We’re excited to announce the shortlisted deals for the 2024 CEE Deals of the Year Awards, recognizing the largest and most important deals in Central and Eastern Europe!
The CEE Deals of the Year Awards have been granted since 2017 by CEE Legal Matters – the leading source of news and information about the lawyers and legal industry in Central and Eastern Europe – to celebrate the transactions, financings, IPOs, and other deals that underpin growth throughout the region, as well as the lawyers and law firms who make them happen.
The winners will be selected by a Final Selection Committee and announced at the annual CEE Deals of the Year Banquet scheduled for April 1, 2025, in Prague. More information about the awards and the banquet can be found here. We’re particularly excited that this year's Gala Dinner will also host be attended by all the General Counsel attending the two-day 2025 CEELM Regional GC Summit – co-hosted by Slaughter and May and sponsored by Act Legal, Addleshaw Goddard, AMB Legal Group, Karanovic & Partners, Musat & Asociatii, Pontes, and PRK Partners.
The shortlists (available in full on the DOTY website here) are based on the Country Selection Committees’ votes on all the deals nominated across CEE The shortlist for each country is based on the votes of the Country Selection Committee jury members (a full list of those who gave us permission to announce them is below). The winners will be determined by a vote by the Regional Committee. A big thank you to all who took the time to evaluate all submissions and cast their vote:
- Andras Posztl, Country Managing Partner, DLA Piper
- Angelina Stoklosa, Partner, SK Legal
- Anisa Rrumbullaku, Partner, CR & Partners
- Armen Khachaturyan, Senior Partner, Asters Law
- Aron Laszlo, Partner, Oppenheim
- Arthur Braun, Managing Partner, BPV Braun Partners
- Besnik Duraj, Partner, CMS
- Biljana Joanidis, Partner, Joandis
- Christoph Mager, Managing Partner Austria, DLA Piper
- Christoph Nauer, Partner, BPV Huegel
- Csaba Polgar, Partner, Pontes
- Darko Jovanovic, Partner, Karanovic and Partners
- David Kiss, Partner, Ban S.Szabo Rauch
- Davorin Marinkovic, Partner, Dimitrijevic & Partners
- Ermo Kosk, Partner, Ellex
- Florian Klimscha, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Gatis Flinters, Partner, Cobalt
- Gergely Ban, Partner, Act Legal
- Gjorgji Georgievski, Partner, ODI Law
- Irena Georgieva, Managing Partner, PPG Lawyers
- Ivana Ruzicic, Managing Partner, PR Legal
- Jakub Adam, Partner, Taylor Wessing
- Jakub Zagrajek, Partner, Rymarz Zdort Maruta
- Jan Havel, Partner, Act Legal
- Jasmina Suljovic, Partner, BH Legal
- Jelena Vujisic, Partner, Vujacic Law Office
- Josip Marohnic, Partner, Marohnic, Tomek & Gjoic
- Katerina Mihalikova, Partner, Majernik & Mihalikova
- Kerem Turunc, Managing Partner, Turunc
- Klaus Pfeiffer, Partner, Weber & Co.
- Kristel Raidla Talur, Partner, Cobalt
- Laszlo Hajdu, Partner, HP Legal
- Luka Vukelic, Partner, Vukelic Law
- Luka Popovic, Senior Partner, BDK Advokati
- Lukasz Lyszczarek, Partner, Lewczuk Lyszczarek Szymczyk
- Margarita Karpenko, Partner, Imagine Lawyers
- Marija Gregoric, Partner, Babic & Partners
- Marko Bohacek, Partner, BDV
- Marko Porobija, Managing Partner, Porobija & Spoljaric
- Martin Foerster, Founding Partner, Pitkowitz & Partners
- Masa Kramar, Partner, Senica & Partners
- Matjaz Ulcar, Partner, Cerha Hempel
- Metin Pektas, Partner, Nazali Tax & Legal
- Mia Civic, Partner, in cooperation with ODI Law
- Michal Pawlowski, Managing Partner, DWF
- Mika Lalaouni, Partner, Drakopoulos
- Milan Keker, Founding Partner, KBP Legal
- Milos Velimirovic, Managing Partner Belgrade Office, Kinstellar
- Mykola Stetsenko, Managing Partner, Avellum
- Nina Kuzik, Partner, Savoric & Partners
- Norbert Havrila, Partner, Legate
- Olena Kuchynska, Managing Partner Kyiv Office, Kinstellar
- Olexiy Soshenko, Managing Partner, Redcliffe Partners
- Pal Jalsovszky, Managing Partner, Jalsovszky
- Perry Zizzi, Managing Partner Bucharest Office, Dentons
- Petar Orlic, Partner, NKO Law
- Peter Daszkowski, Partner, Wolf Theiss
- Peter Kubina, Managing Partner Slovakia, Dentons
- Polona Bozicko, Partner, Zagorc & Partners
- Razvan Vlad, Partner, NNDKP
- Roger Gladei, Managing Partner, Gladei & Partners
- Rolan Jankelevitsh, Partner, Walless
- Ruta Armone, Partner, Ellex
- Sabina Lalaj, Partner, Lalaj & Partners
- Sebastian Gutiu, Office Managing Partner, Schoenherr
- Simon Bracun, Partner, Kavcic, Bracun & Partners
- Sintija Radionova, Partner, Walless
- Slobodan Kremenjak, Partner, Zivkovic Samardzic
- Stanislav Dvorak, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
- Stojan Semiz, Managing Partner, ZSP Advokati
- Szabolcs Mestyan, Partner, Lakatos, Koves & Partners
- Taulant Hodaj, Partner, Hodaj & Partners
- Tomas Dolezil, Partner, JSK
- Urim Vokshi, Partner, Vokshi & Lata
- Yavor Kambourov, Managing Partner, Kambourov & Partners
- Zoran Draskovic, Partner, Hillbridges
