Austrian lawyers Andreas Gfohler, Hannes Pesendorfer, Christian Gruber and Michael Weiner have been promoted to Partner at Schramm Oehler.

DLA Piper Vienna has opened a Russia Desk, headed by new Senior Associate Ekaterina Larens Matveychuk.

Former CMS Partners Simon Dayes and Simona Marin have joined Dentons in Bucharest.

Artem Kuzmenko and Konstantin Derbyshev have been promoted to Partner at Eterna Law.

Sinem Mermer has joined Turkey's Boden Law Firm as Partner and Head of the firm’s new Technology and Innovation Practice.

Necati Karabayir as has joined SOCAR Turkey as its new Group Compliance Director.

Adam Zwierzynski has been promoted to Partner at Radzikowski Szubielska.

Dan Minoiu was promoted to Partner at Musat & Asociatii in Romania.

Alexander Rymko, former International Senior Counsel at Harney's, has joined Alrud to head the firm's Banking and Finance practice.

Markian Malskyy, who left Arzinger last summer after being appointed Head of the Lviv Regional State Administration by the President of Ukraine, has returned to the firm as Head of its Western Ukrainian office and Co-Head of its International Litigation and Arbitration Practice.

Binder Groesswang has promoted Corporate/M&A lawyer Philipp Kapl to Partner.

Former Counsel Serhiy Shershun, Head of Antitrust and Competition at Integrites, has become the firm's 11th partner.

Edvard Gasperskij and Audrius Zvybas have been promoted to Associate Partner at Glimstedt in Lithuania.

Andris Taurins and Valts Nerets, the Co-Heads of the Dispute Resolution and Risk Management practice at Sorainen in Latvia, have joined the firm's partnership.

Kapolyi Law Firm has appointed Katinka Tolgyes the firm's new Head of Competition.

Former Dentons Managing Partner Anda Todor has become Managing Partner at the former Istocescu & Vintila, now Todor, Istocescu & Vintila, or TIV Legal.

Sebastian Pietrzyk, former Partner at Brillaw Mikulski & Partners in Warsaw, has joined Act BSWW to co-head the firm's Public Procurement practice.

Jozsef Antal, the former Chief Legal Counsel at Unix Auto, has become the new Head of Legal and Compliance at Metro Cash & Carry Hungary.