Cobalt has advised Change Ventures on leading a EUR 2 million investment round in Formaloo. Other investors included Hyde Park Venture Partners, Mana Ventures, and Startup Wise Guys.

Cobalt has advised Highland Europe on its investment in PVcase, together with Elephant and Energize. 

Ondrej Florian has become an Equity Partner at Havel & Partners, while Katerina Slavikova, Jaroslav Baier, Ondrej Curilla, Petr Oplustil, and Miroslav Vozab were appointed as Partners at the firm.

These days, Austrian lawyers are primarily focused on the topics of the prevailing economic climate and its future trajectory, the implications of ESG trends, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession, according to Dorda Managing Partner Martin Brodey.

Cytowski and Partners has advised Czech Republic-based automated network assurance platform IP Fabric on its USD 25 million Series B financing led by One Peak and including Senovo and Presto Ventures. Goodwin Procter advised One Peak.

Wolf Theiss has advised Bain Capital Special Situations on the acquisition of an approximately 20% stake in Intel’s IMS Nanofabrication business, as part of a transaction that values IMS at approximately USD 4.3 billion. Hogan Lovells reportedly advised Intel.