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The March 2018 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is here! It’s already available to subscribers in electronic format and hard copies will soon be put in the mail and sent out to them directly.

Highlights from the issue include:

• Guest Editorial by Martin Magal, Partner at Allen & Overy Bratislava
• The Summary of Deals 
• The Buzz Across CEE 
• Summary of Lateral Moves and Appointments Across the Region
• Now or Never: The Looming GDPR Deadline
• The Corner Office: Your Favorite Class
• Market Spotlight on Austria
• Guest Editorial by Axel Anderl, Partner at Dorda
• Smiles from the Middle of Europe: Good Times in Austria
• The In-House Perspective: Austrian General Counsel Share Thoughts on the Outlook for Business
• Expat on the Market: Interview with Tim Pfister, Managing Partner at Knoetzl
• Experts Review: Infrastructure/PPP

The publication of the March 2018 issue means that the Special January 2018 issue is now available to non-subscribers in electronic format here or pdf format here. As subscribers already know, highlights from that special issue include:

• Editorial: One of Our Better Ideas
• Our annual — and bigger than ever — compilation of deals and completed client matters from major leading law firms across the 24 countries of CEE
• Extended reports on the state of CEE from Avellum Partners, Baker McKenzie, CMS, DLA Piper, Drakopoulos, Freshfields, Maravela si Asociatii, PRK Partners, ad Schoenherr
• Per Aspera Ad Astra: A CEE Timeline
• A full transcript of the Round Table conversation that formed the centerpiece of the 4th annual CEELM End of Year Expert Summit, attended by elite commercial lawyers from across the region. 

If you are not already a subscriber and would like to register to access the magazine you can do so here. 

Let us help chase away those mid-winter blues: The February 2018 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is now available to subscribers in electronic format, and hard copies will be on their way from the printer to their desks shortly.

Highlights from the issue include:

• Guest Editorial by Sebastian Lawson of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• The Summary of Deals 
• The Buzz Across CEE 
• Summary of Lateral Moves and Appointments Across the Region 
• Featured Deals
• Pessimism Fails to Fluster: Emerging Europe Enjoys Another Stellar Year of M&A Growth in 2017
• A Decade After Independence: Hope, Disappointment, and Potential in Kosovo
• Market Spotlight on the Balkans
• Guest Editorial by Vladimir Radonjic, Managing Partner, Radonjic/Associates
• Reveling in the Spotlight: A Serbian Round Table
• Market Snapshots
• Expat on the Market: Interview with Patricia Gannon, Partner at Karanovic & Nikolic
• Inside Insight with General Counsel of JAT Tehnik
• Experts Review: Energy

The publication of the February 2018 issue means that the December 2017 issue is now available to non-subscribers in electronic reader format here or in .pdf format here. As subscribers already know, that issue included, among other things:

• Editorial: I Wonder if They Knew What They Were in For?
• Guest Editorial by Agnes Molnar of Reed Smith
• The Summary of Deals 
• The Buzz Across CEE 
• Summary of Lateral Moves and Appointments Across the Region 
• Featured Deals
• The Letter of the Polish Law: 300+ Partners Write Open Letter to Polish President
• The Corner Office: Associate Mistakes
• The Frequent Flyers: Foreign Law Firms Serve Clients in CEE
• Market Spotlight on Turkey
• Guest Editorial by Gonenc Gurkaynak, Managing Partner, ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law
• An Ever-Changing Market: A Turkish Round Table
• Market Snapshot
• Expat on the Market: Interview with Ana Radnev, Partner at CMS Turkey
• Turkey’s Focus on Renewables: An Interview with Levent Celepci of Schoenherr
• Inside Out: The Mavi IPO
• Inside Insight: Interview with Basak Gurbuz of Walt Disney Turkey
• Experts Review: Corporate/M&A

If you are not already a subscriber and would like to register to access the magazine you can do so here. 

The final nominees for CEE Legal Matters’ 2017 Deal of the Year will be published at 10 am CET on Tuesday, February 20th. 

The nominees — three for each of the 18 CEE countries for which the award will be made — are selected by a panel of lawyers on the ground in each jurisdiction, reviewing submissions coming from across CEE. The winners, which will ultimately be selected from those final nominees by a separate expert panel of 16 specialists, will be announced at the CEE Legal Matters Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony in Prague on June 6, 2018. The banquet will conclude a full day of international networking and best practices exchange at the first annual Dealer’s Choice conference held that same day, with speakers drawn from the final nominees. 

To purchase tickets for either or both events, and for information about early-bird discounts, please contact CEE Legal Matters at press@ceelm.com.

After a long year of waiting, law firms from Hungary finally had the opportunity to show off their bowling skills again last night, as the second year of the CEE Legal Matters Budapest Law Firm Bowling Challenge brought 14 four-person teams together for an intense challenge, with the proceeds donated to the winning team’s charity of choice.

The bowling balls and the minutes flew fast, and although the teams took the challenge seriously, there was little doubt that the primary goals of the evening – having fun and relaxing with colleagues and counterparts – were met. When the final ball was rolled, at the end of the second round, there was little doubt as to the final result, as 2018 Champion Dentons (with 850 points) claimed the trophy.

Following Dentons was Nagy & Trocsanyi 810). Szecsenyi & Partners (782); Hogan Lovells (773); KNP Law (749); DLA Piper (726); Sar and Partners (697); Allen & Overy (627); OPL (660); SBGK (655); Schoenherr (651); Lakatos Koves & Partners (648); Szabo, Kelemen & Partners (614); and CMS (537). 

The highest individual score of the night belonged to Bernadett Lengyel from SBGK, who racked up an impressive 158.

The charity organization chosen by Dentons to receive the evening’s proceeds is Onkentes Tuzolto, Muszaki-mento es Vizimento Egyesulet, a Hungarian NGO that works to strengthen the healthcare system in the Hungarian communities of Dunakeszi, Godollo, and Fot by improving family doctor and home-pediatrician care services, as well as emergency service settlements in the region. “Charity organizations are really important to us, and we choose this one because they collect money for children,” said Gabor Feher, a key member of the victorious Dentons team.

Feher went on to express enthusiasm for the event in general, noting that there are few such opportunities for lawyers to meet in a social environment in Hungary. “In my opinion there is a need for this, because we meet each other on certain cases, but never in a more informal environment. So, thanks CEE Legal Matters for this opportunity.”

Adam Dunai, a lawyer at OPL, agreed. “It is a very good idea to bring firms together like this. It’s a good way to relax after a long working day, but also to get to know people from other Hungarian firms.” OPL teammate Peter Toth was also enthusiastic. “It was really great to compete with the other firms, we liked the challenge, and luckily we didn’t end up in the last place. We didn’t win either, I think we finished somewhere in the middle. Anyways, we heard that next year might be darts, we are getting prepared, and we’ll be unbeatable.”

Several teams admitted to training for the event seriously. “We had three preparation sessions in-house, and we fought with my colleagues for the four places to be on the team,” said lawyer Olga Peter-Szabo, a key member of the Nagy & Trocsanyi team. “We didn’t win – last year we were fourth, now we came second – but we are really proud of all our members. It was an awesome night, we had a good game, and lots of fun.” 

“I think everybody brought positive energy,” said CEE Legal Matters Events Producer Vaida Stockunaite, smiling as she recalled the night. “And we hope it provided a good opportunity to relax with colleagues outside the office.” 

 

The Special January 2018 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is now available to subscribers in electronic format, with hard copies already in the mail and soon to land on the desks of law firm partners and senior in-house counsel across Europe and the world.

This year’s special Beginning of the Year issue includes:

• Editorial: One of Our Better Ideas
• Our annual — and bigger than ever — compilation of all reported (and many unreported) deals and completed client matters from major leading law firms across the 24 countries of CEE
• Extended reports on the state of CEE from Avellum Partners, Baker McKenzie, CMS, DLA Piper, Drakopoulos, Freshfields, Maravela si Asociatii, PRK Partners, ad Schoenherr
• Per Aspera Ad Astra: A CEE Timeline
• A full transcript of the Round Table conversation that formed the centerpiece of the 4th annual CEELM End of Year Expert Summit, attended by elite commercial lawyers from across the region. 

The publication of the January 2018 issue means that the November 2017 issue is now available to non-subscribers in electronic format here or pdf format here. As subscribers already know, highlights from that issue include:

• Editorial: More Bang for Your Buck
• Guest Editorial by Vladimir Zenin, Partner of CMS Russia
• The Summary of Deals 
• The Buzz Across CEE 
• Summary of Lateral Moves and Appointments Across the Region 
• Bosnia & Herzegovina Round Table: A Complicated Situation
• Take the Stage: Pros and Cons of Collaboration with the Big Four
• Marketing Law Firm Marketing: Your Last Job
• Market Spotlight on Romania
• Guest Editorial by Gheorghe Buta, Partner, Musat & Asociatii
• Not Convinced: Romania’s Lawyers Worry That Economic Indicators Paint a Misleading Picture
• Expat on the Market: Interview with Bruno Leroy, Managing Partner at Leroy si Asociatii
• Experts Review: Tax 

If you are not already a subscriber and would like to register to access the magazine you can do so here. 

You have a special reason to celebrate this weekend: The December 2017 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine is out now!

The magazine is available to subscribers in electronic format, and soon hard copies will be wending their way from the printer to the desks of attorneys across CEE, Europe, and the world.

Highlights from the issue, which is already available to subscribers in electronic format, include:

• Editorial: I Wonder if They Knew What They Were in For?
• Guest Editorial by Agnes Molnar of Reed Smith
• The Summary of Deals 
• The Buzz Across CEE 
• Summary of Lateral Moves and Appointments Across the Region 
• Featured Deals
• The Letter of the Polish Law: 300+ Partners Write Open Letter to Polish President
• The Corner Office: Associate Mistakes
• The Frequent Flyers: Foreign Law Firms Serve Clients in CEE
• Market Spotlight on Turkey
• Guest Editorial by Gonenc Gurkaynak, Managing Partner, ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law
• An Ever-Changing Market: A Turkish Round Table
• Market Snapshot
• Expat on the Market: Interview with Ana Radnev, Partner at CMS Turkey
• Turkey’s Focus on Renewables: An Interview with Levent Celepci of Schoenherr
• Inside Out: The Mavi IPO
• Inside Insight: Interview with Basak Gurbuz of Walt Disney Turkey
• Experts Review: Corporate/M&A

The publication of the November issue means that the October 2017 special issue — CEE by the Numbers — is now available to non-subscribers in electronic reader format here or in .pdf format here. As subscribers already know, that issue pulled back the curtain with hard data about CEE law firms, partnership numbers, and women in law, among other critical metrics. 

If you are not already a subscriber and would like to register to access the magazine you can do so here. 

When thinking seasons, this is far from the worst, so accept our best wishes, this year in verse!

It’s Christmas, a season of gluhwein and snow

and a chance for us to ensure that you know

that good presents come throughout all the year

so drop your head close and lend us an ear

The time is now right to submit all your deals

for tables and awards, bringing banquets and meals

‘Cause time’s running out and deadlines are looming 

and the chance to show that your business is booming

is almost full finished, concluded, expired,

so really, we stress, no matter how tired

you are, we encourage you please

to put down the wine, put down the cheese

and summon the energy, beckon the spirit

and if you have news, to make sure we hear it

For no one else praises, no one else flatters

the region’s best lawyers like CEE Legal Matters

Oh one last note, before we let you all flee:

Merry Christmas to all, our friends CEE