Former Briza & Trubac Partner Ondrej Hampl – together with former Rohlik Group Chief Legal Officer Ivo Hartmann and Attorneys-at-Law Jakub Kucera of Briza & Trubac, Ladislav Murin of Squire Patton Boggs, and Lukas Novopacky of Badokh – has launched the VIDD independent boutique law firm in Prague.
Joanna Bernat Joins Crido as Partner and Head of Energy
Former Banasik Wozniak i Wspolnicy Partner Joanna Bernat has joined Crido in Warsaw as a Partner and the firm's Head of Energy.
Klaudia Krolak Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Warsaw Office as Partner
Former Linklaters Counsel Klaudia Krolak has joined Greenberg Traurig’s Poland office as a Partner.
Andor Nagy Moves into Private Practice as Partner in Dentons’ Budapest Office
Former Hungarian Ambassador to Austria Andor Nagy has moved into private practice by joining the Public Law and Regulatory practice of Dentons’ Budapest office as a Partner.
Tomas Skoumal Appointed New Managing Partner at Baker McKenzie in Prague
Tomas Skoumal has been elected as the new Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie’s Prague office, taking over from Martin Hrodek.
Wolf Theiss Appoints Six New Partners in Vienna, Bucharest, Warsaw, Bratislava, and Belgrade
Former Counsels Zeno Grabmayr, Adelina Iftime-Blagean, Maciej Olszewski, Aleksandar Ristic, Bruno Stefanik, and Stefan Wartinger have all become Partners in Wolf Theiss’ respective offices across CEE.
Nihat Aral Joins Alcon as Head of Legal & Compliance in Turkiye
Former Baker McKenzie Turkish affiliate Esin Attorney Partnership Associate Nihat Aral has joined Alcon as a Head of Legal & Compliance in Turkiye.
Mariana Signeanu Joins Bulboaca & Asociatii as Partner in Bucharest
Former Biris Goran Partner Mariana Signeanu has joined the Bulboaca & Asociatii law firm in Bucharest as a Partner, effective September 11, 2023.
Ibrahim Onur Baysal Moves into Private Practice as Partner and Head of Capital Markets at Erdem & Erdem
Former Karsan Automotive Head of Legal Ibrahim Onur Baysal has joined Erdem & Erdem as a Partner and Head of the firm's Capital Markets practice.
Inga Neniske, Egle Visinskiene, Ramune Saikuviene, and Neringa Gylyte Make Associate Partner at Ilaw Lextal
Lithuania's Ilaw Lextal has announced the promotion of four of its Attorneys to Associate Partner positions – Inga Neniske, Egle Visinskiene, Ramune Saikuviene, and Neringa Gylyte – effective September 2023.
Jan Exner Joins Briza & Trubac To Lead Sports Law Practice
Attorney At Law Jan Exner has joined the Briza & Trubac team in Prague as Head of the firm's Sports Law practice. The move became effective on September 1, 2023.
Pawel Mruk-Zawirski To Head Financial Regulatory and Lukasz Walczyna To Lead Debt Capital Markets at Allen & Overy
Pawel Mruk-Zawirski and Lukasz Walczyna have taken over the leadership of the Financial Regulatory practice and the Debt Capital Markets practice, respectively, in Allen & Overy’s Warsaw office.
Dora Zombori Joins Dentons as Partner in Budapest
Dora Zombori has joined Dentons’ Budapest office as a Partner, to strengthen the firm's Energy and Government Affairs practice.
From Sea to Sea to Shining Sea: 12 CEE Law Firms Band Together To Launch the Three Seas Legal Alliance
During the Three Seas Initiative annual general meeting in Bucharest in September 2023, Austria's Dorda, Bulgaria's Boyanov & Co., Croatia's Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka, the Czech Republic's Kocian Solc Balastik, Estonia's Ellex Raidla, Hungary's Lakatos Koves & Partners, Latvia's Ellex Klavins, Lithuania's Ellex Valiunas, Poland's Wardynski and Partners, Romania's Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Slovakia's Barger Prekop, and Slovenia's Selih & Partnerji announced they formed the Three Seas Legal Alliance, in recognition of the progress made by the Three Seas Initiative.
Piotr Orczykowski and Team Join DZP
Former Alto Partner Piotr Orczykowski has joined DZP Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka as a Partner alongside a five-person team.
Marcin Bisikiewicz Returns to Private Practice with DWF in Poland
DWF has announced that former Mostostal Warszawa Legal Department Director Marcin Bisikiewicz will soon be joining the firm's Dispute Resolution and Arbitration department in Poland as a Partner.
Pavla Kreckova Joins KPMG Legal in Prague
Former CMS Partner Pavla Kreckova has joined the KPMG Legal team as the firm's new Head of Banking/Finance and Real Estate.
Tomasz Hatylak, Sergiusz Kielian, and Dominika Mizielinska Lead Team in Move to Baker Tilly Legal Poland
Former Path Law Hatylak Kielian i Wspolnicy Partners Tomasz Hatylak, Sergiusz Kielian, and Dominika Mizielinska have joined Baker Tilly Legal Poland in September 2023 together with their 12-member team.