Lydia Sofrona has become a Partner at Koutalidis, in the firm's Tax Law practice.

Lenka Droscova has become a Partner at Act Randa Havel Legal. She focuses on labor law and is also a member of the State Bar of California.

Head of Public Procurement specialization group Karolis Smaliukas and Head of Energy Industry group Paulius Zapolskis have been promoted to Partner at TGS Baltic in Lithuania, as of January 1, 2022.

KPMG's Turkish affiliated law firm KP Law has appointed five new Associate Partners. Ozge Tuncel, Ekin Kotan, Secil Kisakurek, Isil Doganay, and Ece Kocabas have all joined the partnership, as of January 1, 2022.

Efra Aydin Can and Didem Keles Pinar have been promoted to Partner at Egemenoglu, as of January 1, 2022.

Former Counsel Tomas Sequens has been promoted to Partner at Kocian Solc Balastik.

Havel & Partners' Veronika Dvorakova and Ivan Rames have become Equity Partners, while Lenka Stikova Gachova, Michal Smrcek, and Josef Zaloudek have been promoted to Partner.

Sorainen has promoted nine new Partners in three different countries. Estonia's Kaido Kunnapas and Katlin Krisak, Lithuania's Simonas Skukauskas, Monika Malisauskaite-Vaupsiene, Evaldas Dudonis, Kazimieras Karpickis, and Indre Sceponiene, and Belarus' Ann Laevskaya and Kirill Laptev have all joined the Sorainen partnership at the beginning of 2022.

Rokas Jankus and Edvinas Lenkauskas have been promoted to Partner at Motieka & Audzevicius, as of January 1, 2022.

Ljubinka Pljevaljcic has been promoted to Partner at Doklestic, Repic & Gajin.

Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has announced six new partners in its most recent promotion round. As of January 1, 2022, the firm’s new Partners are Mihai Anghel, Oana Gavril, Catalina Mihailescu, Andreea Oprisan, Alexandra Peres, and Alina Ungureanu.

Former EY Partner and Law Leader for Ukraine Albert Sych has joined Redcliffe Partners.

Serra Haviyo has been promoted to Partner at Moral & Partners. According to the firm, Haviyo will be responsible for the Corporate Advisory, M&A, and Banking & Finance Departments.

Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski has changed its name to Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners, following the departure of Ilya Komarevski. Aside from the new name, the firm announced that Victoria Tzonkova and Damyan Leshev were elevated to Partner, while Eleonora Mateina was appointed to Head of Competition and Pharmaceuticals. 

Former Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski Partners Ilya Komarevski and Venelin Dimitrov have established a new firm in Sofia – Komarevski Dimitrov & Partners.

Karanovic & Partners has appointed Bojana Miljanovic Hussey as Partner.

Former Clifford Chance Partner Arthur Iliev has joined Dentons in Moscow.

Serbian law firm Matkovic & Partners has announced it opened an office in Freetown, Sierra Leone.