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!
The 2026 DOTYs
Similar to last year, to avoid the situation where law firms would have to scramble fresh between the year closing and our tight deadlines, we’ve set up a system to allow for early and rolling submissions for both the Table of Deals and the CEE Deal of the Year Awards.
As of now, you can already look at the deals closed this year and submit them for consideration for the CEE Deal of the Year Awards. You do not need to be worried that you’ll use up your limit of three submissions – we’ll be taking in submissions now, and firms that submit more than three between now and the deadline will be able to pick which one they want to put forward as their final submission.
Here's some critical notes on the submissions for the 2025 Deal of the Year awards!
- Information about this year's CEE Deal of the Year Awards, including critical updates to the submission guidelines and the online submission form, may be found here.
- Early submissions deadline: November 21, 2025. Submission deadline: January 9, 2026.
- For additional information about the awards themselves, and the 2026 Awards Banquet please contact CEE Legal Matters’ Managing Editor, Radu Cotarcea, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
CEELM Events this Autumn and Beyond
- Hungarian General Counsel Summit – Budapest, October 2nd
- Balkan General Counsel Summit – Belgrade, October 21st
- Turkish General Counsel Summit – Istanbul, November 4th
We’ve got a busy season ahead at CEE Legal Matters, and some exciting opportunities for the community to connect, learn, and celebrate. Our General Counsel Summits aren’t just conferences; they’re designed as spaces where General Counsel step away from the day-to-day to engage with peers on the issues shaping their roles, teams, and businesses. If you’re an in-house lawyer in these regions, you’ll want to be in the room.
And while the Summits are all about strategy and peer exchange, our Annual Winter Gala on November 20th in Budapest is something different: an evening of networking, celebration, and community. A chance to unwind, reconnect, and toast to another year in legal leadership.
Looking further ahead, the flagship CEE General Counsel Summit is coming next spring, this time in Greece.
If you’re considering attending, sponsoring, or simply want to explore how to get involved, we’d love to have a conversation.
CEELMDirect Power Up Week
Our sister entity, CEELMDirect, is having its once-a-year Power Up promotion, during which firm and partner profiles can be upgraded at 50% the book price. As you know, firms and partners with premium profiles can add contact details and full bios/descriptions, can post announcements (that appear both on that platform and on CEELegalMatters.com), and will have their names hyperlinked every time they appear on CEELegalMatters.com. The sale concludes on September 19, however, so if you’re interested, please contact David Stuckey (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before then.
