CMS Partner Daniela Karollus-Bruner has been elected to the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Center of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

Aleksic & Associates Special Advisor Vladimir Kozar has been elected as the new Head of the Civil Law Department at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in Novi Sad, a division of the University Business Academy in Novi Sad.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched its new shared business services center in Slovakia.

Noerr Partner Joerg Menzer will be the new Secretary-General of the International Bar Association, starting from January 1, 2023.

Turcan Cazac Managing Partner Alexander Turcan has been elected President of the Chisinau Bar.

Czabanski & Galuszynski has announced that firm Partner Piotr Galuszynski has become an Attorney for the bondholders of Europejskie Centrum Odszkodowan.

EY-associated firm Bancila, Diaconu si Asociatii has announced that former Ratiu si Ratiu Senior Lawyer Andra Iftemie has joined the firm to develop and coordinate its new climate change, sustainability, and transportation practice.

Cvjeticanin & Partners Managing Partner Nenad Cvjeticanin has been appointed as Data Protection Officer at Emmezeta and at the Cubes IT school in Serbia.

Asters Partner and Co-Head of International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi has been appointed to the working group on the development and implementation of international legal mechanisms to seek compensation for the damages caused by Russia's war against Ukraine.

The Elmacioglu Law Office has announced the formation of a collaborative partnership with Seoulsolution.

Kateryna Balaban has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Agilawyer Society in the Czech Republic. Balaban will also continue to lead UA.Support.

APLaw law firm founder Artur Piechocki has been elected President of the Arbitration Court for Internet Domains at the Polish Chamber for Information Technologies and Telecommunications.

CMS Partners Johannes Juranek and Gunther Hanslik have taken over the management responsibilities of the firm's Vienna office on February 1, 2022. Juranek specializes in data protection while Hanslik focuses on banking.

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.

Partner and Head of the Energy and Infrastructure practice Vit Stehlik has been promoted to Executive Partner at White & Case in Prague, as of January 1, 2021, replacing Partner and Head of the firm's CEE Real Estate practice Petr Panek. Panek will be in charge of developing White & Case’s operations in eleven SEE countries as the firm's new SEE Country Practice Head.

Senior Associate Marta Cera was appointed Co-Head of Ellex's Finance and Tax practice group in Latvia, alongside Associate Partner Valters Diure.

Belarusian firm SBH Law Offices has opened a new office in Cyprus. The firm now offers its services in Belarus, Ukraine, and Cyprus.

Greenberg Traurig’s Warsaw office has established an Environmental Protection Practice led by Counsel Barbara Pancer.