Jalsovszky Partner Tamas Feher and Managing Associate Peter Szilas talk about dispute resolution in Hungary in 2025.

Law Office Lazarov Attorney At Law Anja Stefanovska talks about dispute resolution in North Macedonia in 2025.

CMS Sofia Managing Partner Kostadin Sirleshtov and Counsel Borislava Piperkova talk about energy in Bulgaria in 2025.

Marohnic, Tomek & Gjoic Attorney at Law Ivona Zagajski talks about energy in Croatia in 2025.

JPM & Partners Senior Partner Jelena Gazivoda talks about energy in Serbia in 2025.

Eversheds Sutherland Managing Partner Bernhard Hager talks about energy in Slovakia in 2025.

DLA Piper Hungary Senior Associate and ESG Practice Coordinator Dora Dranovits talks about ESG in Hungary in 2025.

Peterka & Partners Partner Adela Krbcova talks about labor in 2025 in the Czech Republic.

Wolf Theiss Counsel Agnieszka Nowak-Blaszczak and Associate Oliwia Pecht talk about labor in 2025 in Poland.

Komnenic & Partners Managing Partner Milos Komnenic and Partner Nemanja Radovic talk about real estate in 2025 in Montenegro.

MGG Law Partner Dino Gliha talks about TMT in 2025 in Croatia.

Linklaters Warsaw Head of TMT/IP Szymon Sieniewicz talks about TMT in 2025 in Poland.

When I was invited by the CEE Legal Matters team to write a guest editorial for the CEE Legal Matters magazine, I was initially perplexed, as my career path has been far from traditional. Upon deeper reflection, though, having a second profession alongside a law degree offers unique advantages, particularly when combined with the opportunity to provide both legal and business consultancy services, such as information security consultancy.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. This time around we asked: If you have a formal partnership track, how do you handle lawyers on it who do NOT end up living up to the requirements to make a Partner?

Over the past few years, the gaming sector has been thriving in CEE. Kinstellar Partner Milan Samardzic, Rowan Legal Partner Milos Olik, ACI Partners Head of Fintech and E-Payments Nicolina Turcan, and Linklaters Warsaw Associate Aleksandra Czubek explore how CEE jurisdictions are driving the industry forward and unlocking new potential.

In our Looking In series, we talk to Partners from outside CEE who are keeping an eye on the region (and often pop up in our deal ticker) to learn how they perceive CEE markets and their evolution. For this issue, we sat down with Amsterdam-based Dentons Europe Corporate group Co-Chair Kuif Klein Wassink

As Poland accelerates its shift toward renewable energy, particularly in offshore wind, key factors drive this transition. Partner and Head of the Compliance Department at KWKR Mariusz Purgal and Penteris Partner Sebastian Janicki look at the country’s renewable energy landscape, major projects, government incentives, challenges, and role in the European Union’s energy transition.

As Croatia prepares to implement a new real estate tax, Ilej & Partners in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners Partner Franka Baica, BDV Legal Partner Vladimir Batarelo, and CMS Partner Tamara Jelic Kazic talk about its objectives, potential impacts, and how property owners and investors should respond.