North Macedonia

Saida Ayupova

February 17, 2026

Interview with Zorica Asenova of Macedonian Stock Exchange

Chief Legal Advisor of Macedonia Stock Exchange discusses the most frequent legal risks for market participants, explains her strategy for encouraging better corporate governance without overburdening issuers, and more.

Georgia

Saida Ayupova

February 12, 2026

Interview with Irakli Esartia of Cellfie

Head of Legal Department and Regulatory at Cellfie discusses his leadership strategy, how his take on risk has changed over the years, and what lessons senior legal professionals in highly regulated industries can learn from his experience.

Austria

Saida Ayupova

February 9, 2026

Interview with Philip Pauser of Alpega Group

General Counsel of Alpega Group discusses his legal career, the role in-house counsels play in driving a business forward, the regulatory trends in the logistics industry that are likely to create opportunities and challenges, and more.

20 General Counsel Explain What They Look for in Law Firms

What are General Counsel looking for when determining which law firm to hire? And what makes them think of a law firm as a long-term business partner? Over the last year, we posed these questions to 20 general counsels and found a striking consistency in their responses.

February 23, 2026

Crowdfunding in Kosovo: The Next Step After Capital Markets Legislation

Kosovo has no shortage of entrepreneurial talent. What remains limited is access to finance, especially for early-stage businesses that are too risky for traditional lending.

October 29, 2025

Turkiye

Merve Oney Barlas Becomes Chief Legal, Compliance, and Regulation Officer at TurkNet

Andrija Djonovic

January 20, 2025

TurkNet has appointed Merve Oney Barlas as its new Chief Legal, Compliance, and Regulation Officer.

Barlas has been with TurkNet since 2023, when she joined as the company’s Chief Legal and Compliance Officer (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on March 1, 2023). Earlier, she was the Chief Legal Officer of DgPays between 2021 and 2023 as well as a Director of Legal Affairs and Secretary of the Board of Directors at Mapfre Genel Sigorta. Earlier still, she was an Associate with Herguner, Bilgen, Ozeke between 2014 and 2016 as well as with Dentons’ legacy firm Salans between 2008 and 2012.

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Serbia

Saida Ayupova

March 6, 2026

Milos Gledovic Returns to Private Practice as Of Counsel at Kinstellar

Former Managing Director of Centurion Venture Capital Milos Gledovic returned to private practice by rejoining the Kinstellar team in Belgrade as Of Counsel.

Turkiye

Radu Cotarcea

March 2, 2026

Gokce Turkoglu Joins Uludag Enerji as Head of Legal and Compliance

Energy company Uludag Enerji has hired Gokce Turkoglu in the role of Head of Legal and Compliance. Turkoglu remains a Partner at Pelister Keki Sarac & Co – a role she has had since 2024.

Czech Republic

Saida Ayupova

February 25, 2026

ModulEdge Hires Ivan Sorokin as Its Chief Legal Officer

He remains the Chief Legal Officer at Everstone Development – a position he held since 2025, and the Head of Legal at DEOL Partners – since 2020.

Jaroslaw Szewczyk Promoted to Director of Legal & Corporate Governance at Benefits System

BYD Europe Promotes Gergo Szalai-Bordas to Head of European Legal & Compliance Group

Martin Kraft Becomes the Legal Director, Switzerland and Austria at Pfizer

ModulEdge Hires Ivan Sorokin as Its Chief Legal Officer

CRH Hires Yuriy Terentyev as Head of Legal Ukraine

Betfair Romania Development Hires Maria Muresan as the Head of Legal RO, PT, BG, IN

Gokce Turkoglu Joins Uludag Enerji as Head of Legal and Compliance

Raul Mihu Moves In-House by Joining Metro Romania as Head of Legal & Compliance

Yannis Kourniotis Joins GEK Terna as Group General Counsel and General Director of Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance

Milos Gledovic Returns to Private Practice as Of Counsel at Kinstellar

Former Indotek Group Head of Legal Agnes Fabry Returns to Private Practice as Lakatos, Koves and Partners Of Counsel

Irina Roxana Petre Joins Wolf Theiss as Partner

Interview with Zorica Asenova of Macedonian Stock Exchange

Interview with Irakli Esartia of Cellfie

Interview with Philip Pauser of Alpega Group

20 General Counsel Explain What They Look for in Law Firms

Crowdfunding in Kosovo: The Next Step After Capital Markets Legislation

Merve Oney Barlas Becomes Chief Legal, Compliance, and Regulation Officer at TurkNet

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Milos Gledovic Returns to Private Practice as Of Counsel at Kinstellar

Gokce Turkoglu Joins Uludag Enerji as Head of Legal and Compliance

ModulEdge Hires Ivan Sorokin as Its Chief Legal Officer