Latest In-House Moves in CEE

Merve Oney Barlas Hired as Chief Legal Officer at DgPays

Merve Oney Barlas has joined Istanbul-based financial services provider DgPays as Chief Legal Officer.

Senem Berkem Paflak Moves to Modanisa as Head of Legal Compliance

Senem Berkem Paflak has joined Modanisa as Head of Legal Compliance.

Idea Bank Head of Legal Joins Clifford Chance in Poland

Anna Gorska, former Head of Legal at Idea Bank, returns to private practice by joining Clifford Chance as a Legal Adviser in Warsaw.

Konstantin Sharlovskiy Joins Pepeliaev Group as Head of Life Sciences

Former Stada CIS Head of Legal Konstantin Sharlovskiy has joined the Pepeliaev Group as Head of Life Sciences in Moscow.

Lilian Kontou Moves to TAE- SOL Group as Legal Director

Lilian Kontou has joined the TAE – SOL Group in Athens as Legal Director.

Sergiy Ignatovsky Joins Redcliffe Partners as Partner

Former Mriya Agroholding Chief Legal Counsel Sergiy Ignatovsky has joined Redcliffe Partners as a Partner within the firm’s Litigation and Restructuring practices.

Huuuge Games Hires CCC's Anna Atanasow As Head of Legal

Anna Atanasow, the former General Counsel at CCC, has joined Huuge Games as Head of Legal.

Gunay & Erdogan Opens For Business in Ankara

Former Chief Legal Counsel and Head of Contracts at Havelsan Yavuz Selim Gunay and Ankara Yildirim Beyazit Universitesi Faculty of Law Associate Professor Ersin Erdogan have partnered up to launch Gunay & Erdogan Attorneys-at-Law, a new law firm in Ankara.

Ayca Aydin Suzer Joins TEB Cetelem as Head of Legal

Ayca Aydin Suzer has joined TEB Cetelem as Head of Legal in Turkey.

Birturk Aydin Leaves Esin Attorney Partnership to Become Head of Legal at Koc University

Former Esin Attorney Partnership Partner Birturk Aydin has left that firm — the Turkish member firm of Baker McKenzie International — to become the Head of Legal at Koc University in Istanbul.

Unilever Hires Ebru Gurdemir as Regional GC in Turkey

Ebru Gurdemir has joined Unilever in Istanbul as the General Counsel TUI.

Burak Yesilaltay Joins Google in Turkey

Former ELIG Attorneys-at-law Associate Attorney Burak Yesilaltay has joined Google as Legal Counsel.

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.