Former Ellex Partner Andris Lazdins and former PwC Legal Head of Corporate and M&A Janis Gavars have joined forces to open a new law firm: Lazdins Gavars.

Former PRK Partners Co-Head of Corporate and M&A has joined Excelia Legal as the firm's Managing Partner.

Michal Sylla has been appointed to an Associate Partner position with PRK Partners in Prague.

Former Senior Associate Roxana Mandrutiu has been appointed a Partner with Revnic Cristian & Associates in Cluj-Napoca.

Poland's Weronika Kapica and Daria Rutecka, Romania's Adina Damaschin and Mara Moga-Paler, Serbia's Zoran Soljaga, Slovakia's Michal Lucivjansky, and Slovenia's Peter Gorse have all been appointed to Partner positions with Schoenherr.

Integrites' Cross-Border Litigation and Private Client practices Co-Head Dmytro Marchukov has been appointed as a Senior Partner at the firm.

Head of Tax Advisory and Wealth Management Akos Barati has been promoted to a Partner position with Jalsovszky in Budapest.

Kinstellar has announced several appointments to firm-wide practice and sector leadership positions, including Partner Csilla Andreko in Budapest, Partner Iustinian Captariu and Special Counsel Magda Raducanu in Bucharest, Managing Partner Milos Velimirovic in Belgrade, Managing Partner Lukas Sevcik and Counsel Jan Lehky in Prague, and Managing Associate Lukas Mrazik in Bratislava.

Andrea Zinober has been appointed a Partner with BPV Huegel in Austria.

Former Nagy & Trocsanyi Managing Partner Peter Berethalmi has joined Lakatos Koves & Partners as a Counsel. Joining LKT alongside him is former Nagy & Trocsanyi Attorney at Law Zsuzsanna Regina Lukacs.

Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Attorney at Law Christian Joellinger has joined E+H in Vienna as a Partner.

Mihai Morar and Mihai Lemnaru have been promoted to Partner positions with Albu Morar.

Former Managing Associate Camelia Patrascu has been promoted to a Partner position with Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii in Bucharest.

Former Senior Associate Valeriu Cernei has been promoted to a Partner position with Gladei & Partners in Chisinau.

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners has announced it is launching a new Digital Services practice.

Drakopoulos has become a part of the South East Legal Alliance, thus expanding the network’s reach to Athens, Bucharest, and Nicosia.

Dan Minoiu has become a new Deputy Managing Partner at Musat & Asociatii, while Ana Maria Abrudan, Mateea Codreanu, and Stefan Diaconescu have all been promoted to Partner positions.

Former Maruta Wachta Partners Daniel Jastrun and Slawomir Kowalski have teamed up to launch their new boutique law firm specializing in the digital sector in Warsaw: JustLaw Jastrun Kowalski.