Former Senior Counsel Ivana Rackovic has been promoted to Partner at Karanovic & Partners.

Former Senior Associates Marta Cera, Anete Dimitrovska, and Edvijs Zandars have been promoted to Associate Partners at Ellex in Latvia as of April 11, 2023.

Dentons Partners Anna Pukszto and Bartlomiej Kordeczka have been elected the new Poland Co-Managing Partners following a vote of the Partners in Warsaw. They take over from Arkadiusz Krasnodebski, who stepped down after serving as Managing Partner in Poland since 2014.

A new promotion round saw 62 lawyers become Partners at CMS – spanning 25 cities across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America – including Arno Zimmermann, Hans Lederer, and Klaus Pateter in Vienna, Alicja Zalewska-Orabona in Warsaw, and Mihai Jiganie-Serban in Bucharest.

Taylor Wessing Counsel Tugce Yalcin – who joined the firm in March 2023 from DLA Piper – will head the firm's newly established CEE Turkish Desk in Vienna.

The Bosnia & Herzegovina-based law firm Ibrahimovic & Co has launched its dedicated Turkish Desk with the addition of Feyza Gerger Erdal, who will head the new department. 

Austria-based Helml Rechtsanwaelte has become part of Los Angeles-based Aliant Law.

Partners Andrea Zubovic-Devedzic and Indir Osmic have been appointed the Co-Managing Partners of the CMS Sarajevo office as of April 1, 2023, taking over from Nedzida Salihovic-Whalen who will stay on as a Partner.

The Croatian office of Peterka & Partners opened its doors in Zagreb on March 1, 2023, with the addition of Attorney At Law Anja Haramija, formerly of Buterin & Partners, who will lead the firm's Croatian operations.

Former Schwarz Schoenherr Partner Thomas Adocker has joined Taylor Wessing in Vienna as a Partner.

Former White & Case Associate Ondrej Barton has joined the Dentons Prague office as a Partner, starting on April 1, 2023.

Former AAA Law Attorney Mantas Rimkevicius has joined Triniti Jurex as an Associate Partner.

Former Orlik & Partners Partner Szymon Suchcicki has left his previous firm to set up the Kaass business law firm in Warsaw.

NGL Legal has announced the opening of the firm's Korean Desk, to be headed by Managing Partner Krzysztof Wiater with the support of Associate Ho Sun Nam, who joined the firm back in February.

Former Allen & Overy Counsel Katarina Matulnikova has been appointed as the new Managing Partner and Head of the Employment team at Wolf Theiss in Bratislava. She takes over from Jitka Logesova, who had held the position since 2019.

Former PNSA Attorney Alexandru Nicolae and former Prosecutor Liviu Dascalescu have teamed up to establish the Dascalescu Nicolae & Partners law firm in Romania.

Greenberg Traurig has announced the establishment of its new Data Center practice in the firm's Warsaw office, to be headed by Counsel Adam Narloch.

White-Collar Crime Attorneys Danilo Nikolic and Luka Nikolic have joined Jankovic Popovic Mitic as Partners in the firm.