13 law firms and a team of in-house counsel competed in CEE Legal Matters' 2026 Charity Bowling Tournament that took place in Bucharest on February 12, 2026.

The votes are in! CEELM is excited to announce the shortlisted deals for the 2025 CEE Deals of the Year Awards, spotlighting the most significant and impactful transactions across Central and Eastern Europe.

End-of-January resolutions check-in: maybe reading more was on the list, and maybe right now the calendar is full enough that it’s hard to know where to start. Sound familiar? Issue 12.12 of the CEE Legal Matters steps in here, rounding up the key developments across the CEE region and highlighting the trends already shaping the year ahead.

Following the great success of the annual CEE Legal Matters Bowling Challenge hosted in Budapest, we are bringing this charity event to Bucharest.

The submission phase for the CEE Deal of the Year Awards is complete, with voting currently underway by our country panel jurors.

199 deals have been submitted already for the Deal of the Year awards. If you want to make sure a deal that your team has worked on is considered, we're in the final days to make your submission!

Before turning the page to 2026, we’re here with the final CEE Legal Matters Issue 12.11, bringing together stories that help make sense of where this year leaves us. We’ll be back in 2026 with more magazines, events, and news, but for now, enjoy the read, hopefully with a warm drink, something ginger on the table, and the familiar mood of late December. On behalf of the whole CEE Legal Matters team, we wish you a very happy holiday season!

With holiday lights brightening the streets and candles returning to living rooms, plans for the season start appearing in conversations. After rounding off a busy season with the Winter Gala, CEE Legal Matters is back with Issue 12.10 to keep you company. Grab a hot chocolate and a blanket – it’s the perfect time for a quiet read!

The CEE Legal Matters 2025 Winter Gala, held in Budapest on 20 November 2025, was a resounding success, bringing together legal professionals from across the region to reconnect and build new relationships with a view to future cooperation. 

We're nearing the November 21, 2025, deadline for submissions for the Deal of the Year IF you wish to receive feedback. Submissions past this point will only receive a confirmation of receipt!

Following Budapest and Belgrade, CEE Legal Matters headed to Istanbul on November 4, 2025, for the Turkish General Counsel Summit 2025, gathering leading in-house counsel and legal professionals from across the country.

It’s that time of year when coffee cups empty and refill without notice, the workday ends after dark, and the cold air and yellow trees somehow inspire one more task – the kind of season that calls for good company. Issue 12.9 of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here for it, one story at a time.

Following the successful 2025 Hungarian General Counsel Summit in Budapest, on October 21, 2025, CEE Legal Matters brought the Balkan General Counsel Summit to Belgrade, gathering leading in-house counsel and legal professionals from across the region.

CEE Legal Matters has partnered with Ranking Copilot, the world’s first AI-powered platform built specifically for legal directory and award submissions.

As you all know, CEELM has recently announced the launch of our annual Deal of the Year Awards. To help your efforts as you submit your law firm’s deals, we’re hosting a town hall – a 1-hour virtual Q&A session where you can pick up best practices and get answers to all your questions.

On October 2, 2025, CEE Legal Matters hosted its 6th Hungarian General Counsel Summit in the W Hotel Budapest, bringing together 141 in-house counsel, legal experts, and industry leaders from across Hungary.

Summer was expected to be slower, yet lawyers across CEE report that “holiday mode” was mostly theoretical. The pace stayed high, giving rise to questions about what Q4 has in store for us. Issue 12.8 doesn’t claim to have all the answers – but it has some of the best stories we could find.

CEE Legal Matters is now accepting (early) submissions for nominations for the 2025 CEE Deal of the Year Awards, and the news doesn't stop there!