Polish lawyer and former Goodwin Senior Associate Joanna Eilts has become the new Head of Legal at Optio in London.

Former KUKE CFO Jan Sarnowski has joined B2RLaw as the new Head of Tax Practice.

Former Mars Wrigley Head of Legal for Poland Magdalena Dedynska has become the company's new Senior Counsel for Central Europe.

In the Inside Track, General Counsels across CEE share the nuances of their roles, challenges, and strategies for success. As summer is a time to unwind, we asked: With summer here, what is your one favorite yearly activity to disconnect and switch off?

Former Panattoni Legal Director Kamila Dutkowska-Wawrzak has joined Atlas Ward as Legal Director and Board Advisor.

Former DLA Piper Counsel Magdalena Zablocka-Foulkes has joined Orlen as its new General Counsel.

Former LSW Partner Aleksandra Polak has joined Billtrust as a Director and Assistant General Counsel.

Wojciech Olszewski has returned to CEE to become the Legal Director for CEE & Strategic Commercial Affairs EMEA at Align Technology, in Wroclaw.

Former Rowan Legal Of Counsel Lucie Smrkovska has joined CTP as its new Group Director of Legal Leasing in the Czech Republic.

Former PayU Chief Privacy Office Marcin Czarnecki has joined Worldcoin as its new Chief Privacy Counsel.

Former Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka Partner Rafal Hajduk has moved in-house, joining R.Power Renewables as the company's Chief Commercial Officer.

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.

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?

Former Willis Towers Watson Regional Compliance Business Partner Maciej Hajewski has joined the PIB Group as its Group Head of Risk and Compliance - Europe in Poland.

DWF has announced that former Mostostal Warszawa Legal Department Director Marcin Bisikiewicz will soon be joining the firm's Dispute Resolution and Arbitration department in Poland as a Partner.

Former Clifford Chance Senior Associate Rafal Burda has joined Orlen Synthos Green Energy as Head of Legal in Poland.

Polish lawyer Ewa Dziuban has rejoined Swiss Life Global Solutions as its Chief Compliance Officer in Luxembourg.