Turkey-based Gulbin Olgun Erbak was appointed as Legal Director for Turkey, Iran, and Israel at Johnson & Johnson.
Former 3M General Counsel Edit Rosta has joined SAP in Prague as a Senior Legal Counsel.
Former Turkish Competition Authority Chief Legal Counsel Harun Gunduz has moved into private practice by joining ELIG Gurkaynak Attorneys-at-Law.
Krzysztof Mazurek has joined the Precision Medicine Group as its Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal Europe. In his new role, he's also acting as Managing Director for CEE Precision Medicine Group Affiliates.
Joanna Knozowska-Castens has joined Allegro as In-House Counsel in Poland.
Ramonca Lunca has joined ALTEX Romania as Legal Advisor.
Clementina Canel has joined Fepra International as Head of Legal in Romania.
Former Coca-Cola Operations Legal Counsel and Local Ethics Officer for the Turkey Region Ece Sarica has been appointed to IP Counsel, Europe at Coca-Cola GB in London.
Former Cerha Hempel Senior Partner Edith Hlawati has been appointed as the sole member of the Management Board of Oesterreichische Beteiligungs AG.
Hande Mutlu has joined Schneider Electric as Legal Counsel.
Almila Ozturk has joined Coca-Cola CCI as Senior Legal Counsel.
Former SupplierPlus Head of Group Legal Kirill Lezeiko returns to private practice by rejoining PwC Legal in Estonia.
Attila Bocsak has joined Wizz Air as a Senior Legal Manager in Budapest.
According to Dinc Sanver, General Counsel & Local Compliance Officer Turkey & MEA at Teva, the pandemic has accelerated a digital evolution of the legal function, giving rise to a whole new set of challenges.
Deputy Director of JSC Ukrainian Railway’s Legal Affairs branch, Oleksandr Diuhovskyi, has moved to BGS Rail as Head of Legal Department.
Former Deputy Head of the Supervision and Enforcement Department-I of the Turkish Competition Authority, Ebru Ince, has returned to private practice to join ELIG Gurkaynak Attorneys-at-Law as Counsel.
Timur Khasanov-Batirov, former Head of Compliance for Russia & CIS at the Stada Group, has returned to private practice by joining Eterna Law as Partner and Head of the firm’s Compliance Practice.
Anna Grykin, former Head of Legal at InterRisk, has returned to private practice by setting up Grykin Law Firm in Poland.
Former Rosgeologia Deputy Director General and Head of Legal, Mikhail Kazantsev, has joined Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners as Partner to launch the firm's Natural Resources Practice.
Dominika Niewiadomska-Siniecka has joined UPC Polska as Board Member and Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer.
Former CMS CEE Senior Associate Dora Czegledi has joined Grundfos as Senior Legal Counsel.
Ondrej Krticka has left the Linkers law firm in Prague to join Rossum’s in-house team as Head of Legal.
Merve Oney Barlas has joined Istanbul-based financial services provider DgPays as Chief Legal Officer.
Lenard Szabados has been appointed Assistant General Counsel and Regional Legal Counsel for Europe and the UK at Jabil.
Former Country Legal Director at EY Marianna Erdei has joined Teqball as Group Legal Director.
The month of May has been a busy one for our team. After the launch of our CEELM Index issue a couple of weeks ago. We're delighted to introduce to our readers Issue 1.3. of CEE In-House Matters!
Adam Brzezinski, President of the Management Board and Assistant General Counsel Global Employment and EU Privacy at MoneyGram Poland, recently announced that he will be representing MoneyGram International in an amateur motorcycle racing league. CEEIHM spoke with Brzezinski to learn about his plans.
From educating youth about the rule of law to promoting gender equality, Alina Dumitrascu, Head of Network Technology, Development and Commercial Operation Legal Assistance at Enel Global Infrastructure and Networks in Rome, Italy, is certainly making the most of her time past her nine to five life. CEEIHM spoke with her to learn a bit more about some of the projects she is involved in.
Waldemar Koper, Legal Director at Kompania Piwowarska, was one of the co-founders of the Polish Corporate Lawyers Association in 2009 and is currently serving as its President. CEEIHM spoke to Koper to learn more about the association and its activities over the last decade.
Marta Ziolkowska-Nasinska, Regional Legal Counsel at Ferrero, offers insights into her company’s Diversity & Inclusion project.
