Here they are: The 2019 CEE Deal of the Year Awards Shortlists!

The special 2020 Kick-Off issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here — and soon it will be there!

All the 2019 Deal of the Year Submissions have been received, organized, placed on ballots, and sent out to various panels across CEE, and the full list of all submissions will appear in — and only in — the February 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, available only by subscription.

Here it is! The January 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, specially-delayed in honor of all of our friends celebrating Orthodox Christmas!

As 2019 draws to a close, we provide a look back at the most popular stories — based on the number of clicks and views — that appeared on the CEE Legal Matters website over the past 365 days.

As we escape the wind, ice, and snow

the news on this website will unavoidably slow

You’ll forgive us our need to take a quick rest

Charging the batteries that keep us the best

Okay, you can open one Christmas present early. And … surprise! It’s the December 2019 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine!

The November issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is, frankly, a little bit late. But good things take time, and trust us, this issue – our annual special Foreign Focus issue, focusing this time on the Rainbow Nation, South Africa – is a good one. And finally, finally, it’s out now!

Roses are red, violets are blue. Hurrah, the issue of CEE Legal Matters is new!

Sure, this summer has been hot. There's no denying it. Sizzling. Too hot to enjoy. But now come the good times. Reasonable temperatures, nice breezes, and cool weather — perfect for grabbing a nice adult beverage, sitting on your deck or on the patio of your favorite watering hole, and reading the September 2019 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine from front to back. We've done our part ... because the September 2019 issue is out now!

Sponsors of the 2020 Dealer’s Choice Law Firm Summit, which will be held on April 23, 2020 in conjunction with the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet, explain their involvement.

We're late. Trust us: we know it. But don't worry: The special August 2019 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine — our semi-annual CEE By The Numbers report — is well worth the wait!

Planning has already begun for next spring’s Dealer’s Choice Law Firm Summit – the premier conference for CEE-focused private practitioners – which, for the first time ever, will take place in London, along with the CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet.

It is hot. Sitting in an oven in a wool sweater hot. Crawling through the desert in a ski suit hot. Chicken vindaloo extra spicy hot. What better way to escape the gruel of this sweaty summer than refreshing yourself with a new issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine? Well, happy days: The July 2019 issue is out now!

When George Gershwin wrote "Summertime, and the living is easy. Catfish are jumpin’, and the cotton is high,” he forgot the most important signifier of this wonderful season: The June issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine!

CEE Legal Matters announced the CEE Deal of the Year Award Winners at its Second Annual DOTY Awards Banquet on March 28, 2019, with Allen & Overy and CMS among the night’s big winners.

Things just keep getting better and better, don’t they? First, the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet in Budapest is a huge success. Spring, encouraged by those results, decides to make an early and aggressive appearance. Game of Thrones returns. Manchester United loses in the Champions League. Avengers: Endgame is suitably cool. Only one piece of the puzzle remains to make this a complete first third of the year: The publication of the May 2019 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine!

"April showers bring May flowers," American children sing, but this year April also brings the annual special Corporate Counsel Handbook issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine! Thus, while keeping dry under their umbrellas, subscribers to the CEE Legal Matters magazine will be able to enjoy: