On May 21, 2023, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling announced they are merging into a fully integrated firm: Allen Overy Shearman Sterling – A&O Shearman for short.

Former Partner Dominik Zimm has been elevated to an Equity Partner position at DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich.

Havel & Partners has expanded its IP practice with the establishment of H&P Patents, a team specializing in providing industrial property strategy services including patents, utility models, and industrial design protection. H&P Patents will be led by Havel & Partners Partners Robert Nespurek and Ivan Rames.

Former Associate Partner Ksenia Kravtsenko has been promoted to a Partner position at Lextal in Estonia.

Martin Dohnal has been appointed a Partner at CEE Attorneys, the third member of the firm's Prague office partnership, alongside Lukas Petr and Zdenek Tomicek.

Partner Agnieszka Kulinska has been appointed the new Head of the Energy and Natural Resources practice in Dentons’ Warsaw office, taking over from Managing Partner Arkadiusz Krasnodebski. Warsaw and Munich-based Partner Christian Schnell will Co-Head the firm's Europe Energy practice group alongside Berlin-based Partner Tim Heitling.

B2RLaw Partner Andrzej Zajac has been appointed as the new Head of the firm's Energy & Real Estate practice.

Former Guner Law Office Partner Omer Erdogan has joined Kinstellar Turkish affiliate Gen & Temizer Ozer as a Partner in Istanbul.

Former Counsel Nicole Daniel has been promoted to a Partner position in DLA Piper's Austrian office.

Gavrila & Asociatii Lawyer Ion Alexandru has been promoted to Partner position within the firm.

Former Eversheds Sutherland Counsel Petra Konecna has been promoted to a Partner position in the firm's Prague office.

Former Counsel Oana Dutu-Buzura has been promoted to Partner at DLA Piper in Romania as of May 1, 2023.

Former Senior Associates Audrius Slazinskas, Evaldas Petraitis, and Ruslan Boiko have been promoted to Associate Partners at Noor.

Schoenherr Local Partner Daniel Gera has become the firm’s new Hungarian office Managing Partner, taking over from Local Partner Kinga Hetenyi.

Former Baker McKenzie Partner Magdalena Nasilowska has joined Allen & Overy’s Warsaw Corporate Practice as a Partner. Counsel Piotr Szczecinski and Associate Jakub Zebrowski also joined the firm alongside Nasilowska.

Briza & Trubac lawyers Marta Zavadilova and Barbora Klimesova have been promoted to Partner positions within the firm.

Seven Kinstellar lawyers have been promoted to Partner: Bratislava-based Tomas Melisek, Budapest-based Levente Hegedus, Istanbul-based Bulut Girgin, and Kyiv-based Anastasiya Bolkhovitinova, Natalia Kirichenko, Oleg Matiusha, and Illya Muchnyk.

Former Counsel Daniel Aranyi has been promoted to Partner at Bird & Bird in Budapest, where he also leads the firm's Energy and Competition practice.