Walless and Fort have announced their agreement to merge their Estonian operations under the Walless brand, while Walless will also strengthen its operational capacities in Latvia with the addition of the Fort Latvia litigation team.

Former Compensa Life Vienna Insurance Group Chief Legal and Compliance Officer in Lithuania Gabija Kuncyte has been appointed as the company's Head of Legal Baltics, effective April 1, 2024.

Noerr has announced it is taking "a new direction in its business in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe," with its Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, and Slovak offices to be transferred to Kinstellar.

CORE Consulting and Onal Attorneys at Law have merged to form a new law firm in Turkiye: CoPartners Competition & Regulation.

Miklos Klenanc – a former Attorney at Law with PwC Legal in Hungary – has joined the Budapest office of Schoenherr as a Senior Attorney at Law to lead the firm's local M&A practice.

Former Miskovic & Miskovic Attorney-at-Law Maja Seat has been promoted to a Partner position with the Zagreb-based firm.

Kruna Savovic – until recently the Head of the Media and IP Litigation team and a Partner at Zivkovic Samardzic – left the firm in March 2024.

Former Gecic Law Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution Jovana Velickovic has launched her own law firm in Belgrade – Velickovic Law – specializing in dispute resolution, labor, and corporate law.

Former Nagy & Trocsanyi Partner Viktor Jeger has joined the Lakatos Koves & Partners Dispute Resolution team.

Family law specialist Mindaugas Vaiciunas has joined Ilaw Lextal as an Associate Partner.

Former Managing Associate Ramona Birlog has been appointed to a Partner position with Firon Bar-Nir during the latest promotion round in the firm's Litigation and Insolvency department.

Former Senior Associate Liis Konn has been promoted to a Partner position with Ellex in Estonia. In her new role, she will co-lead the Dispute Resolution practice at the firm.

Former Matas & Partners Founding Partner Robert Matas has joined BPV Braun Partners as a Partner in the Czech Republic.

Deutsche Bank Turkiye Head of Legal and former Vice President Ozge Sanioglu was appointed Director at the company in March 2024.

Prica & Partners has appointed Senior Associate Jelena Edelman to lead its new Employees’ Stock Awards department within the firm, to handle foreign corporations’ employee award and saving schemes.

Senior Partner Marta Popa – who has been with Voicu & Asociatii since its inception in 2001 – has been appointed a Deputy Managing Partner at the Bucharest-based firm.

Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners has announced the appointment of Violeta Saranciuc and Alexandru Iorgulescu to the firm's partnership. The two new partners will join the management teams of the international arbitration and restructuring & insolvency departments, respectively.

Criminal defense lawyers Adrian Sandru, George Zlati, and Dorel Herinean have joined forces to launch the Lexure legal hub in Romania.