Luminita Popa has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a Partner.

Polish law firm Instytut Prawa Konkurencji lawyers Monika Bychowska, Maria Mrowka, and Elzbieta Witkowska-Grochowalska have joined Gessel.

Lexaria Attorneys at Law has opened for business in Turkiye with four Partners as founders: Gurbuz Sari, Emre Senar Bozkurt, Murat Batur, and Funda Buzdagli Bozkurt.

Krzysztof Zieba and Michal Kulesza have joined Bird & Bird’s Warsaw office as Partners.

Bulboaca & Asociatii has promoted Raluca Ilie to a Partner.

Binder Groesswang has promoted Johannes Bammer and Felix Fuith to Partner in a promotion round that also saw five other lawyers promoted to Counsel.

Bulent Gokdemir has joined CoPartners as a Partner.

Venturis Consulting Group has advised London-based international law firm Pinsent Masons on its Polish market entry. 

Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing have joined forces, paving the way for the launch of Winston Taylor, a transatlantic law firm expected to begin operations in May 2026, subject to final regulatory approvals.

Pinsent Masons has announced it is opening an office in Warsaw in mid-2026 with a team of six Partners: Bartlomiej Kordeczka and Jakub Marcinkowski – who will lead the office – together with Piotr Staniszewski, Maciej Jodkowski, Blazej Zagorski, and Bartosz Nojek.

Oleksandr Frolov has joined Kinstellar's Kyiv office as a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution.

Eversheds Sutherland has promoted Clemens Stieger to Partner in Austria.

Tegos has promoted Karolina Lapinskaite to Partner in its office in Lithuania.

Former Deloitte Legal Partner Miriam Nehajova has left the firm to join Weinrauch.

Karanovic & Partners has appointed Senior Partner Marjan Poljak as the firm's new Managing Partner. 

RK Legal has promoted Krzysztof Podolski and Krzysztof Jedrzejczyk to Partner.

DZP has appointed Magdalena Skowronska as its new Head of the Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Practice.

Former Aksu Caliskan Beygo Partner Irem Akin has joined Akin Partners as a Partner.