Osborne Clarke has announced its entry into the CEE market by opening a new office in Poland and scooping up multi-professional services firm MDDP’s legal arm along with other lawyers.

Paul Buta has been appointed to Managing Partner, while Alexandru Terta, Iuliana Iacob, and Andrei Ormenean made Partner at Musat & Asociatii.

Hungarian corporate law firm HBK Partners has entered into a strategic partnership with Moore Hungary, the local member of audit and advisory network Moore Global. As a result, the law firm changed its name to Moore Legal Kovacs.

Former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Counsel Evgeny Oreshin has joined Eversheds Sutherland's Russia office as a Partner in its Dispute Resolution practice.

Former Counsel Daniel Gera has been promoted to Local Partner with Schoenherr’s office in Hungary as of February 1, 2022.

Sylwia Zielezinska, Dominika Leszczynska, Jakub Adamski, and Mateusz Kotowicz have been promoted to Partner at Ro Radwan-Roehrenschef Petruczenko. The firm also shortened its name from the previously used Ro Radwan-Roehrenschef Petruczenko Tokarzewska.

Nataliia Gorbal has joined Arzinger as a Partner on February 1, 2022, and will lead the firm’s Private Clients and Family Law practice.

Former Counsel Antti Perli, who specializes in advising venture capital funds and tech companies, has become a Partner with Ellex’s Estonia office.

Karol Brzoskowski was appointed Partner, while Paulina Kimla-Kaczorowska, Barbara Pancer, Kamil Majewski, and Rafal Siwek have been promoted to Local Partners with Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office, as of January 1, 2022.

Former Deputy Minister for European Integration, Investment, and Digitization with the Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection of Ukraine Kostyantyn Chyzhyk has joined Hillmont Partners as Partner and Head of Government Relations and Public Advocacy.

Montenegro-based PLK Advokati has joined the Lexcellence legal alliance, a network of six law offices, focusing on the SEE region.

Karanovic & Partners has announced the appointment of Senior Partner Darko Jovanovic as the new Managing Partner of the firm.

Former Specialist Counsel Edgars Lodzins has become a Partner in Cobalt’s Latvia office.

Jadek & Pensa has promoted Janja Zaplotnik to Equity Partner.

Djurdjica Horvat and Filip Matkovic have been promoted to Partner at MPartners Legal.

Irene Welser has been promoted to Senior Partner at Cerha Hempel, replacing former Senior Partner Edith Hlawati.

Former TGS Baltics Partner Nauris Grigals has joined Sorainen as Partner and Co-Head of the firm’s Corporate and M&A practice.

Former Senior Associate Mia Kalajdzic has been appointed Partner and Head of the Employment practice area group at CMS Croatia, while former Senior Associate Sasa Sodja was appointed Partner and Head of the Corporate and M&A practice at CMS Slovenia.