Schoenherr has announced the opening of a London liaison office led by Sebastian Lukic. 

Horia Ispas has joined Nyerges & Partners as Partner. He is followed by Irina Moinescu, joining as Counsel.

Vienna-based CMS Partner Daniela Karollus-Bruner has been appointed Co-Head of the firm's Dispute Resolution Group, alongside London-based Partner Guy Pendell.

KWKR and Ufenau Capital Partners have launched a project aimed at consolidating the professional services market in Poland and across CEE. 

Freshfields has appointed Konrad Groeller as its new Regional Managing Partner for Continental Europe.

Jalsovszky has relaunched its competition law practice with the hire of Eszter Fodor as a Senior Associate and the firm's Head of Competition Law practice.

Ulas Ozkan has joined Keco Legal as a Partner and co-head of the firm's dispute resolution team.

Gernot Fritz has joined E+H as Partner in its IP/IT + Competition Law practice group, alongside Attorney at Law Tanja Pfleger.

Ceren Sen has joined Erdem & Erdem as Partner and Head of the firm's Banking, Finance and Capital Markets.

Cosmin Cretu has joined Act Legal Romania as a Partner in the firm's White-Collar Defense & Investigations practice.

Former Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office of the Republic of Moldova Veronica Dragalin has re-joined Jones Day's Washington Office as a Partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense practice.

E+H has promoted Felix Frommelt and William Redl to Partner.

Skrzypek i Partnerzy and Klepuszewski Klimczyk i Wspolnicy have merged to form SLK Partners.

Queritius has promoted Alicja Zielinska-Eisen and Petra Pataki to Partner as part of a promotion round that also saw Joanna Iwanicka promoted to Counsel.

Iustinian Captariu has become the new Kinstellar Office Managing Partner in Bucharest, taking over from Partner Victor Constantinescu, who has led the office for six years.

Former DLA Piper Senior Associate Tamas Szkiba has joined Baker McKenzie's Budapest office as Partner.

Georgian firm BLC Law Office has opened a new office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, located in the Trilliant Business Center, and added Uzbek legal professionals to its team.

Ellex has appointed Martin Maesalu as Managing Partner in Estonia. Maesalu succeeds Partner Ants Nomper, who held the role for the past decade.