Former BekesPartners lawyer Stella Simon and Perger Law attorney Gabor Perger have founded the AegisLegal law firm in Budapest.

Wladek Rzycki has joined CMS as a Partner in the Infrastructure and Projects Group in Warsaw.

Dentons has appointed Petr Zakoucky as Czech Republic Managing Partner, replacing outgoing MP Michal Hink, who is leaving Dentons to become Investment General Counsel at the Heimstaden real estate company.

Former Rymarz Zdort Co-Head of Real Estate Agnieszka Koniewicz has joined Penteris as a Partner.

Murat Demir has been promoted to Regional Partner and Dogus Gulpinar to Partner at Nazali Tax & Legal in Turkey and Ukraine, respectively.

Former Dentons Managing Counsel Magdalena Raducanu has joined Kinstellar’s Bucharest office as Special Counsel and Head of the Romanian Banking & Finance practice, and Partner Zsuzsa Csiki is take over leadership of Kinstellar's Romanian Corporate and M&A practice.

Romanian MPR Partners has announced it is opening an office in London, to be headed by Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner Alina Popescu.

Bird & Bird Partner Marta Koremba has become an Equity Partner in Bird & Bird's international network, and Bird & Bird Warsaw Head of Employment Karolina Stawicka and Head of Financing Transactions Maciej Georg have been promoted to Partner. 

Warsaw's Monika Macura and Krakow's Konieczny Wierzbicki law firms have merged, and will operate going forward in both markets under the Konieczny Wierzbicki brand.

Gabor Hollos and Zoltan Kozma have been promoted to Local Partner at DLA Piper in Budapest.

Former Stada CIS Head of Legal Konstantin Sharlovskiy has joined the Pepeliaev Group as Head of Life Sciences in Moscow.

Former PWC Legal Partner Stefanie Werinos-Sydow has brought her team to PHH Rechtsanwalte in Vienna.

Former Hillmont Partners Partner Taras Tertychnyi has left that Ukrainian firm to become a Partner and Co-Head of Corporate and M&A and International Dispute Resolution at the Marushko Law Office in Kyiv.

Former Glinska & Miskovic Partner Anamaria Zuvanic has left the Croatian firm to open her own office, Law Office Anamaria Zuvanic, in cooperation with Kovacevic Prpic Simeunovic.  

Asters has announced the launch of a new French Desk at the firm, which it reports will be "focused on providing comprehensive support for corporate and private French-speaking clients."

A new law firm alliance has appeared in the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Sergiy Burnus has rejoined Asters as the Head of its London office, replacing outgoing office head Olga Khoroshylova, who has left the firm.

Former BNT Associated Partner Martin Provaznik has joined BPV Braun Partners in Bratislava.