Pan-Baltic firms Lawin and Raidla Lejins & Norcous have both split up, with the two reforming to establish new alliances spanning the region. LAWIN’s Latvian and Lithuanian offices have joined forces with Raidla’s Estonian office to form Ellex, while Raidla’s Latvian and Lithuanian offices, together with Lawin Estonia, are teaming up to set up Cobalt. […]
Addleshaw Goddard has advised longstanding Linklaters’ client Tate & Lyle on a company-wide restructuring including the sale of three corn wet mills in Europe to its partner, US company Archer Daniels Midland. Tate & Lyle has traditionally turned to Linklaters for its corporate work and has a longstanding relationship with the firm spanning 50 years. Linklaters acted […]
White & Case’s Budapest office is joining Dentons next month in a major boost for the expanding firm’s Central & Eastern European (CEE) operations. The entirety of the 50-strong office, including local partners, associates and other staff is moving to Dentons on 3 May, including partners Rob Irving, Edward Keller and István Réczicza. The move […]
Austrian firm Wolf Theiss has hired longstanding Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Jan Myska as a partner in its Prague office. Myška was a partner at A&O for the last 13 years and led its corporate practice in the Czech Republic. He advises on a range of corporate and commercial transactions with a specialist focus […]
An influx of global firms and a rush of indie spin-offs has created an overcrowded legal market in Poland – and fees are suffering. A logjam of associates frustrated by a lack of partnership prospects at global and leading local law firms in Warsaw has created a rash of spin-off boutiques – and triggered a […]
Czech firm Tomicek Legal and Slovak firm Fox Martens have teamed up to launch a regional referral network, CEE Attorneys, with the aim of expansion throughout the region. The two founding firms are planning to expand the network to the other ‘Visegrad Group’ countries – Hungary and Poland – as well as surrounding Central and […]
The path between China and the UK may be a well-trodden one, but the one between China and the Baltics is less so. That’s about to change if expansionist Swedish firm Magnusson, which has just added Hong Kong to its network after tying up with two-partner firm Odebjer Fohlin , gets its way. The launch […]
Balkan firm Karanovic & Nikolic has opened an office in Slovenia, extending its coverage across the states of the former Yugoslavia. The firm has hired partner Marko Ketler from local firm ODI Law to head up the new venture, and is planning to increase the size of the office to around five lawyers over the […]
With economies conducive to investors and an appetite for growth among local businesses, cross-border work in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia is on the rise. Proximity to Russia might have proven problematic for many countries in the past year as sanctions to and from the state in the wake of the Ukraine crisis affected trade flows. […]
This year’s shortlisted firms, drawn from a record number of entries, stand out for their sharp and inventive strategic focus to overcome challenges Sponsored by As the legal market around the world continues to evolve, this year’s European Awards will show how the right strategy can lead to success, even in some […]
The discovery of new oil deposits in the Black Sea holds promise of a new golden age for Romania’s energy industry – and for the local law firms Romania’s energy industry could soon be hitting a high. Earlier this year, the country discovered new oil reserves in the Black Sea that have the potential to […]
Emerging markets specialist Kinstellar has announced the launch of its eighth office, opening in Bulgaria with the hire of a lawyer from Wolf Theiss. The firm has appointed Wolf Theiss senior associate Diana Dimova as a corporate partner in Sofia along with another 10 lawyers. Kinstellar managing partner Jason Mogg said the firm would grow […]