effective, predictable and proactive. Among the most notable innovations is the introduction of plea deals for companies, intended to enhance both accountability and cooperation between companies and criminal authorities.

On July 1, 2025, Act No. 168/2025 Coll. on the regulation of lobbying will come into effect, serving as the first comprehensive regulation introducing clear rules for influencing state decisions.

On 18 June 2025, the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NEURC) adopted a resolution amending the Licensing Conditions for Energy Storage (Resolution No. 882).

Effective 1 October 2025, amendments to the Law on the Centralised Records of Beneficial Owners (UBO) in Serbia will introduce important new obligations for a broader range of entities.

In the coming weeks, the European Commission is expected to discuss amendments to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In April 2025, the Hungarian Parliament adopted significant amendments to the Act on Energy Efficiency, bringing about a major revision of the Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS). The new legislative package introduces a range of substantial changes aimed at accelerating the country’s transition toward a more sustainable and energy-efficient building stock while also providing a much-needed stimulus for the domestic construction and renovation sectors.

AIR ARABIA WAS FOUND COMPLIANT DURING A RECENT PROCEDURE OF PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA ACROSS THE EU

bpv Huegel successfully advised RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft (RWA) on the sale of its share in AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH to AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft.

RWA eGen completes the purchase of shares in RWA AG from BayWa AG. The acquisition financing was structured and provided by Raiffeisen Bank International AG.

bpv Huegel is delighted to appoint Johannes Mitterecker as a partner. He works in the Corporate Law/M&A practice group and specialises in M&A transactions, restructuring and sports law.

RTPR has assisted the syndicate of banks in connection with a RON 3.1 billion syndicated loan granted to Electrica.

From the 1st May, 2025 Markian Malskyy becomes the new managing partner of ARZINGER, replacing Timur Bondaryev, founding partner. Timur Bondaryev has held this position almost ever since the firm was founded 23 years ago and, together with other partners, has built a strong legal brand.

This makes bpv Huegel’s tax practice top-ranked in Chambers Europe. This confirms the leading position of bpv Huegel in tax law advice.

EAVISTA is acquiring 75.1% of the shares in card complete Service Bank AG from UniCredit Bank Austria and Raiffeisen Bank International.

We are delighted to announce that PRK Partners has been shortlisted with other three international law firms operating on the Czech legal market as finalists for the Czech Republic Law Firm of the Year 2025 in the 26th annual IFLR Europe Awards.

The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (PMU) imposed a fine of EUR 675,200 on United Classifieds s.r.o. for a serious breach of competition rules, namely for abuse of a dominant position on the online real estate advertising market.

RTPR announces the promotion of Bogdan Cordos to Partner. He joins the team of 8 partners consisting of Costin Taracila, Victor Padurari, Alexandru Retevoescu, Mihai Ristici, Valentin Berea, Roxana Ionescu, Alina Stavaru and Cosmin Tilea.

The bpv Huegel team led by Elke Napokoj advised the founder and the shareholders of EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH (“EVK”).