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!
The 2019 June Issue of the CEELM Magazine is Out!
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!
Tuxes and Triumph: A Night of Celebration at the DOTY Awards Banquet
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.
The 2019 May Issue of the CEELM Magazine is Out!
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!
The 2019 Corporate Counsel Handbook and the Yearly Table of Deals Are Out!
"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:
CEE Law Firms Celebrate Successes at Second Annual Deal of the Year Awards in Budapest
Allen & Overy and CMS were the big winners on Thursday night’s CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet in Budapest, with Allen & Overy taking home a remarkable ten awards on the night, including the award for Baltic Deal of the Year for its work on Blackstone Group’s acquisition of a majority stake in Luminor, and CMS taking home seven, including the 2018 CEE Deal of the Year for its work on Advent’s Acquisition of Zentiva from Sanofi.
2018 End of Year Summ(it)ary: The CEELM Celebration
In November 2014, at the conclusion of their publication’s first year of existence, the editors of CEE Legal Matters decided to celebrate by inviting a select number of legal experts from across CEE to join them in Vienna for dinner, drinks, and a rare Round Table conversation on the state of CEE’s legal markets. The event, which took place the next year in Prague, then in Warsaw, and then again in Prague, grew over time, with an ever-growing core group supplemented each year by new friends.
Like Sands Through the Hourglass, Time is Running Out to Buy Tickets to CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet
There are only 11 days left until the 2019 Deal of the Year Awards Banquet in Budapest — the largest annual gathering of law firms in Central and Eastern Europe. Tickets remain available for the March 28 event at the Budapest Marriott on the banks of the Danube, but time is running out.
A Renewed Sense of Hope is in the Air: March Issue is Out!
Can you feel it? The bounce in your step? The fresh air in your lungs? The days seeming brighter, longer? Yes, after months of darkness ... the March 2019 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here!
Largest Annual Gathering of Law Firms in CEE is Only One Month Away
Tickets are still available for the 2018 CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet, scheduled for Budapest on March 28, 2019 - exactly one month away.
Early Bird Stretches Its Wings, Prepares to Fly: Last Chance for Discounted Tickets to 2019 Deal of the Year Awards Banquet in Budapest
The "Early Bird" discount on tickets to the 2019 Deal of the Year Awards Banquet will expire on Friday, February 15, so those planning on attending the largest annual gathering of law firms in CEE should purchase their tickets soon.
2018 CEE Deal of the Year Shortlists
CEE Legal Matters is pleased to announce the finalists for CEE 2018 Deal of the Year in 17 different CEE countries.
Kicking 2019 Off in Style: New Issue of CEE Legal Matters Magazine Out Now
CEE Legal Matters is starting 2019 off right, with a special issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine — our first of 2019 — providing unique coverage of the End of Year Party which saw over 70 lawyers come together in Budapest from all over Europe to help CEELM celebrate its fifth anniversary in style. All the reportage, photos, trivia contests, essays, and other bells and whistles are in the issue, available to subscribers (here) now!
DOTY Shortlists Announced Tomorrow
We're only hours away from the formal announcement of the final nominees for the CEE Deal of the Year Awards, as the final shortlists from each country will be published on the CEE Legal Matters website at 10:00 AM CET tomorrow morning.
DOTY Shortlists to Be Announced on Wednesday
The CEE 2018 Deal of the Year Shortlists will be announced and published live on the CEE Legal Matters website at 10 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.
CEE Deal Of The Year Awards
March 28, 2019, Marriott Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
Competition for a Good Cause: DLA Piper is 3rd Annual Bowling Competition Champion
CEE Legal Matters’ 3rd Annual Budapest Law Firm Bowling Challenge took place in the bowling alley of Budapest’s Mammut Shopping Mall on the evening of January 28, 2019, with teams from 14 of Hungary’s leading law firms competing for the champion’s trophy, and proceeds going to a charity selected by the participants.
DOTY Awards Banquet Tickets on Sale Now With Special Early Bird Discount
Tickets are on sale now for the most important and entertaining annual gathering of lawyers and celebration of lawyering in Central and Eastern Europe: The CEE Legal Matters Annual Banquet and Deal of the Year Awards Ceremony, scheduled for March 28, 2019 in Budapest.