Effective April 2024, former LCF Law Group Partner and Head of International Arbitration Yuliya Atamanova has joined JSC CB PrivatBank as a Legal Counsel and the head of the bank's International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Department.

Former Turkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi Head of Legal Advisory Mehmet Tekergul has moved to the Alternatif Bank as Head of Legal.

Former Senior Legal Counsel Can Aksoy has been appointed as Delivery Hero's Principal Legal Counsel M&A.

Former CMS Warsaw Senior Associate Przemyslaw Karolak has joined banking-as-a-service cloud-native platform Vodeno as its General Counsel.

Former Senior Counsel Pawel Kulak has been appointed as the Nordic Investment Bank's Principal Counsel.

RoPower Nuclear In-House Counsel Andrei Nicolae has been appointed as the General Counsel of the company.

Former Koutalidis Partner Nikos Salakas has left the firm to join Alpha Bank as its new Chief of Corporate Center and General Counsel.

Former Compensa Life Vienna Insurance Group Chief Legal and Compliance Officer in Lithuania Gabija Kuncyte has been appointed as the company's Head of Legal Baltics, effective April 1, 2024.

Deutsche Bank Turkiye Head of Legal and former Vice President Ozge Sanioglu was appointed Director at the company in March 2024.

Former Alacergold Madencilik General Counsel Ahmet Ilker Dogan has returned to private practice as a Senior Managing Partner with Tunca Avukatlik Ortakligi in Ankara.

In The Inside Track, General Counsels across CEE share the nuances of their roles, challenges, and strategies for success. Since now is the time when plans for next year are made (and budgeted for) this time we asked GCs: Is your in-house legal function’s budget increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same in 2024?

Infobip General Counsel Tomislav Pifar first joined the company in 2011 and has been a witness to the company’s remarkable growth over the past 12 years. In reflecting on his journey, he explores the evolution of in-house legal work and international exposure, placing a particular emphasis on the transformative impact of AI on daily operations.

Former Getir Senior Legal Counsel Gizem Taskin Tavli has joined Domino's Turkiye as Head of Legal.

Former Adecco Group Head of Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs for Turkiye, the Middle East, and North Africa Burcu Tasdelen has joined the BSH Home Appliances Group as its new Regional Legal Counsel and Compliance Manager.

Former Danone Head of Legal & Compliance in Turkiye Sevda Aydin Alemdar has returned to private practice by joining Sayin Law & Consulting as a Partner to lead the firm’s FMCG and Healthcare sectors out of Washington DC.

Panattoni Legal Director Kamila Dutkowska-Wawrzak talks about her background and in-house transition, building up the in-house legal team, and their current workload.

Siemens Turkiye Lead Country General Counsel Bige Yucel talks about her in-house legal team’s current and upcoming focuses.

Former SST Technology Legal Counsel Cansu Telli has joined Koton as a Legal Counsel.