What's that? Look, deep under the tree, one final gift, hidden and then forgotten, lingers, awaiting your discovery. Rejoice, its moment has come, for yes, the January issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here!

This year, more than most, we gather to rejoice 

(Because, with this crisis, we have little choice

Whether in Tallinn, Tashkent, Moscow, or Rome

We’re all celebrating the season at home)

CEE Legal Matters is delighted to announce that the 2021 Dealer's Choice International Law Firm Summit and annual CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet will be held on June 3, 2021 at the Honorable Artillery Company in London, England.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,” said Leonardo Da Vinci. And we agree. So we’ll keep it simple: The new issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is out now!

CEE Legal Matters is delighted to announce that it is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Table of Deals and nominations for the 2020 CEE Deal of the Year Awards!

Cor' blimey, look what time it is, Guvnor! The special issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine — focusing on the work English law firms and English lawyers are doing in CEE, as well as the presence and significance of English law in the region — is out now. So quit your whinging, put away your umbrella, take off your wellies, and pour yourself a cuppa. Settle in — it'll be brilliant!

These are challenging times. Covid-19. American elections. Climate change. All this plus, as the man says, "Winter is coming." But it's not all grim. Just think: The new issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is out now!

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, it is with deep regret that CEE Legal Matters is canceling the 2020 Dealer’s Choice International Law Firm Summit and the 2020 Deal of the Year Awards Banquet, both of which were scheduled for London on October 13, 2020.

It's a crazy world. The global pandemic is taking the form of a whack-a-mole game, with numbers decreasing in some places, only to jump back up in others. School is starting, but perhaps the word should be in quotation marks. Travel is limited. Business is ongoing. Weather is cooling. Fortunately, in this tumultuous world, one thing is dependable. So relax: The new issue of CEE Legal Matters is here.

"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," right? Maybe not! Because this month's special issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, out today, really is something different – it doubles as the launch of the new CEE In-House Matters publication.

After a week of counting down, only two deals remain in contention for the 2019 CEE Deal of the Year. And, in an extremely close contest, the Steinhoff Group's Financial Restructuring, which received 9 votes from this year's Final Selection Committee, falls an agonizing one vote short of the 10 received by Advent International and Zentiva’s Acquisition of Alvogen’s CEE Business, meaning the Advent-Zentiva/Alvogen deal is CEE Legal Matters' 2019 CEE Deal of the Year.

One more finalist for 2019 CEE Deal of the Year is removed from the shortlist, leaving only two nominees left. In other words: We're almost there!

Tension is rising, as the second 2019 CEE Deal of the Year finalist is removed from the shortlist, leaving only three nominees in contention for this year's most prestigious award.

Each day this week CEE Legal Matters will be counting down towards Friday's revelation of the 2019 CEE Deal of the Year winner, but today, before we start revealing which deals were voted off the island, we have the singular pleasure of announcing the finalists: Those five deals that received the greatest number of votes from the Final Selection Committee.

With the removal of the first 2019 CEE Deal of the Year finalist from the shortlist, only four nominees remain.

With COVID-19 still on the prowl for victims like the titular focus of a gothic horror story, CEE Legal Matters will change the prevailing narrative next week by announcing the winner of the 2019 CEE Deal of the Year Award.

We're distancing ourselves from many things these days. Friends. Colleagues. Clients. But for our subscribers, at least, one thing is coming right towards them, with the specific intention of defeating their attempts to stay away: Yes, the July 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is on its way!

The 2019 CEE Legal Matters Table of Deals — the annual collection of all law-firm-reported deals and other client matters in CEE — has been launched and is now available for viewing, searching, exploring, and exploiting.