We’re back with a new edition of the CEE Legal Matters Corporate Counsel Handbook, a special issue focusing on the management style, challenges, best practices, and war stories of our in-house readers. Whether you work in-house, and want to pick up a thing or two from your peers, or you’re with a law firm, and want to pick the brains of potential clients, the 2022 CEE Legal Matters Corporate Counsel Handbook has got you covered!
So, click away and find out what makes GCs across CEE tick. Subscribers should be receiving their hard copies in a week or two, and the electronic version is already publicly available online here in e-reader format and here in pdf. Aggregating qualitative input from 306 GCs across 22 jurisdictions, the new issue includes sections on managing the in-house team, the budget, dealing with challenges, risks, and compliance, choosing and working with external counsel, and more:
- Guest Editorial by Stathis Mihos of Pfizer: Principle-Based Advice for the In-House Legal Team
- Across the Wire: Deals and Cases
- On the Move: New Homes and Friends
- The Buzz
- Latvia Leaning into Capital Markets, Fintech, and ESG: A Buzz Interview with Inese Hazenfusa of TGS Baltic
- Positive Prognosis for Slovenia: A Buzz Interview with Branko Ilic of ODI Law
- Politics Getting in the Way in Slovakia: A Buzz Interview with Stepan Starha of Havel & Partners
- The Czech Republic Preparing for the Worst: A Buzz Interview with Jiri Tomola of Dentons
- Lithuania Boosting Businesses: A Buzz Interview with Evaldas Dudonis of Sorainen
- North Macedonia’s Massive Tax Overhaul: A Buzz Interview with Vedran Lalicic of Lalicic & Boskoski
- Dealing with Energy and Sanctions in Croatia: A Buzz Interview with Mia Lazic of Savoric & Partners
- Transactions Thriving in Greece: A Buzz Interview with Theodore Loukopoulos of KLC
- Grim Backdrop and Cautious Optimism in Bulgaria: A Buzz Interview with Elitsa Ivanova of CMS
- Contentious Updates in Hungary: A Buzz Interview with Istvan Varga of Provaris
- Turkey in Demand: A Buzz Interview with Senem Kathrin Gucluer of GEMS Legal Schindhelm
- Managing the In-House Team
- Managing the In-House Team: Team Sizes
- Managing the In-House Team: Team Size Evolution
- Managing the In-House Team: Keeping the Team Engaged
- Managing the Budget
- Managing the Budget: It’s Simply the Norm
- Managing the Budget: If We Must
- Risks and Compliance
- Risks and Compliance: At the Top of the Agenda
- ESG: A New Road To Cover
- Risks and Compliance: Tackling Compliance Risks Head On
- Risks and Compliance: Nurturing a Culture of Compliance
- Working With External Counsel
- Working With External Counsel: Do You Outsource More?
- Working With External Counsel: When Do You Outsource?
- Working With External Counsel: How Do You Pick Your Advisor?
- Working With External Counsel: Do You Pick the Firm or the Lawyer?
- Reflecting On the Deal 5 Interviews
- Out Shopping: GCs on Picking a New Law Firm
- Old Faithful: GCs on Returning To the Same Legal Advisor
- 3D Chess: GCs on the Challenge of Multitasking
With the October issue now out, the August 2022 issue of CEE Legal Matters should have been moved from behind the paywall. Yet the August magazine was the CEE Legal Matters ESG Special Issue. And because we thought everyone could use an ESG primer, it has always been available online to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader format and here in pdf). As a reminder, the ESG Special Issue included:
- Editorial: The ESG Dirty Word
- Across the Wire: Deals and Cases
- On the Move: New Homes and Friends
- The Buzz
- Croatia Says Bye to the Kuna: A Buzz Interview with Damir Topic of Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka
- Good Hot and Bad Hot Times in Greece: A Buzz Interview with Yanos Gramatidis of Bahas Gramatidis & Partners
- Lithuania’s Legal Transformation: A Buzz Interview with Vilma Sabaliauskiene of Ilaw Lextal
- Judicial Gridlock and New Highways in Montenegro: A Buzz Interview with Danilo Radulovic of Doklestic Repic & Gajin
- Turkey Rallying (for) the Lira: A Buzz Interview with Zahide Altunbas Sancak of Guleryuz Partners
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Buoyant Despite the Challenges: A Buzz Interview with Zlatan Balta of Legal Partners
- The Bounce in Latvia’s Step: A Buzz Interview with Dace Silava-Tomsone of Cobalt
- Drafting the Playbook in Serbia: A Buzz Interview with Andjelka Todorovic of Wolf Theiss
- Shiny and New Tax Legislation in Austria: A Buzz Interview with Michaela Petritz-Klar of Taylor Wessing
- Bulgarian Lawyers Catch a Break: A Buzz Interview with Dafinka Stoycheva of Gugushev & Partners
- A Look at the Engine for ESG: Finance
- ESG Talks
- M&A Trends and the Future of Due Diligence – A CEE Legal Matters Round Table
- Finance Goes Green – A CEE Legal Matters Round Table
- Experts Review: ESG in CEE
- Lithuania: ESG Requirements for Companies Not Operating as Financial Market Participants or Financial Advisers
- Austria: (Still) A Long Way to a Green Bond Standard
- Latvia: Green Public Procurement
- Bulgaria: ESG? What Is That?
- Slovenia: A Short Hitchhiker's Guide Through the ESG Galaxy
- Croatia: The S in ESG in Context of the Tech Talent War
- Estonia: ESG – A Journey from Nice-To-Have to Must-Have
- Czech Republic: ESG from a Czech Point of View
- Poland: ESG Reporting and Sustainable Investment
- Slovakia: ESG Transforming the Market
- Romania: A Bird’s Eye View on ESG – Is the Real Estate Sector ESG-Ready?
- Hungary: ESG in the Supply Chain – Why Does It Matter?
- Turkey: Recent Developments and a Comparison on ESG
- The Confident Counsel: What’s Up with Those Slides?
Both the ESG special issue and the brand-new Corporate Counsel Handbook are publicly available from the date of publishing. But our regular CEE Legal Matters monthly magazine issues are only available to subscribers for the first two months. Don’t miss out on any of our coverage, fresh off the presses, across CEE: register for a subscription to the CEE Legal Matters magazine now!
