Irene Welser has been promoted to Senior Partner at Cerha Hempel, replacing former Senior Partner Edith Hlawati.

Former TGS Baltics Partner Nauris Grigals has joined Sorainen as Partner and Co-Head of the firm’s Corporate and M&A practice.

Former Senior Associate Mia Kalajdzic has been appointed Partner and Head of the Employment practice area group at CMS Croatia, while former Senior Associate Sasa Sodja was appointed Partner and Head of the Corporate and M&A practice at CMS Slovenia.

Karanovic & Partners has announced it entered into a full cooperation with CR Partners to enter Albania.

Belarus's Revera law firm has teamed up with Adamante Management to open the firm's Cyprus office.

Former CMS Partner Ales Lunder has joined Senica & Partners as Partner.

Former Eversheds Sutherland Partners Jan Krampera and Tomas Prochazka have founded a new firm in the Czech Republic: Aegis Law.

Nedeljko Velisavljevic, Head of CMS’ Dispute Resolution practice in Belgrade and Podgorica, has been promoted to CEE Partner.

Jaroslaw Kolkowski has joined Andersen’s Warsaw office as a Partner on February 1, 2022. He will be responsible for the firm's Litigation & Arbitration and Corporate Law practices.

Armin Schwabl and Nadine Leitner have been promoted to Partner at Cerha Hempel.

KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki and Partners has promoted Krakow-based Head of TMT Lukasz Wieczorek to Partner.

Former Kaarma & Kaldvee Partner Rait Kaarma has joined Pohla & Hallmagi as Partner and Head of Tax. Also joining with Kaarma, from his old firm, is Attorney Elena Lass.

Former Counsels Stefan Frank and Georg Wabl have been promoted to Partner at Binder Groesswang. Partner Angelika Pallwein-Prettner is set to join the firm's Management Board.

Transport and infrastructure boutique Agreca law firm has joined Arzinger, which now has two additional Partners – Andrii Pidhainyi and Maryna Sharapa.

Former KPMG Associate Director Jan Frey has joined Rowan Legal as Partner.

Veronika Bakonyi and Beatrix Berkes have been promoted to Partner at Gardos Mosonyi Tomori Law Office, while former Raiffeisen Bank Chief Legal Counsel Zita Tihanyi joins the firm as Partner.

Stratulat Albulescu's former Counsel Adriana Dobre and former Managing Associate Tudor Ciambur have been promoted to Partner at the firm.

Blazej Czwarnok has been promoted to Partner at Gide’s Warsaw office. He heads the local Real Estate practice.