Buju Stanciu & Asociatii, founded by Partners Victor Buju and Marius Stanciu, has opened for business in Romania.

Eversheds Sutherland and Morgan Lewis have confirmed they will no longer have a presence in Russia.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Latham & Watkins, Mannheimer Swartling, and Gowling WLG have joined the ranks of firms announcing they are shutting down their Russian offices.

Crenguta Florea and Ovidiu Serban have been promoted to Partner at Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners as of March 1, 2022.

White & Case has announced its Bratislava office will separate from the firm on March 31, 2022, with the local team to continue as Aldertree Legal.

Norton Rose Fulbright has announced it is "winding down [its] operations in Russia and will be closing [the] Moscow office as quickly as [possible], in compliance with professional obligations."

Linklaters and Borenius have announced they are closing their Russian offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, respectively, while the two London-based Partners of Russian firm Ivanyan and Partners have announced they are resigning from the firm and the office will be closed.

Former Chairman of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce David Thomas and former Noerr Counsel Konrad Werner have joined Kochanski & Partners. Both join the firm as Partners, with Thomas to head International Finance and Werner to lead the Banking and Finance practice.

Former Ijdelea Mihailescu Partner Anca Mihailescu has joined Noerr in Romania as an Associated Partner and Head of the firm's Energy practice in Bucharest. She is joined by Associates Ana-Maria Albu and Diana Maria Bejenaru.

Osborne Clarke has announced its entry into the CEE market by opening a new office in Poland and scooping up multi-professional services firm MDDP’s legal arm along with other lawyers.

Paul Buta has been appointed to Managing Partner, while Alexandru Terta, Iuliana Iacob, and Andrei Ormenean made Partner at Musat & Asociatii.

Hungarian corporate law firm HBK Partners has entered into a strategic partnership with Moore Hungary, the local member of audit and advisory network Moore Global. As a result, the law firm changed its name to Moore Legal Kovacs.

Former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Counsel Evgeny Oreshin has joined Eversheds Sutherland's Russia office as a Partner in its Dispute Resolution practice.

Former Counsel Daniel Gera has been promoted to Local Partner with Schoenherr’s office in Hungary as of February 1, 2022.

Sylwia Zielezinska, Dominika Leszczynska, Jakub Adamski, and Mateusz Kotowicz have been promoted to Partner at Ro Radwan-Roehrenschef Petruczenko. The firm also shortened its name from the previously used Ro Radwan-Roehrenschef Petruczenko Tokarzewska.

Nataliia Gorbal has joined Arzinger as a Partner on February 1, 2022, and will lead the firm’s Private Clients and Family Law practice.

Former Counsel Antti Perli, who specializes in advising venture capital funds and tech companies, has become a Partner with Ellex’s Estonia office.

Karol Brzoskowski was appointed Partner, while Paulina Kimla-Kaczorowska, Barbara Pancer, Kamil Majewski, and Rafal Siwek have been promoted to Local Partners with Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office, as of January 1, 2022.