On December 2, the Slovenian office of Peterka & Partners opened its doors in Ljubljana with Senior Associate Pia Florjancic Pozeg Vancas leading the new office.

Former Deloitte Legal Partner Lawyer Katarzyna Jakubiak has joined DLA Piper as a Partner in the firm's International Finance group. Joining alongside her is Senior Associate Anna Tomaszewska.

Former NGL Symbio alliance founding members Rowan Legal, Erdos Partners, Biris Goran, and HKV have announced a new set-up under the Horizons Alliance brand.

Former DLA Piper Partner Lukasz Dynysiuk has joined Rymarz Zdort Maruta's Corporate Department as a Partner.

Former Dentons Partner Magdalena Szwarc-Brozyna has joined Clyde & Co's Warsaw office as Partner and Head of the Real Estate team, a new practice launched by the firm at the beginning of December.

White & Case has announced a new Local Partner hire in Prague as well as four new Local Partners in Prague and Warsaw as part of its latest promotion round.

Renatus Kollar and Lucia Raimanova have been appointed as Co-Managing Partners of A&O Shearman's Bratislava Office.

Dragne & Asociatii has promoted Mihai Iorga to Partner.

Martin Jurecko has joined CMS as a Partner in its Bratislava office's Real Estate practice.

Evo Legal Founder Arina Stivrina has joined Walless’ Latvia team as an Associate Partner.

CMS has appointed Warsaw-based CMS Partner Malgorzata Urbanska as the firm's new Co-Head of the Global Antitrust, Competition & Trade Group alongside Partner Marquard Christen.

Ments has launched a new Dispute Resolution practice in Slovakia with the addition of Counsel Tomas Langer and Associate Anna Kocurova.

Vizdoaga Law Office and Dolea & Co have announced a collaboration between the two firms.

Former Biris Goran Real Estate Partner Daniela Lazea has left the firm after 17 years and has joined Global Vision as General Counsel.

Former Eurobank Head of Legal Services Division Alexia Kefalogianni has joined Bernitsas Law as Counsel.

Oppenheim has partnered up with the Korean law firm Jipyong by signing a memorandum of understanding, leading to Jipyong opening a Korea Desk in Hungary.

Former Dogan Holding Chief Legal Counsel Ebru Ersoy has become the new Chief Legal Counsel at Nurol Bank.

Schoenherr has promoted Vienna-based Stefanie Aichhorn-Woess, Alfred Amann, Johannes Frank, Ayla Ilicali, Christoph Jirak, Sara Khalil, Sebastian Lukic, Johannes Stalzer, and Stefanie Stegbauer, Zagreb-based Kresimira Kruslin, Warsaw-based Daniel Radwanski, and Bucharest-based Nora Olah to Partner (already announced in August this year).