Kinstellar Podcasts

How the Covid-19 crisis affects the aviation industry

Welcome 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 and how airlines policies towards passenger refunds.

Covid-19 Financial Recoveries

We 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 for our extremely fruitful dialogue and to everyone who tuned in to listen.

The M&A and private equity challenges and opportunities in the CEE region in the context of COVID-19

Welcome 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.

Force Majeure in international sales contracts

Welcome 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.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activity

Welcome 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 business environment, the challenges that some sectors and SMEs face, and touches on Equiliant Capital’s investment strategy and on what entrepreneurs should consider to best survive this difficult period.