Former SOG Law Firm Senior Associate Jelena Zivkovic has joined NCR Lawyers as a Partner.

Madrid-based Hungarian lawyer Dora Czegledi has been appointed by Fever to Lead Counsel.

Former CMS Counsel Monika Szczotkowska has joined SSW Pragmatic Solutions as Partner alongside team members Associates Damian Gierasimczuk, Maksymilian Smyklinski, and Aleksandra Krol, Paralegal Milosz Zolich, and Legal Assistant Weronika Noweta.

Polacek & Partners has promoted former Senior Associate Simon Hudak to Partner.

Following Gen Temizer's announcement that it is going independent, Kinstellar announced the appointment of Mert Elcin to Partner and leader of its new Turkish law practice – KST Law.

Turkish firm Gen Temizer has announced it ended its cooperation with Kinstellar.

Former DLA Piper Senior Associate Mate Hajas has joined Kapolyi as Head of the firm's corporate team.

Former Cerha Hempel Budapest Partner has joined Erdos Partners to head the firm's M&A and corporate practice.

Former Dentons Partner Cristina Daianu has joined BPV Grigorescu Stefanica as a Partner in its corporate and mergers & acquisitions practice group.

Peter Ruff was appointed to Partner at Pontes Budapest, where he will lead the corporate, M&A, private equity, and venture capital practices of the firm.

Michal Bernat and Stanislaw Soltysik have been promoted to Partner at Dentons' Warsaw office as part of the firm's latest promotions round for Europe and Central Asia.

Former Goodlegal founder and UiPath Head of Legal Automation Vasile Tiple has joined KPMG Legal Toncescu si Asociatii "in a collaboration designed to help local and CEE clients to understand technology and its challenges."

Former Noerr Partner Edina Schweizer has joined Dentons as Partner and Head of the Hungarian Banking and Finance team. Barbara Vighne Herczegfalvi also joined as an Associate.

Former Tuca, Zbarcea si Asociatii Lawyers Mihai Dudoiu and Sergiu Negreanu have opened a new boutique law firm: Dudoiu, Negreanu & Associates – operating under the brand Legal.Ground.

Former Managing Associates Jesse Kivisaari and Lembit Tedder have been promoted to Partner at Cobalt Estonia.

Former Gardos Mosonyi Tomori Partner Veronika Bakonyi has joined Lakatos Koves and Partners' Banking Finance and Capital Markets team as an Attorney at Law.

Borivoj Libal has become the sole Managing Partner of Eversheds Sutherland's Czech Republic office. Libal has been a Co-Managing Partner at the firm, alongside Bernhard Hager, since 2022.

Despite the original plan to transfer to Kinstellar, the Noerr Budapest office will continue as an independent firm from June 1, 2024.