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Austria: Schoenherr advises UNIQA on EUR 500m subordinated notes issuance and simultaneous tender offer
Romania: Schoenherr advises VIG on IFC investment in Romanian private pension fund company
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Austria: Schoenherr advises UNIQA on EUR 500m subordinated notes issuance and simultaneous tender offer
Schoenherr advised UNIQA Insurance Group AG, one of the leading insurance groups in Austria and CEE, on the successful issuance of EUR 500m subordinated fixed-to-floating rate notes and a simultaneous tender offer for the repurchase of existing subordinated notes.
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Romania: Schoenherr advises VIG on IFC investment in Romanian private pension fund company
Schoenherr advised Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) on the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) investment as a minority shareholder in Carpathia Pensil - Societate de Administrare a Fondurilor de Pensii Private (Carpathia Pensii), a Romanian private pension fund management company within the VIG group.
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Austria: Schoenherr advises VC investors in Emmi AI on landmark exit to Mistral AI
Schoenherr advised venture capital investors Speedinvest, 3VC, Serena Ventures and PUSH Ventures on the acquisition of the Linz-based engineering AI company Emmi AI by French AI leader Mistral AI. The transaction is regarded as one of the most strategically significant AI deals in the region to date.
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EU: Can sharing a Facebook post get you sued for copyright infringement?
A German court has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to decide whether sharing someone else's social media post can amount to copyright infringement. The answer could affect how billions of people use platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and other social networks every day.
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Croatia's FDI Screening Regime: Faster than expected
As previously reported, the Croatian Foreign Direct Investment Screening Act ("FDI Act") entered into force on 13 November 2025, making Croatia one of the last EU countries to introduce an FDI screening mechanism.
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EU Inc. – The 28th Regime Corporate Legal Framework: A Practical Analysis of Commission Proposal COM (2026) 322
On 18 March 2026, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation establishing the EU Inc., a new harmonised limited liability company form designed to serve as Europe's answer to the US Delaware C-Corp, radically simplifying company formation and operation across borders. The most significant development in EU company law since the Societas Europaea (2004).
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to the point: financial regulation | 4/2026
Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month, we look back at the most relevant developments in financial regulation in the CEE region.
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to the point: White Collar Crime Law in CEE 5/2026
Welcome to our monthly CEE White Collar Crime Law update. With this newsletter, we aim to provide a concise and up-to-date overview of recent case law and other trends and developments in the field of white collar crime law in the CEE region
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