Former Danone Head of Legal & Compliance in Turkiye Sevda Aydin Alemdar has returned to private practice by joining Sayin Law & Consulting as a Partner to lead the firm’s FMCG and Healthcare sectors out of Washington DC.

Roman Vydra has been promoted to a Partner position with BBH in Bratislava.

Albania's Olsi Coku has been appointed a Partner with Kalo & Associates in Tirana, in a promotion round that also included Armando Toslluku's appointment as a Special Counsel and Frensis Nakuci's promotion to Senior Associate.

Partners Jan Sibincic, Matic Novak, and Nina Cuden have recently announced the launch of their new firm: Sibincic Novak & Partners has opened its doors in Ljubljana.

Former Senior Associate Zane Sedlova has been promoted to an Associate Partner position at TGS Baltic in Latvia.

Gabor Pazsitka has joined Schonherr's Budapest office as a Partner and the Head of the firm's local Banking & Finance practice.

Oleksiy Koltok and Oleg Klymchuk have been appointed as Partners with Sayenko Kharenko in Kyiv.

Milos Vuckovic has been appointed as the new Managing Partner of Karanovic & Partners, taking over from Darko Jovanovic who has been leading the firm for the past two years. Milos Jakovljevic has been promoted to Senior Partner. Additionally, the firm announced that Senior Partner Marjan Poljak will assist Vuckovic in his new role.

Egemen Egemenoglu has been appointed the new Managing Partner of the Egemenoglu Law Office in Istanbul, following a meeting of the firm's Partners on January 27. He takes over from Yunus Egemenoglu, who will now serve as a Senior Partner at the firm.

Croatian law firm Ostermann & Partners has changed its name to Ostermann Ivancic with "the addition of partner Vjekoslav Ivancic to the company name [as] a dedication to his outstanding career and contribution he has made to the firm's growth."

Nlaw Partner Martin Hren has become the new Managing Partner of the firm's Croatian office. At the same time, Nlaw announced the opening of its US office with Of Counsel Katya Mezek at the helm.

Former Esin Attorney Partnership Partner Caner Elmas has joined Allen & Overy Turkish affiliate Gedik & Eraksoy as a Partner.

Former Deloitte Legal Poland Partner Nicholas Coddington has joined Wolf Theiss in Vienna as a Partner in its Banking & Finance practice.

Mariella Kapoun and Georg Gutfleisch have become Partners at CMS in Austria, while Amela Zrt and Ivan Kranjec have become Partners at CMS in Slovenia, as part of the firm's latest promotion round.

Ban & Karika Attorneys at Law recently announced that Partner Marton Karika has left the team in a move that became effective on February 1, 2024.

Bulboaca & Asociatii has recently announced the promotion of Partner Catalin Petrea to the position of Deputy Managing Partner, a first in the firm's history.

Oppenheim has recently announced the appointment of Peter Virag – formerly of DLA Piper – as Head of its Antitrust, Competition, and Trade team.

Former Senior Associates Sonia Saranti and Ioannis Charalampopoulos join the Partner ranks of Machas & Partners in Greece, with Saranti also appointed Head of Banking and Finance and Charalampopoulos the firm's new Head of Corporate & M&A.