In October-November 2024, we interviewed Ukrainian general counsels to understand current trends in engaging local counsels and use of legaltech in their day-to-day activity. Interviews were held to demonstrate to in-house lawyers, international law firms, and investors the most effective tools for selecting local counsel.

With preparations for the 2025 CEE Legal Matters Regional General Counsel Summit and Deal of the Year awards gala in Prague in full swing, Marton Eorsi, a Corporate Finance Partner at Addleshaw Goddard’s London office, shares his thoughts about the upcoming event and what he's looking forward to the most.

Gospic Plazina Stojs Partner Lana Stojs talks about banking and finance in 2025 in Croatia.

Law Office Lazarov Attorney at Law Gordana Susuleska-Itic talks about banking and finance in 2025 in North Macedonia.

Greenberg Traurig Partner and Head of Project and Structured Finance Piotr Nerwinski talks about banking and finance in Poland in 2025.

ZSP Advokati Partner Jelisaveta Stanisic talks about banking and finance in 2025 in Serbia.

ACI Partners  Legal Manager Carolina Parcalab talks about competition in Moldova in 2025.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Partner Anca Diaconu talks about competition in Romania in 2025.

Actecon Knowledge Counsel Hanna Stakheyeva talks about competition in Turkiye in 2025.

Redcliffe Partners Partners Denys Medvediev and Yuriy Terentyev talk about competition in Ukraine in 2025.

Hristov & Partners Partners Pavel Hristov and Dragomir Stefanov talk about M&A in Bulgaria in 2025.

Drakopoulos Senior Associate Sofia Angelakou talks about M&A in Greece in 2025.

Forgo, Damjanovic & Partners Partner Zoltan Forgo talks about M&A in Hungary in 2025.

Vernon David Partners Sergiu Bivol and Roman Ivanov talk about M&A in Moldova in 2025.

Avellum Managing Partner Mykola Stetsenko talks about M&A in Ukraine in 2025.

Jalsovszky Partner Tamas Feher and Managing Associate Peter Szilas talk about dispute resolution in Hungary in 2025.

Law Office Lazarov Attorney At Law Anja Stefanovska talks about dispute resolution in North Macedonia in 2025.

CMS Sofia Managing Partner Kostadin Sirleshtov and Counsel Borislava Piperkova talk about energy in Bulgaria in 2025.