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The Cleveland Ukraine PodcastDaniel Bilak: Attorney, Soldier and Advocate for UkraineDaniel Bilak highlights his law career with Kinstellar, non-profit work with Ukrainian Freedom Fund and service in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces as he fights against Russian hybrid warfare on the world stage and on the battlefield.
A senior United Nations-sponsored governance expert, Daniel facilitated anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine while also serving as source of truth to the Western world on Ukraine’s fight for democracy and their sovereignty. 2024-12-181h 02
PRÁVNIČKY!PRÁVNIČKY! #42 – M. P. Zímová, K. Rundtová a J. KračúnováKudy vedou cesty ze studentských lavic do partnerských pozic? Jak nejlépe snoubit kariéru advokátky a roli matky? A mají to dnes začínající advokáti jednodušší než předchozí generace? Pozvání do dalšího dílu podcastové série PRÁVNIČKY přijala trojice advokátek Martina Parusová Zímová z Accace Legal, Karla Rundtová z Kinstellar a Jaroslava Kračúnová z Deloitte Legal.2024-11-1851 min
Bruselská setbaPohlídat si bezpečnost: co je nezbytné pro fungování společnosti, to musíme umět chránitV Česku se výrazně rozšíří okruh institucí a soukromých firem, které patří na seznam kritické infrastruktury. „Jde o poskytování služeb, které jsou zásadní pro zachování nejdůležitějších společenských funkcí, hospodářských činností, veřejného zdraví, bezpečnosti nebo životního prostředí. A to je v principu základní důvod existence státu,“ shrnuje Kamil Blažek, advokát a partner právní kanceláře Kinstellar.2024-09-0927 minBruselská setbaBruselská setba - epizoda 7 - Green Claims Directive aneb zákaz lakování firem a výrobků na zeleno Lhát se nemá – ani o tom, že jsou firmy a jejich výrobky „zelené“. Greenwashing bude v EU zakázaný. Zákoutí nové směrnice vysvětluje v rozhovoru s Robertem Břešťanem (HlídacíPes.og) partner právní kanceláře Kinstellar Kamil Blažek. 2024-07-2627 min
Best LawyersBest Lawyers | Jan Juroška a Lukáš Ševčík z Kinstellar: I po fúzi s Noerr máme apetit na růst. Výzvou je pro nás i změna vedoucího partneraNedávno byla zveřejněna zpráva o chystané fúzi advokátní kanceláře Kinstellar s německou právní firmou Noerr ve střední a východní Evropě. To ale není jediná změna spojená s děním v Kinstellar. Novým šéfem se v Praze stane dosavadní partner Jan Juroška. Ten přišel do dalšího dílu podcastové série Best Lawyers společně se stále úřadujícím vedoucím partnerem pražské kanceláře Lukášem Ševčíkem.2024-06-1057 min
The Lawyer PodcastLord Pannick's fees are chickenfeed; Mishcon's big signing (not Matt Hancock); and Ukraine, a year onSend us a textOn this episode, litigation editor Christian Smith and international editor Alex Taylor discuss Man City’s new signing: Lord Pannick KC, and how big money means lawyers are the new stars of football.The Lawyer’s editor Catrin Griffiths talks about an emerging trend of former managing partners switching firms. And to mark the anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, the show is joined by Kinstellar’s Daniel Bilak in Kyiv to explain what life is like now for Ukrainian lawyers, and lawyer...2023-02-1629 min
CEE Legal MattersESG Talks: Finance Goes Green – A CEE Legal Matters Round TableOn July 12, four leading lawyers from Croatia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss the latest in ESG developments with a focus on green financing, its regional and local drivers and roadblocks, its impact on non-financial reporting, and what it all means for the legal profession.
Participants:
Karolina Lapinskaite, Senior Associate, TGS Baltic
Malgorzata Motyl, Senior Associate, Penteris
Mihai Dudoiu, Partner, Tuca Zbarcea & Associatii
Vedran Kopilovic, Senior Associate, Kinstellar
2022-08-0251 min
Ivey Executive Education Presents: Learning In ActionOur Global Future: What leaders can learn from defining momentsLeaders at all levels will face tests of character and resilience – defining moments that shape us as individuals and contribute to our shared global future. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy serves as a paradigm of leader character, whose example can guide individuals across all areas of leadership to step up, leverage their influence, and create positive change. Our panelists explore key leadership lessons from the crisis in Ukraine, discuss the ways leaders impact their communities, and find direct takeaways for all leaders across the public and private sectorsFor this episode hosted by Gerard Seijts, director of the Ia...2022-05-2555 min
CEE Legal MattersRenewables in Serbia: A CEE Legal Matters Round TableOn March 10, five leading lawyers in Serbia sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss the current state and outlook of the renewables market in Serbia, with topics covered including the goals set and the country's National Renewable Energy Action Plan, the challenges presented by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the "conservative wave" in the country, the main players and the deals pipeline in the sector, the availability of green financing for renewable projects in the country, as well as the biggest regulatory hurdles currently still affecting renewables in...2022-04-211h 05CEE Legal MattersESG in Croatia: A CEE Legal Matters Round TableOn February 24, four leading lawyers in Croatia sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea. The conversation focused on the current state of affairs of ESG in the country at the moment and the challenges of raising awareness in the topic.
Participants:
Marta Jelakovic, Senior Associate, Ostermann & Partners
Mia Lazic, Partner, Savoric & Partners
Ozren Kobsa, Attorney at Law in cooperation with Schoenherr
Vedran Kopilovic, Senior Associate, Zuric i Partneri in cooperation with Kinstellar
2022-03-241h 02
Kinstellar PodcastsTout Droit Tout Simple, with Vincent Morand, Senior Legal Advisor, KinstellarVincent Morand, Senior Legal Adviser based in our Prague office and responsible for our relationships with #French speaking clients and contacts, has recently been interviewed in the French podcast Tout Droit Tout Simple.
Vincent shared his experience as an expat lawyer in the UK, Southeast Asia and Europe. The podcast covers expatriation related topics such as when to move abroad, where to go and includes tips and anecdotes.
2022-03-1828 min
Tout Droit Tout Simple#41 - Comment réussir son expatriation ? Vincent MorandJ’accueille Vincent Morand, véritable globetrotteur du droit ! 🌍✈
🤵 Vincent était destiné à être notaire en France, sa voie était toute tracée, comme il me l'a lui-même dit.
Mais les choses ont pris une autre tournure puisqu'il avait toujours eu envie de voyager et de partir à l'étranger.
Après avoir obtenu le Diplôme Supérieur de Notariat et une première expérience de 4 années en Angleterre, il part à la conquête de l'Asie du Sud-Est pour travailler comme juriste. Il est aujourd'hui basé à Prague, en République Tchèque. Il travaille pour deux cabi...2022-03-1628 min
Tax Stories: Life, Business & TaxEp.25 Illya Sverdlov - Just Before The WarIllya Sverdlov Illya was a tax partner at DLA Ukraine. He still would be there, but DLA a year ago announced it leaves Ukraine. So, Illya with all the tax team moved to Kinstellar law firm, which is a Tier 1 firm in tax in Ukraine by Legal 500 directory. Politics While the media mostly talks of the potential war in Ukraine, Illya feels quite confident that everything politically is more or less stable, considering the circumstances. People are not panicking and feel more prepared than during the previous conflict with Russia in 2014. Then Ukraine had...2022-02-2253 minCEE Legal MattersEmployment Considerations in a COVID-19 World: A Hungarian Round TableOn October 7, six leading labor lawyers in Hungary sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea. The conversation focused on the current state of affairs of labor regulations in Hungary and their evolution over the pandemic-marked last few months.
Round table participants:
- Daniel Gera, Counsel, Schoenherr
- Gyorgy Balint, Senior Counsel, CMS
- Marton Kertesz, Of Counsel and Head of Employment, Kinstellar
- Nora Ovary-Papp, Lead Attorney, Baker McKenzie
- Rita Parkanyi, Partner, KCG Partners
- Szilvia Fehe...2021-11-051h 05
RopesTalkHealth Care Compliance Check-up: Czech RepublicThe Ropes & Gray Global Health Care Compliance Initiative’s virtual trip around the world podcast series highlights our collaboration with our local counsel contacts, in particular the Local Law Comparison Guide. The Local Law Comparison Guide (the “Guide”) is a resource tool providing country-specific surveys that analyze legal, regulatory and industry requirements governing industry interactions with health care professionals. As part of this series, Ropes & Gray attorneys interview our local counsel partners, who are based around the world and helped develop the Guide. These discussions highlight notable health care regulations and developments impacting compliance in our local counsel partners’ respective countrie...2021-07-0126 min
Epravo.czRozhovor s Kamilem BlažkemHostem studia epravo.cz byl Mgr. Kamil Blažek, partner advokátní kanceláře Kinstellar. Ptali jsme se ho na dopad dnešní exponované doby na advokacii jako takovou a na její etiku a zda fenomén distančního přístupu v komunikaci zůstane ve stejné míře i po skončení koronavirové krize. Dále o o tom, jaká témata se chystají na nadcházející sněm České advokátní komory a mnoho dalšího. Sledujte epravo.cz.2021-03-3027 min
CEO Podcast#8 Kamil Blažek - Partner - KinstellarKamil Blažek, partner Kinstellar, předseda Sdružení pro zahraniční investice (AFI), člen představenstva České advokátní komory, legislativní rada Asociace malých a středních podniků.Kamil je vášnivý Rugbista, miluje moderní umění a rád cestuje do Asie.Takže ideální dovolená je zajet na Rugby do Austrálie, pak do New Yorku do muzea a následně do velkého Asijského města. To jsou KONTRASTY Kamila Blažka.Kariéru začal díky Rugby a plánuje hrát do 70 let.Řídit právníky je náročné. Jak na to?2021-02-1145 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today's episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, speaks with Michaela Lashova, MRICS, MBA, Managing Partner, Forton Cushman & Wakefield, Bulgaria.
Michaela Lashova is CEO and Managing Partner of Forton Cushman & Wakefield, Bulgaria. Michaela joined Forton as Head of the Investment Consultancy & Valuation department after a five-year career at UniCredit Leasing, where she...2020-08-1222 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, speaks with Guy Stevens, an independent financial sector consultant.
Guy Stevens is an independent financial sector consultant geographically focused on Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEEMEA), and the UK. He began his career with Schroders’ Corporate Finance team, advising on ba...2020-07-1536 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield: The podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar C/SEE Asset Solutions, speaks with Timur Peters, Founder and Managing Director of Debitos GmbH.
Based in Frankfurt since 2010, but active in 16 jurisdictions and with nearly 1000 registered investors, Debitos GmbH is one of Europe’s pre-eminent illiquid asset electronic trading platforms. Traded assets include NPLs, bankruptcy claims, litig...2020-07-0134 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Bryan Turner, Director of Resolute Asset Management for Bulgaria.
Bryan Turner advises on and manages non-performing loans (NPLs), as single assets and portfolios, with a particular focus on establishing REO monetisation processes. With extensive property experience throughout Bulgaria, the Balkans and Western Europe, in acquisitions, dispositions, and pr...2020-06-2333 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Gifford S. West, Managing Director International Operations & Business Development, DebtX, about technology in asset sales.
Gifford is responsible for DebtX’s international business activities. DebtX pioneered the first online loan sale platform and has been engaged by banks and governments across Europe to structure and execute successful loan sales. Giff...2020-06-1047 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Gustav Hultgren, co-founder of Laub Capital.
Gustav Hultgren co-founded Laub Capital in 2018 with Tobias Thunander. Laub Capital is a Luxembourg-based fund focused on the EU non-performing loan market. Laub Capital acquires portfolios of claims from banks and monetises the claims by partnering with select collection agencies and...2020-06-0339 min
Kinstellar PodcastsAsset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset SolutionsWelcome to Asset Yield, the podcast series of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, where we interview principal investors, originators, advisors, and funders in the world of non-performing and non-core assets of all classes, bringing you front line market insights.
In today’s episode Denise Hamer, Head of Kinstellar Asset Solutions, speaks with Karel Smerak, Group Director-Capital Markets and Transactions, EOS Holding (member of the Otto Group). Karel is a real estate finance and NPL professional with two decades of experience in Central and Eastern and South Eastern Europe and Germany. He originates and executes distressed real estate and non-performing loan...2020-05-2631 min
Kinstellar PodcastsHow the Covid-19 crisis affects the aviation industryWelcome to our new podcast and thank you for tuning in to our discussion today. This episode features a discussion between Oleksiy Burchevskyy, the head of the aviation sector at Kinstellar and aviation law specialists Isabelle Lelieur, Thierry Mazoyer, both Partners at Chevrier Avocats, a French boutique law firm specializing in the aviation sector, and Vincent Morand, a senior consultant with DFDL, an integrated international law firm with offices across Southeast Asia. Today’s talk explores how the Covid crisis affects the aviation industry, in particular how airports are surviving the crisis, how lessors handle aircraft leases and repossessions an...2020-05-1825 min
Kinstellar PodcastsCovid-19 Financial RecoveriesWe were delighted to take part in a special live podcast, where Zdeněk Kučera, head of the Prague TMT and litigation practices, John Wilkinson, Forensic & Integrity Services Partner at EY shared their views and knowledge about Financial Recoveries, for example, how to evaluate the extent of losses due to business interruption, what evidence is necessary to support a claim and how to best mitigate losses. Zdeněk mainly addressed such useful topics as what kinds of damage claims are possible, how to claim losses, and what can be included in a claim. Our thanks to colleagues at EY...2020-04-2935 min
Kinstellar PodcastsThe M&A and private equity challenges and opportunities in the CEE region in the context of COVID-19Welcome to another Kinstellar podcast on the M&A and private equity challenges and opportunities in the CEE region in the context of COVID-19.
Today, Razvan Popa, Partner and co-head of Kinstellar’s firm-wide Private Equity practice, talks with Cristian Munteanu, Managing Partner of Early Game Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Bucharest. Their discussion covers the main effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activity in Romania and across CEE, and outlines Early Game's investment focus, portfolio of companies and investment strategy.
2020-04-2410 min
Byznys s EYJohn Wilkinson (EY) & Zdeněk Kučera (Kinstellar) – Minimalizace škod a jejich náhrada v době koronaviru (ENG)Čtvrtá epizoda našeho podcastu je speciální ze dvou důvodů – věnuje se aktuálnímu tématu v době světové pandemie a je v angličtině. Hosty Dana Tržila jsou John Wilkinson, partner oddělení Forenzních služeb a podpory integrity EY a Zdeněk Kučera, vedoucí týmu pro řešení sporů a IT sektor advokátní kanceláře Kinstellar. V podcastu se dozvíte vše podstatné na téma náhrady škod, ušlého zisku a možností státní podpory. Podíváme se také na další preventivní opatření pro minimalizaci dopadu COVID-12020-04-2335 min
Kinstellar PodcastsForce Majeure in international sales contractsWelcome to the next Kinstellar podcast! Today’s episode features a discussion on force majeure clauses in international business contracts within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic between Edmund Emre Özer (Partner) and Bulut Girgin (Counsel) at Gen & Temizer I Özer—Kinstellar's affiliated attorney partnership in Turkey.
2020-04-2125 min
Kinstellar PodcastsThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activityWelcome to Kinstellar’s podcast series!
In this episode, we are exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activity in the CEE/SEE region. We will discuss the economic impact of the pandemic with representatives of leading corporates and private equity and venture capital players involved in M&A activities.
Laurentiu Ciocirlan, Managing Partner, Equiliant Capital, an investment fund focusing on SMEs, discusses the outlook with Razvan Popa, Partner and Co-head of Kinstellar’s firm-wide Private Equity Sector. The conversation explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the global and Romanian busi...2020-04-0819 min