Act Legal Botezatu Estrade Partners has recently announced it welcomed a nine-person team from Consortium Legal – including Partners Stelian Mic, Barna Bolonyi, and Valeriu Timus – in "a friendly integration and a strategic step forward."

Deloitte Legal Hungary Head of Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets Linda Al Sallami has recently been appointed a Partner at the firm, effective September 1, 2023.

APTIQ Legal – the legal division of boutique consultancy APTIQ Global – has announced it is joining forces with the office of Bucharest lawyer Diana Dinu Dobrin and the Gal Ghilasi Procopciuc law firm in Brasov.

Bucharest-based lawyers Claudiu Damian and Costin Teodorovici have launched Whistle Up – a platform to support organizations impacted by the whistleblowing legislation in complying with the newly applicable legal framework.

Former Counsel Iryna Kobets has been appointed a Partner with the LCF Law Group in Kyiv, where she will continue to head the firm's Dispute Resolution practice.

Prague's Vaclav Zaloudek has become a Partner in the Global Commercial Litigation practice of White & Case, as part of a global promotion round that saw 42 new additions to the firm's partnership.

Tanja Glisic has joined TSG as Partner in Serbia.

Former Senior Associate Dragomir Stefanov was promoted to Partner at Hristov & Partners.

Former HKV Partner Lukas Michalik has opened up a new law firm in Slovakia: Ments. Joining Michalik at Ments is Partner Peter Makys, another former HKV lawyer.

TSALegal has opened its doors for business in Romania led by Vlad Toba and Traian Stefanescu.

Former Deloitte Legal Partner Olga Kaizar has joined PwC Legal as an Associate Partner in the Czech Republic.

Schoenherr has announced it is promoting Iustin Armasu, Christoph Cudlik, Michael Marschall, and Teresa Waidmann to Partners, as of February 2024. 

Former Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka Partners Michal Czarnuch, Anna Partyka-Opiela, Marcin Pieklak, and Tomasz Kaczynski have joined Rymarz Zdort Maruta as Partners.

Mateusz Madry has become the new Head of DZP’s Life Sciences practice and a Partner with the firm after recently re-joining the DZP team.

CT Legal has promoted Milena Radulovic to Partner.

Former SLV Legal Partners Alexandru Stanescu, Irina Vasile, and Tudor Velea have recently announced the rebranding of their outfit to Lexters – a Bucharest-based boutique law firm focusing on CEE tech companies and start-ups – and unveiled a new partnership with the Rubik Hub.

Attorney at Law Gyorgy Baksay-Nagy has been appointed as the Head of the Intellectual Property practice group at OPL Gunnercooke.

Former MVM Deputy CEO Balazs Tomaj has joined Kinstellar in Budapest as Senior Counsel.