Zvezdelina Filova has become the new Local Practice Leader for Deloitte Legal in Bulgaria, following the departure of former Partner Reneta Petkova.

Bogdan Bularda has been promoted to Partner with Grecu & Asociatii in Romania.

Pawel Kuglarz has joined Tatara & Partners as an Of Counsel and the Head of the firm's International Desk.

Berk Cin has joined Kumkumoglu Ozdogan Ergun Attorneys At Law as a Name Partner, with the firm changing its name to KECO Legal (Kumkumoglu Ozdogan Cin Ergun Attorney Partnership).

Former Managing Associates Ana-Maria Filip and Bogdan Toma have been appointed as Partners with Dragne & Asociatii as of September 1, 2022.

Former AAA Law Partner Jonas Sakalauskas and AAA Law Attorney-at-Law Vaidas Rakauskas have joined Averus as a Partner and an Associate Partner, respectively.

Andersen Global has entered into a collaboration agreement for the Baltic region with Lextal Legal, adding three locations to its existing network: Lextal in Estonia, RER Lextal in Latvia, and iLaw Lextal in Lithuania.

Former Suciu Popa Senior Associate Daiana Ichimescu has joined Adesman & Asociatii as a Partner.

Former Filip & Company Of Counsel Oana Voda has joined Dentons’ Bucharest office as Head of Public Procurement.

Former CMS Senior Counsel Csongor Tompa has joined Bird & Bird’s Budapest office as Head of the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets practices.

Former KPMG Lawyer Romana Szutanyi has joined Rowan Legal as Head of Employment.

Mari Manniko has joined PwC Legal in Estonia as Head of Data Protection and Media Disputes.

Former Sorainen Senior Associate Dalia Augaite has joined TGS Baltic as an Associate Partner in Lithuania, at the beginning of September.

Partner Akos Fehervary has been elected as the new Managing Partner of the Baker McKenzie Budapest office, as of July 1. Fehervary takes over the position from Partner Zoltan Hegymegi-Barakonyi, who led the operation for the past nine years.

Former Eversheds Sutherland Partner and Head of Banking and Finance Michal Markowski has joined Osborne Clarke in Poland as a Partner and Head of Banking and Finance.

Former Wolf Theiss Partner Akos Eros has established a new firm in Budapest: Eros Law Firm.

Following the recent addition of Roxana Dudau in Romania (reported by CEE Legal Matters on September 6, 2022), Wolf Theis has announced it hired Tomasz Siembida in Poland as a Partner, and the further promotion of Austria-based Nikolaus Loudon and Venus Valentina Wong, Poland-based Konrad Kosicki, and Slovenia-based Teja Balazic Jerovsek to Partners.

Former Compliance Partners Partner Jaroslaw Nowacki has founded Tau Nowacki focused on "operational compliance and AML in fintech and crypto."