Partner and Head of the Energy and Infrastructure practice Vit Stehlik has been promoted to Executive Partner at White & Case in Prague, as of January 1, 2021, replacing Partner and Head of the firm's CEE Real Estate practice Petr Panek. Panek will be in charge of developing White & Case’s operations in eleven SEE countries as the firm's new SEE Country Practice Head.

Former Solivan Partner Christian Schnell has joined Dentons as a Partner in the firm's Energy and Natural Resources practice. Based in Warsaw, Schnell will also practice in the firm's Munich office. He is joined by Counsel Piotr Dziwniel, Senior Associate Olga Wasilewska, and Associate Ewa Golabek. 

Head of Public Procurement specialization group Karolis Smaliukas and Head of Energy Industry group Paulius Zapolskis have been promoted to Partner at TGS Baltic in Lithuania, as of January 1, 2022.

Pursuant to the Law on utilization of renewable energy sources (“Official gazette of the RS” no. 40/2021, “Law on RES”), Government of the Republic of Serbia has in November 2021 adopted two new regulations: i) the Regulation on Market Premium and Feed-In Tariff and ii) the Regulation on Market Premium Model Agreement.

Former Counsel Tomas Sequens has been promoted to Partner at Kocian Solc Balastik.

In December 2021 the Bulgarian Parliament adopted a moratorium on electricity, water supply and heating prices on the regulated market. The moratorium was imposed due to the record high electricity prices on the Independent Bulgarian Electricity Exchange ("IBEX") and the expected adjustments in the prices on the regulated market applicable to household customers. The Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission ("Regulator") has been prevented from taking any action regarding these price increases until 31 March 2022 by virtue of the moratorium.