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!
Subscribers should be receiving their hard copies in a week or two, but no need to wait for the mail to arrive: the online version of the magazine is already available here. With Market Spotlights on Croatia and Ukraine, as well as an Experts Review section on Life Sciences, the October 12.11 issue includes:
- Guest Editorial: Lawyering in CEE – Shaped by Change, Ready for What’s Next
- Across the Wire: Deals And Cases
- New Homes and Friends: On the Move
- The Buzz
- A Healthy Pipeline in North Macedonia: A Buzz Interview with Dragan Dameski of DDK
- Reimbursing Medicines in Romania: A Buzz Interview with Alina Lacatus of DLA Piper Romania
- Montenegro’s EU Momentum: A Buzz Interview with Sasa Vujacic of Vujacic Law Office
- Turkiye’s Solid Quarter: A Buzz Interview with Deniz Tuncel of Herguner
- Kosovo’s Political Deadlock: A Buzz Interview with Festa Stavileci of PRI Legal & Partners
- Moving Targets in Hungary: A Buzz Interview with Szabolcs Mestyan of Lakatos, Koves and Partners
- Austria’s Surge in Restructurings: A Buzz Interview with Horst Ebhardt off Kinstellar
- Scrambling Fintechs in Lithuania: A Buzz Interview with Laurynas Narvydas of Walless
- Bringing Buildings Up to Code in Serbia: A Buzz Interview with Djordje Djokic of Djokic + Partners
- Bulgaria’s Euro Adoption: A Buzz Interview with Antoniya Markova of Gugushev & Partners
- Poland’s REIT Potential Delayed: A Buzz Interview with Janusz Dzianachowski of Addleshaw Goddard
- Ukraine Holds Breath for Day One: A Buzz Interview with Lina Nemchenko of Baker McKenzie
- The Debrief: December 2025
- Looking In: Interview with Valerio Scollo and Andreas Heinzmann of GSK Stockmann
- Intellectual Property – Demand and Digitalization in Serbia
- The Corner Office: The Brilliant Move
- Market Spotlight: Ukraine
- Rebuilding Ukraine: A Clear(er) Path for Reconstruction
- Defense City: Ukraine’s Blueprint for Industry Acceleration
- Market Snapshot: Ukraine
- Know Your Lawyer: Yuriy Terentyev of Redcliffe Partners
- Market Spotlight: Croatia
- Croatia’s Property Tax: One Year In
- Market Snapshot: Croatia
- Know Your Lawyer: Miroslav Plascar of Kinstellar
- Experts Review: Life Sciences
- Serbia: Biosimilars – Regulatory Alignment, Market Pressures, and Legal Risks
- Slovenia: Systemic Payback Mechanism: Legal Challenges in Managing Rising Medicine Costs
- Slovakia: Exceptional Reimbursement of Innovative Medicines – Another Attempt at Squaring the Circle
- Bulgaria: The 2026 NHIF Budget Bill and the Ongoing Debate on Reimbursement Mechanisms
- Poland: Dietary Supplements Advertising – Challenges, Risks, and Regulatory Response
With the December 2025 issue of the magazine now out, it’s a good time to remind our readers what the October Issue looked like. Our October 2025 issue has now been moved from behind the paywall and made available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (here in e-reader and here in PDF).
With Market Spotlights on Poland and Moldova, as well as an Experts Review section on Competition, the October 12.9 issue included:
- Guest Editorial: Consolidation, Enforcement, and Evolution: The Balkan IP Legal Sector in 2025
- Across the Wire: Deals And Cases
- New Homes and Friends: On the Move
- The Buzz
- Turkiye’s Missing Megaprojects: A Buzz Interview with Ali Can Goren of Balcioglu Selcuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership
- Energy Shaping Lives in North Macedonia: A Buzz Interview with Igor Aleksandrovski of Apostolska Aleksandrovski & Partners
- Curbing Illegal Construction in Serbia: A Buzz Interview with Nemanja Injac of Injac Attorneys
- Speeding Up Slovenia: A Buzz Interview with Lovro Jurgec of Fatur Menard
- The Debrief: October 2025
- The Corner Office: Outsider at the Helm
- Curbing Food Inflation
- Market Spotlight: Poland
- Market Spotlight: Moldova
- Experts Review: Competition
- Slovenia: Cartel Settlements – Practical Insights
- Hungary: Strengthening the Formal Concept of “Concentrations”
- Czech Republic: Competition Regime Overhaul on the Horizon
- Kosovo: Merger Control Notification Obligations
- Serbia: From a Reactive to a Proactive Competition Authority
- Bulgaria: A Busy Autumn Ahead in Terms of Competition Law
- Croatia: Labor Market and Competition Law
- Poland: Crack Downs on Managers for Anticompetitive Agreements and Consumer Law Infringements
- Greece: The Hellenic Competition Commission Prohibited a Transaction for the First Time
- Moldova: Merger Control Overhaul – Part of the Path to EU Convergence
- Albania: Tightening Competition Legal Framework Focus on “Killer Acquisitions” and EU Alignment
- Ukraine: What the New FDI Screening Law Means for Investors
- Romania: Amendments to Competition Law and New FDI Screening Guidelines
- Turkiye: Inside the TCA’s Conditional Approval of the Tofas-Stellantis Deal
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