We may have taken our sweet time with this one – but isn’t that the spirit of the season? Fresh off the glittering CEE Winter Gala in Budapest – where lawyers traded legal briefs for cocktails and celebrated the highs of 2024 – the December issue of CEE Legal Matters is finally here! Whether you’re wrapping presents, baking gingerbread, or just catching your breath amid the holiday buzz, let’s dive into the stories shaping the CEE legal markets as we head into 2025!
The PDF version of the magazine is here. All online versions of the articles in Issue 11.11 are here. They include:
With Market Spotlights on Poland and Croatia and an Experts Review section on TMT/IP, the December 11.11 issue includes:
- Guest Editorial: Witnessing the Digital Transformation in CEE as an Attorney-at-Law (and More)
- Across the Wire: Deals And Cases
- New Homes and Friends: On the Move
- The Buzz
- All Serbian Eyes on Expo 2027: A Buzz Interview with Rastko Malisic of MMD Advokati
- Good Laws, Difficult Execution in Kosovo: A Buzz Interview with Shkumbin Asllani of Inlex
- Slower But Not Less Interesting Times in Romania: A Buzz Interview with Catalin Alexandru of Filip & Company
- Cultures Clash in Bulgaria: A Buzz Interview with Ventsislav Tomov of Schoenherr
- The Debrief: December 2024
- The Corner Office: Off The Partnership Track
- For the Love of the Game: CEE’s Gaming Sector
- Looking In: Kuif Klein Wassink of Dentons
- Market Spotlight: Poland
- Big Goals, Non-Negligeable Challenges: Poland’s Renewable Energy Push
- Market Snapshot: Poland
- Disclosure of Employee Termination Reasons to the Entire Workforce
- Latest Legislative Development in AI – Polish Government Wishes To Be Ahead of the Crowd This Time?
- The Rise of Short-Term and Early-Stage Finance in Poland’s RES Industry
- Inside Insight: Pawel Szczepaniak of mBank
- Know Your Lawyer: Bartosz Miszkurka of Solivan
- Market Spotlight: Croatia
- Croatia’s Upcoming Real Estate Tax Reform
- Who Are You Talking To? New Lobbying Law in Croatia
- Market Snapshot: Croatia
- Hydrocarbons Seeking their Place Under the Croatian Sun
- Future of the Legal Landscape for Crypto-Assets in Croatia
- Croatia’s M&A Landscape in 2024: Sustainability and Energy as Key Drivers
- Croatian Energy Laws: A Step Behind Entrepreneurial Ambitions?
- GDPR at Six: A Wake-Up Call That’s Still Being Snoozed
- Croatian Lawyers and Cybersecurity – Is It Time To Level Up?
- Inside Insight: Interview with Eva Kovacic of Belupo
- Know Your Lawyer: Damir Topic of Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka
- Experts Review: TMT/IP
- Czech Republic: The Cyber Resilience Act
- Slovakia: Delays in NIS2 Implementation
- Hungary: Cybersecurity Laws – The Saga Continues
- Estonia: 5 Practical Steps to Prepare for the Artificial Intelligence Act
- Poland: Text and Data Mining – An IP Perspective
- Austria: Data Strategy – Data Act and Data Governance Act in Focus
- Bulgaria: Key New Court Decisions in Bulgaria’s TMT Sector
- Lithuania: Implementation of the NIS2 Directive
- Greece: New European Legislation on Measures for a High Common Level of Cybersecurity Across the Union
- Romania: Can AI-Generated Content Be Protected Under Copyright Law?
- Croatia: Intellectual Property Infringements – A Look at the 2023 Report
- Slovenia: A Renewed Legislative Focus on Strengthening the Public Use of Slovene
- North Macedonia: Legal and Regulatory Challenges for 5G Technology
- Moldova: Bad Faith Trademark Registrations – An Emerging Challenge for Foreign Investors
- Kosovo: Using Binding Corporate Rules and Standard Contractual Clauses as Data Transfer Mechanisms
