Kinstellar

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Kinstellar
No. of offices 7
No. of lawyers Approx. 130
Date founded 2008
Website
www.kinstellar.com

Kinstellar is an international law firm operating in Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia. It was formed in 2008 from the Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest and Prague offices of Linklaters, and has since expanded into Serbia, Turkey and Kazakhstan. The firm employs more than 130 lawyers, with a focus on business law in emerging markets. The firm's rankings by international legal directories[1][2] have consistently improved since the spinoff from Linklaters.

History

Kinstellar's Prague office, founded in 1992 as a joint venture of member firms of the Alliance of European Lawyers, became part of Linklaters & Alliance in 1999. The Bucharest and Bratislava practices were established in 1993 and operated as Burns Schwartz, a regional Central European law firm, until January 2000 when they merged with Linklaters. The Budapest office was established by Linklaters in 2000. In November 2008, the four CEE offices became a separate practice again, as they were spun off into a regional independent firm under the name Kinstellar (an anagram of Linklaters). Kinstellar opened offices in Belgrade and Istanbul in 2010,[3] and in Almaty in 2013, integrating a team from Dentons.[4][5]

Practice areas

Kinstellar has the following main practice areas:[6]

  • Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
  • Competition and State Aid
  • Compliance, Risk and Sensitive Investigations
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment and Labour Law
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure and Projects
  • Life Sciences and Healthcare
  • M&A and Corporate
  • Private Equity
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Tax
  • Telecoms, Media & Technology

Offices

Awards and Recognitions

  • M&A Law Firm of the Year (Turkey), 2013, Financial Times & Mergermarket European M&A Awards[7]
  • Law Firm of the Year (Hungary), 2012, 2013, IFLR European Awards[8][9]
  • Tax Firm of the Year (Hungary), 2012, DealMakers Annual Tax Awards[10]
  • Central & Eastern Europe Client Service Award, 2012, Chambers Europe[11]
  • Emerging Law Firm of the Year, 2010, The Lawyer European Awards[12]
  • Tax Firm of the Year (Hungary), 2009, International Tax Review[13]

References

  1. ↑ Chambers & Partners. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Legal 500. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Links CEE spinoff Kinstellar opens in Turkey. The Lawyer. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Kinstellar launches in Kazakhstan with Dentons team. The Lawyer. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. ↑ History-Kinstellar. Kinstellar. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  6. ↑ www.kinstellar.com/practices. Kinstellar. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Winners of the M&A Awards 2013. Financial Times & Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2013. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Clifford Chance triumphs in IFLR Europe awards. IFLR. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  9. ↑ IFLR's 2013 European award winners. IFLR. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  10. ↑ Kinstellar named Tax Firm of the Year in Hungary. Kinstellar. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  11. ↑ Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2012. Chambers & Partners. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  12. ↑ The Lawyer European Awards 2010: Winners. The Lawyer. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Tax stars shine at awards. International Tax Review. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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