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Kinstellar

Corporate/M&A

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Kinstellar is Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm. With its magic circle pedigree and formed in 2008, the firm now has around 200 lawyers based across 10 jurisdictions.​

Kinstellar's highly experienced team can help you to successfully negotiate acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, restructurings, mergers, spin-offs and public takeovers and can steer you through the full range of IPO issues. We bring in-depth understanding of your business objectives together with on-the-ground knowledge of local markets to deliver results.

We are experts at implementing cross-border transactions and provide timely, clear, commercially focused advice based on deep knowledge, real experience and the right networks to move faster and bring deals together. Our team has advised on both the buyer’s and seller’s side of numerous M&A transactions for strategic and financial investors across the region. This experience, coupled with our ability to offer M&A and corporate advice together with private equity and capital markets specialists, makes us unique in the region.

Our work covers a broad spectrum of industry sectors for some of the largest investors in the region, including in areas such as:

  • acquisitions and disposals
  • takeovers and mergers
  • private equity
  • corporate reorganisations, mergers and spin-offs
  • foreign direct investment
  • joint ventures
  • management buyouts
  • privatisations
  • distressed and special situations
  • corporate governance

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Corporate/M&A - Romania

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
Kinstellar works closely with the firm's network of offices throughout the CEE region to represent clients in multi-jurisdictional transactions. The team is well equipped to handle significant acquisitions and sales of shares for both local entrepreneurs and private businesses, in particular those in the TMT and agriculture and food industries. Its experienced lawyers assist private equity houses with the acquisition of Romanian targets. It also advises companies on corporate structuring topics.
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Work Highlights

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  • Kinstellar acted for Mpac Group on its EUR56 million acquisition of the CSi Palletising Group.

Strengths

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  • The team is highly skilled, resourceful and always available, and demonstrates strong business awareness, offering practical solutions.

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  • Its client-focused mindset and consistent reliability make Kinstellar a standout partner for sophisticated matters in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in Romania.

    Corporate/M&A respondentEurope

  • Kinstellar's team offers strategic advice and is willing to go the extra mile for clients.

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  • The team has a solid understanding of both local and regional legal frameworks, which is particularly useful in cross-border matters.

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  • Kinstellar provides efficiency, commercial awareness and responsiveness.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Zsuzsa Csiki
    Zsuzsa Csiki

    Zsuzsa Csiki

    Head of department Zsuzsa Csiki is recognised for her consolidated corporate/M&A practice, advising on transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions as well as the Romanian market. She is active across a wide range of sectors, including energy and automation.

    • Zsuzsa Csiki is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is extremely responsive, always available and business-oriented, and a real force in negotiations.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope

    • Zsuzsa Csiki is innovative and a driver of strategic solutions, taking a focused, sharp and commercial approach.

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    • She offers a perfect blend of legal knowledge, strong business acumen and a personable approach.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope

    • Zsuzsa is extremely committed to driving results with a commercial mindset. She is calm and handles pressure-driven scenarios efficiently.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope

    • Zsuzsa Csiki is intelligent, insightful, intuitive and reliable.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
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