Kinstellar has announced it is strengthening its presence in Serbia by teaming up with the local SOG Law Firm in a strategic partnership.

On June 27, 2023, Asters Partner Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi was voted in as Executive Director of the International Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Following the appointment, Kliuchkovskyi resigned from his partnership at Asters on July 1, 2023.

Agnieszka Skorupinska has joined the ranks of Rymarz Zdort Maruta as a Partner to head the firm's newly established Environmental Law and ESG practice.

Bojovic, Draskovic, Popovic & Partners has announced the launch of its Environmental, Social, and Governance department led by Partner Milica Pesteric.

Joanna Krakowiak, Jakub Macek, Wojciech Marszalkowski, Adam Pawlisz, Lukasz Sliwinski, and Maciej Zych make Contract Partner at Wardynski & Partners in Poland.

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz has established a dedicated, separate competence center for English law – to serve its operations across CEE and SEE countries – with members including Vienna-based Partners Marcell Clark, Alexander Rakosi, and David Kohl and Solicitor Anna Freund.

Ausra Surviliene has joined Ellex Valiunas to develop the Wealth Management & Private Clients practice as Head of the firm's Family Office.

On June 21, 2023, Poland's Ro Radwan-Roehrenschef Petruczenko announced the opening of its new office in Rzeszow – the firm's second after its Warsaw headquarters.

Former Prime Kapital Development real estate development and M&A Lawyer Alexandru Coras has returned to private practice by joining Stalfort Legal-Tax-Audit in Romania as a Partner.

Austrian law firm Vavrovsky Heine Marth has opened a new office in Linz, in addition to the firm's operations in Vienna and Salzburg.

Former DWF Partner Rafal Morek has joined CMS's dispute resolution team in Poland as Partner, along with Jan Markiewicz as Counsel and Andrzej Girdwoyn as Associate.

Former NKO Partners Senior Associate Branko Jankovic has been promoted to a Partner position with the firm. 

Former ELIG Gurkaynak Senior Associate Cigdem Gizem Okkaoglu has joined Gunay Erdogan Attorneys at Law as a Partner in Ankara.

Queritius is opening a new office in Zagreb, with Dalibor Valincic having joined the firm as a Partner on June 1, 2023.

Former White & Case Local Partner Tomas Scerba and Michal Hink – previously Dentons’ Czech Republic Managing Partner – have joined DLA Piper’s Prague office as Partners. Alongside the two, Leo Javorek also joined the firm as a Counsel.

Former PwC Legal Attorney at Law Simon Baier has launched the eponymous SHB Law Office Simon Harald Baier.

Lauras Butkevicius has joined Ellex’s Lithuanian office as a Partner.

Mirella Lechna-Marchewka has become Wardynski & Partners’ new Managing Partner – taking over from Stefan Jacyno who held the position for the past 22 years – while the firm has also appointed a new 6-member Council and new finance director.