Schoenherr advised the Polish ERP producer, Symfonia., backed by American investor Accel-KKR, on the acquisition of the 100 % share in dvo Beteiligungs-GmbH, including its subsidiary dvo Software Entwicklungs- und Vertriebs-GmbH. This marks Symfonia's market entry into the DACH region.

Schoenherr advised Tishman Speyer, a leading international real estate investor headquartered in New York, on the acquisition of the newly developed mixed-use complex “Milestone Wien Erdberg”, comprising student housing, serviced apartments and office and retail space in Vienna's third district, from Raiffeisen Property Holding International (RPHI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). The transaction was structured as a share deal.

On 13 October 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision lifting the rule-of-law conditionality measures previously imposed on Hungary. Published in the Official Journal on 21 October 2026, the decision repeals the 2022 measures, which included the suspension of 55 % of budgetary commitments under three cohesion policy programmes and restrictions on new legal commitments with public interest trusts and entities maintained by them.

Europe's businesses can be rich in ideas and poor in collateral. Intellectual Property property (IP), including patents, software and brands, drives growth, yet lenders still struggle to put a dependable price tag on them or find a buyer when a borrower defaults. IP-backed finance remains a niche rather than a mainstream funding option, held back by expensive valuations, thin resale markets and fragmented national rules on taking security.

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On 13 October 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision lifting the rule-of-law conditionality measures previously imposed on Hungary. Published in the Official Journal on 21 October 2026, the decision repeals the 2022 measures, which included the suspension of 55 % of budgetary commitments under three cohesion policy programmes and restrictions on new legal commitments with public interest trusts and entities maintained by them.

A new mechanism for the conditional discontinuation of criminal prosecution has now been applied in Czech practice for the first time. In August 2026, just weeks after it entered into force on 1 July 2026, a public prosecutor conditionally discontinued the criminal prosecution of Ferrit, a mining machinery manufacturer based in Frýdlant nad Ostravicí. Investigators suspect the company of circumventing sanctions against Russia by supplying seven embargoed machines through intermediaries in third countries. The decision was made public in early October 2026 by the spokesperson of the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Olomouc.