Josef Holzschuster joined Phillips this September in Prague as its new Head of Legal Affairs for CEE.

Isil Yilmaz was recently hired as the new Legal Director for Multi Development in Turkey.

Turkish lawyer Umit Bilgen has been hired as the Head of Legal at AssisTT in Turkey.

ID Group, the largest Romanian privately owned group of companies focusing on developing and operating large top class business centers, recently hired Marian Radu as its new Head of Legal.

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CEE Legal Matters has asked a number of Ukrainian lawyers who were personally involved in the events on Maidan Nezalezhnosti ("Independence Square") in Kiev to describe both their reasons for being there and the dramatic events they witnessed. This, the first such account, was sent to us by Dmytro Ivanusa, the Head of Legal at Donoway Assurance (Ukraine), a Member of Crowe Horwath International. We want to thank Dmytro for taking the time to write this exclusive account for our readers.