Alexios Andriopoulos has joined Welcome Pickups as the company's new Head of Legal & Compliance.

Octavian Ionascu has joined DLA Piper's Romania office as a Tax Director.

Luiza Alexandra Ionescu has joined Stratulat Albulescu as Special Counsel and the firm's new Head of the Energy Department. Ionescu joins alongside Industry Expert Andreea Paraschiv.

Jalsovszky has launched a dedicated “second opinion” service, offering clients, including individuals, companies, and even fellow lawyers, an independent external perspective in legal disputes.

Budapest-based Dentons Partner Rob Irving has been reappointed as the Co-Head of Corporate and M&A, while Warsaw-based Partner Agnieszka Stefanowicz-Baranska has been appointed the Co-Head of the Competition and Antitrust practice.

Alexandra Ivancia has become CTP Romania's new Head of Legal.

Radovan Hrisny has joined Havel & Partners as Security Director.

Diana Tavera and Marcin Beben have become Equity Partners at Kochanski & Partners.

Turkish lawyer Meltem Azbazdar has been appointed as Diageo's General Counsel Europe based in London.

Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli has promoted Neyzar Unubol and Begum Bicer Ilikay to Partner.

Former Deloitte Legal Senior Managing Associate Ened Topi has joined Lalaj & Partners as a Partner.

Greece-based FNG Law Firm has joined Drakopoulos with Petros Fragkiskos and Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos Giannidis becoming Drakopoulos Equity Partners and Achilleas Papadopoulos joining as Partner. 

Ayse Dirik has joined Turcas and Aksoy Holding as its new General Counsel.

KCG Partners has promoted Krisztian Kiralyvolgyi as Partner.

Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners has promoted George Alexandris to Partner.

KPMG has named Partner Martin Hrdlik as the new CEE Head of Legal.

Romanian Law firm Hategan Attorneys and Italian law firm Baldi & Partners have launched a cross-border partnership aimed at offering integrated legal, tax, and business advisory services to clients operating in Italy, Romania, and the broader CEE region.

Former Taylor Wessing Counsel and Head of Real Estate Peter Malovec has joined CTP Slovakia as its new Head of Legal.