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Gamze Bedirkurum Joins Ericsson as Senior Legal Counsel

Former KocSistem Senior Legal Counsel Gamze Bedirkurum has joined Ericsson as Group Legal Counsel in Turkey.

Olga Gulyaeva Joins Legrand in Russia

Olga Gulyaeva has joined Legrand as Director of Legal and Compliance Officer.

Fatma Ozen Karaca Joins Master Destek as Chief Legal Counsel in Turkey

Master Destek has brought on Fatma Ozen Karaca as its Chief Legal Counsel in Istanbul.

Emese Szitasi joins MVM as Transaction Manager

MVM has brought on Emese Szitasi as its Transaction Manager in Hungary.

Alex Potlog Becomes Legal Director at AbbVie in London

AbbVie has promoted Romanian lawyer Alex Potlog in the role of Legal Director for the UK and Ireland.

Jozef Antal Returns to Private Practice as Head of Disputes at Kapolyi Law Firm

Jozsef Antal, the former Head of Legal and Compliance at Metro Cash & Carry Hungary, has returned to private practice by joining Kapolyi Law Firm as a Partner.

Bank BPS SA Hires Radoslaw Radowski as Head of Compliance Unit

Bank BPS SA has hired Radoslaw Radowski in the role of Head of Compliance Unit.

Arnold Koger Becomes Head of Legal at Novartis

Arnold Koger has joined Novartis as Head of Legal.

Timur Khasanov – Batirov Joins Stada as Head of Compliance for Russia and CIS Region

The Stada Group has hired Timur Khasanov – Batirov in the role of Head of Compliance for Russia and the CIS Region.

Former Deloitte Legal Estonia Managing Partner Merit Lind Among Significant Additions at Fort Legal

The Tallinn office of Fort Legal has been joined by a three-person team from CORE Legal led by Partner Merit Lind and by Kristin Kamilla Kirss, the former Chief Legal Counsel and Head of Baltic Legal at Svenska Handelsbanken AB Estonian Branch.

Bora Kaya Takes Charge of Gama Holding Legal Function

Bora Kaya, the former Managing Legal Counsel at Gama Power Systems Engineering and Contracting, has become Chief Legal Officer of Gama Holding.

Former First Investment Bank CLCO Iliana Byanova Joins Sopharma Trading

Iliana Byanova, the former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at the First Investment Bank, has joined Sopharma Trading as its Chief Legal, Risk, and Compliance Officer in Sofia.

Eva Nikolic Joins Astellas as Senior Legal Director

Eva Nikolic has become Senior Director Legal, Developed Markets at the Astellas pharmaceutical company, where she will head the company's commercial legal agenda and lead related legal support in 22 European markets, including Central Europe and the Adriatic and Baltic regions.

Astellas Pharma's Altug Ozgun Joins Cetinkaya Attorneys at Law

Altug Ozgun, Astella Pharma's Ethics & Compliance Director in Turkey, is joining the recently established Cetinkaya Attorneys-at-Law firm as a Partner.

Cerha Hempel Advises on Telenor Spin-Off in Hungary

Cerha Hempel's Budapest office has helped set-up a new company – Cetin Hungary – by way of a de-merger from Telenor Hungary.

Former UiPath General Counsel Vasile Tiple Becomes Head of Legal Automation to Launch New Business Line

Vasile Tiple, the first in-house counsel and former General Counsel of UiPath, has left that role to become Head of Legal Automation – in which capacity he intends to develop a new and expanded Legal Automation Program as part of the company's business offering.