Turkish lawyer Sinem Ugur has joined Metro AG in Dusseldorf as the company's Head of Competition & Compliance.

Former Bank Pekao Director of the Office of Strategic Projects Adam Puchalski has joined Rymarz Zdort as a Counsel in the firm's regulatory practice. He is joined by Lukasz Karasek who joined the firm as a Senior Associate.

Former Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak Partner Andrzej Motyka has joined Kulczyk Investments S.A. in Warsaw as the company's Lead Counsel, M&A.

Filip Rybolowik has joined mBank as a Legal Counsel in Poland.

Former GTC General Counsel in Poland Jakub Moson has joined Hoogells as a Partner and Head of Real Estate and Finance.

Felix Kernbichler has joined GoStudent as its Chief Legal Officer in January 2022.

Former Cakmak Partner Kemal Aksel has joined the International Finance Corporation - the private sector finance arm of the World Bank.

Hungarian lawyer Szilvia Daxauer has joined Mndipharma in Vienna as Head Of Legal / Central Eastern Europe & Russia Region.

Romanian lawyer Maria Bucur has joined global provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry Alter Domus Netherlands as Legal Manager in the Private Equity and Corporates team.

Former Beeline Russia Head of Regional Compliance Officers & Compliance Investigations Ekaterina Kokareva has joined Ozon.ru as the company's Compliance Director in Moscow.

Serbian lawyer Aleksandra Simic has been appointed to the role of Head Ethics Risk and Compliance iCEE at Novartis, based in Switzerland.

Hande Karakulah has joined L'Oreal as Legal & Scientific Director in Turkey.

As reported by CEE Legal Matters on February 4, former Raiffeisen Bank Chief Legal Counsel Zita Tihanyi has joined Gardos Mosonyi Tomori Law Office as Partner.

Former Senior Associate at Kinstellar moves to Mol Group as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions Legal.

Bigen Kamcioglu has joined Katara Hospitality, the hospitality arm of the Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund, as its Legal Manager.

Florina Homeghiu has joined Nordis Group as Head of Legal in Romania.

Andrius Digrys has joined BLRT Grupp AS as its General Counsel in Estonia.

Kyndryl has hired Bartosz Jablkowski as its Country General Counsel, Poland and Baltics in Warsaw.