Ljubinka Pljevaljcic has been promoted to Partner at Doklestic, Repic & Gajin.

Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has announced six new partners in its most recent promotion round. As of January 1, 2022, the firm’s new Partners are Mihai Anghel, Oana Gavril, Catalina Mihailescu, Andreea Oprisan, Alexandra Peres, and Alina Ungureanu.

Former EY Partner and Law Leader for Ukraine Albert Sych has joined Redcliffe Partners.

Serra Haviyo has been promoted to Partner at Moral & Partners. According to the firm, Haviyo will be responsible for the Corporate Advisory, M&A, and Banking & Finance Departments.

Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski has changed its name to Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners, following the departure of Ilya Komarevski. Aside from the new name, the firm announced that Victoria Tzonkova and Damyan Leshev were elevated to Partner, while Eleonora Mateina was appointed to Head of Competition and Pharmaceuticals. 

Former Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski Partners Ilya Komarevski and Venelin Dimitrov have established a new firm in Sofia – Komarevski Dimitrov & Partners.

Karanovic & Partners has appointed Bojana Miljanovic Hussey as Partner.

Former Clifford Chance Partner Arthur Iliev has joined Dentons in Moscow.

Serbian law firm Matkovic & Partners has announced it opened an office in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Former PwC Legal Estonia Head of M&A Rutt Vark will rejoin Ellex’s Estonia office as an M&A Counsel as of January 1, 2022.

Former Senior Associate Marek Holka has made Partner at Cechova & Partners.

Former Counsels Eda Duru and Onur Ozgumus have been promoted to Partner at ELIG Gurkaynak in a promotion round that saw five other lawyers promoted to Counsel.

Former Deloitte Legal Partners Zbigniew Korba and Lukasz Szymanski have joined Taylor Wessing. Korba will lead the Banking and Finance practice while Szymanski will be taking over the Insurance practice in Warsaw. Along with the two Partners, eight more lawyers are set to join Taylor Wessing by February 2022.

Cakmak has appointed Senior Counsel Elif Demiroz and Counsel Gulsen Engin as Partners.

Former Pekin & Pekin Senior Partner Yalcin Ozge Okat has established OkatLaw in Istanbul.

Former Dentons Real Estate Partner Maciej Jodkowski has joined Greenberg Traurig’s Warsaw office as Partner. His three-person team comprising Senior Associates Karol Lewandowski and Karolina Tulwin, as well as Alicja Kwiatkowska followed.

Marius Matiukas has joined Adon Legal as Partner.

Former Kambourov & Partners Founder and Partner Mitko Karushkov opened a new law firm in Sofia – Karushkov Legal solutions.