Women’s Day is behind us, but the subjects of gender equality and equal opportunity are of year-round concern. This, the first part of a special two-part CEE Legal Matters article on women in private practice in CEE, provides the numbers and percentages from leading law firms across CEE, as well as a more thorough snapshot of one representative market. Part II of the report, in the June issue, will pull back the curtain even more, providing feedback and perspectives from lawyers across the region.
Introduction to the Report
What is “gender equality” in a workplace? Is it equality in terms of gender proportionality? Or perhaps a simple refusal to make decisions when hiring or promoting based on pre-formed expectations about gender? If gender equality is assumed to be a desirable goal, is it best achieved through affirmative action or through non-preferential treatment?
The dialogue on gender roles is a heated one. With thousands of studies – often contradictory – conducted on the subject, opinions often fly ahead of the facts. Does gender equality exist, or can it – or should it? Are societies moving towards it in productive and observable ways? How often does a call for increased gender equality in the work place reflect an actual commitment to the goal of increasing opportunities for an under-represented group, rather than an insincere assertion of views thought to be politically correct?
Regardless, the facts are key. With this issue CEE Legal Matters introduces a two-part report on gender equality at law firms in and across Central and Eastern Europe. This month’s focus will be on the numbers. In the next issue, mid-June, the focus will turn to the explanations, justifications, reasons, and underlying causes. The debate will presumably never end – nor, perhaps, should it – but a greater understanding of the facts and insightful analysis should at the very least provide the basis for a more enlightened and informed conversation.
The Methodology
The data in this report was gathered from the websites of 488 law firms ranked by Chambers & Partners – in any practice area – across 20 CEE jurisdictions: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
The remaining countries in CEE had fewer than 5 ranked firms with useful websites, and were thus excluded as providing insufficient data. In addition, law firms ranked by Chambers but with websites that do not distinguish between Partners and Associates – a total of 60 in all – were excluded from consideration.
The various offices of law firms with bases elsewhere were included for each country (i.e. DLA Piper Romania, Allen & Overy Moscow, etc.).
“Associates” for the purpose of the survey includes any lawyer not identified as Partner (i.e., Junior Associate, Associate, Senior Associate, (of) Counsel, etc.).
Data was collected from law firm websites between April 1, 2014 and April 7, 2014, and the accuracy of the final figures thus depends on the accuracy of those sites at those times.
The Data
Discriminatory hiring practices against female associates appear not to be present in Belarus, at least, as women in that country account for 77% of all associates. Macedonia is another outlier, with women taking 70% of all associate positions in law firms in the country. Women in Hungary, by contrast, make up the lowest percentage of associates in law firms in the region, accounting for only 44% of the roles. Austria and the Czech Republic (both 45% women), and Poland (46%) show very similar results to Hungary’s, while female associates in other CEE markets make up between 48% and 66% of the total in those countries.
The numbers for partners are very different. Austria has the lowest percentage of female partners, with just 15%, Romania has the most, with 45%. And Belarus, which had far and away the highest percentage of female associates in CEE, seems to lose them before partnership; only 31% of the partners in that country are women.
| Country averages | Number of Partners | Number of Associates | Number of Female Partners | Number of Female Associates | % Of Female Partners | % of Female Associates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 26 | 62 | 9 | 37 | 34.62% | 59.68% |
| Austria | 389 | 754 | 57 | 340 | 14.65% | 45.09% |
| Belarus | 35 | 75 | 11 | 58 | 31.43% | 77.33% |
| Bulgaria | 114 | 288 | 38 | 164 | 33.33% | 56.94% |
| Croatia | 37 | 77 | 14 | 45 | 37.84% | 58.44% |
| Czech Republic | 252 | 621 | 49 | 282 | 19.44% | 45.41% |
| Estonia | 116 | 301 | 27 | 169 | 23.28% | 56.15% |
| Greece | 182 | 448 | 52 | 289 | 28.57% | 64.51% |
| Hungary | 155 | 302 | 43 | 134 | 27.74% | 44.37% |
| Latvia | 71 | 197 | 30 | 109 | 42.25% | 55.33% |
| Lithuania | 122 | 364 | 41 | 187 | 33.61% | 51.37% |
| Macedonia | 23 | 94 | 10 | 66 | 43.48% | 70.21% |
| Poland | 387 | 1166 | 81 | 539 | 20.93% | 46.23% |
| Romania | 181 | 654 | 81 | 432 | 44.75% | 66.06% |
| Russia | 415 | 735 | 81 | 378 | 19.52% | 51.43% |
| Serbia | 94 | 217 | 34 | 106 | 36.17% | 48.85% |
| Slovakia | 80 | 204 | 22 | 107 | 27.50% | 52.45% |
| Slovenia | 59 | 119 | 21 | 81 | 35.59% | 68.07% |
| Turkey | 132 | 261 | 47 | 178 | 35.61% | 68.20% |
| Ukraine | 136 | 196 | 43 | 107 | 31.62% | 54.59% |
| Total/Average | 3,006 | 7,135 | 791 | 3,808 | 26.31% | 53.37% |
Of course, while the ratio of men to women partners in a given law firm may be similar or even identical to the ratio in the country as a whole, in many law firms the proportions are very different. The top five firms in terms of the percentage of women in partnership are: Red Attorneys at Law (Latvia) – 100% (5 of 5), Vlasova, Mikhel & Partners (Belarus) – 86% (out of 7), NNDKP (Romania) – 84% (out of 19), Akol Avukatlik Burosu (Turkey) – 80% (out of 5), and Vernon David (Romania) – 80% (out of 5). Of the 89 offices with at least 10 partners in CEE, only three have more female partners than male – and all are in Romania: NNDKP (84%), the Bucharest office of Schoenherr (64%), and Musat & Asociatti (56%). The fourth position is shared by four firms, all with 50% female partners: Herguner Bilgen Ozek and Mehmet Gun & Partners in Turkey, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati in Hungary, and Tark Grunte Sutkiene in Ukraine. In the other 82 of the 89 offices, men make up a majority of the partnership.
In contrast to the 1 firm/office with at least 5 partners, none of whom are male (Red Attorneys at Law, in Latvia), 142 firms/offices have a minimum of 5 male and no female partners – and 5 offices in CEE have partnerships of 10 or more, none of whom are women. The Austrian offices of Binder Groesswang and Freshfields, the Czech offices of PRK Partners and BBH, and the Polish office of Greenberg Traurig, each fits this description.
Conclusion and Invitation for Comment
We recognize that the subject is controversial – and it has already inspired more than one heated conversation around our editorial table. We look forward to hearing comments from our readers on the subject. We will include as many of those comments in the next issue as possible, along with the second part of the report.
The full list of offices and their partner numbers (according to their websites on April 4, 2014) is below:
| Firm | Partners | Number of Female Partners | Female Partnership Percentage | Country |
| Boga & Associates | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | Albania |
| CMS | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Albania |
| Haxhia & Hajdari | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Albania |
| Kalo & Associates | 7 | 3 | 42.86 | Albania |
| Petosevic | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Albania |
| Tashko Pustina | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Albania |
| Tonucci & Partners | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Albania |
| Wolf Theiss | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Albania |
| ABEL & ABEL | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Austria |
| ARNOLD | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Baker Mckenzie | 12 | 2 | 16.67 | Austria |
| Binder Groesswang | 19 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| BPV Legal | 16 | 4 | 25.00 | Austria |
| Brandl & Talos | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Brauneis Klauser Prandl | 11 | 1 | 9.09 | Austria |
| CHSH | 19 | 2 | 10.53 | Austria |
| CMS | 28 | 5 | 17.86 | Austria |
| Dorda | 21 | 1 | 4.76 | Austria |
| Eisenberger & Herzog | 21 | 7 | 33.33 | Austria |
| Engelbrecht und Partner | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Fiebinger, Polak, Leon & Partners | 12 | 1 | 8.33 | Austria |
| Freimuller/Obereder/Pilz & Partner | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Austria |
| Freshfields | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Graf & Pitkowitz | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Haslinger Nagele | 20 | 4 | 20.00 | Austria |
| Heid Schiefer | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Hohne, In der Maur & Partner | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Kunz Schima Wallentin | 17 | 5 | 29.41 | Austria |
| KWR Karasek Wietrzyk | 17 | 3 | 17.65 | Austria |
| ONZ, ONZ, KEMMER, HuTTLER | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Austria |
| PHH | 9 | 1 | 11.11 | Austria |
| Preslmayr | 12 | 2 | 16.67 | Austria |
| Schoenherr | 35 | 3 | 8.57 | Austria |
| Schramm ohler | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Austria |
| Siemer – Siegl – Fureder & Partner | 8 | 3 | 37.50 | Austria |
| Soyer & Partner | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Austria |
| Taylor Wessing | 14 | 3 | 21.43 | Austria |
| Wolf Theiss | 34 | 5 | 14.71 | Austria |
| Arzinger & Partners | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Belarus |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Belarus |
| CHSH | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Belarus |
| Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Belarus |
| Glimstedt | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Belarus |
| Magnusson | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Belarus |
| Raidla Lejins & Norcous | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Belarus |
| Revera Consulting | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Belarus |
| Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Belarus |
| Vlasova, Mikhel & Partners | 7 | 6 | 85.71 | Belarus |
| CMS | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Bosnia |
| Petosevic | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Bosnia |
| Arsov Natchev Ganeva | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Bulgaria |
| Batkov & Associates | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | Bulgaria |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Bulgaria |
| Boyanov & Co | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | Bulgaria |
| CHSH | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Bulgaria |
| CMS | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Bulgaria |
| Dimitrov, Petrov & Co | 8 | 3 | 37.50 | Bulgaria |
| Dinova, Rusev & Partners | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Bulgaria |
| Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov | 15 | 6 | 40.00 | Bulgaria |
| Dobrev & Lyutskanov | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Bulgaria |
| Eurolex Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Bulgaria |
| Georgiev, Todorov & Co | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Bulgaria |
| Kalaidjiev & Georgiev | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | Bulgaria |
| Kambourov & Partners | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | Bulgaria |
| Lex Locus | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Bulgaria |
| MS Partners | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Bulgaria |
| Penkov, Markov & Partners | 7 | 1 | 14.29 | Bulgaria |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Bulgaria |
| Schoenherr | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Bulgaria |
| Tocheva & Mandazhieva | 4 | 3 | 75.00 | Bulgaria |
| Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Bulgaria |
| Velchev & Co | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Bulgaria |
| Wolf Theiss | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Bulgaria |
| CMS | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Croatia |
| DLA Piper (Glinska & Miskovic) | 9 | 5 | 55.56 | Croatia |
| Hogan Lovells (Bogdanovic, Dolicki & Partners) | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Croatia |
| Mamic Peric Reberski Rimac | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Croatia |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Croatia |
| Savoric & Partners | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Croatia |
| Schoenherr | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Croatia |
| Vukic, Jelusic, Sulina, Stankovic, Jurcan & Jabuka | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | Croatia |
| Vukmir | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Croatia |
| Allen & Overy | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Czech Republic |
| Baker Mckenzie | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Banyaiova Vozehova | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | Czech Republic |
| BBH | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Bird & Bird | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Czech Republic |
| BPV Legal | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Cermak a spol | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Czech Republic |
| CHSH | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Clifford Chance | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| CMS | 8 | 4 | 50.00 | Czech Republic |
| Dentons | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| DLA Piper | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Dvorak Hager & Partners | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Czech Republic |
| Eversheds | 13 | 3 | 23.08 | Czech Republic |
| Glatzova & Co | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Czech Republic |
| Havel, Holasek & Partners | 21 | 1 | 4.76 | Czech Republic |
| Hogan Lovells | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Johnson Slastny Kramarik | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Czech Republic |
| Kinstellar | 5 | 3 | 60.00 | Czech Republic |
| Kocian Solc Balastik | 9 | 1 | 11.11 | Czech Republic |
| Mares Partners | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Czech Republic |
| Pelikan Krofta Kohoutek | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Pierstone | 5 | 3 | 60.00 | Czech Republic |
| Pokorny, Wagner & partneri | 26 | 10 | 38.46 | Czech Republic |
| PRK Partners | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Randl Partners | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Czech Republic |
| Rott, RuziCka & Guttmann Patent, Trademark and Law Office | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | Czech Republic |
| Schoenherr | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Squire Sanders | 7 | 3 | 42.86 | Czech Republic |
| Squire Sanders | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Czech Republic |
| Taylor Wessing | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | Czech Republic |
| TRAPLOVa – HAKR – KUBaT | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Czech Republic |
| Vejmelka & Wunsch | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Czech Republic |
| VSeteCka Zeleny SvorCik Kalensky and Partners | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 11 | 1 | 9.09 | Czech Republic |
| White & Case | 19 | 2 | 10.53 | Czech Republic |
| Wolf Theiss | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Czech Republic |
| AAA Legal Services | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| Aivar Pilv | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Estonia |
| Aleinikov & Partners | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Estonia |
| Borovtsov & Salei | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Estonia |
| Eversheds | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Estonia |
| FORT Legal | 5 | 3 | 60.00 | Estonia |
| Glikman Alvin & Partners | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | Estonia |
| Glimstedt | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Estonia |
| Hedman Partners | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Estonia |
| JurZnak | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Estonia |
| LAWIN | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | Estonia |
| Lextal | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Estonia |
| Magnusson | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| MAQS Law Firm | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Estonia |
| Raidla Lejins & Norcous | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| Red Attorneys at Law | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Estonia |
| SORAINEN | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| SORAINEN | 8 | 1 | 12.50 | Estonia |
| Sysouev, Bondar, Khrapoutski | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| Tark Grunte Sutkiene | 8 | 1 | 12.50 | Estonia |
| TRINITI Law Office | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| VARUL | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | Estonia |
| Verkhovodko & Partners | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Estonia |
| Alexiou & Kosmopoulos Law Firm | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Greece |
| Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Calavros & Partners | 10 | 4 | 40.00 | Greece |
| Clyde & Co | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| D.N. Tzouganatos & Partners | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Dryllerakis & Associates | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | Greece |
| Hadjiprodromou-Triantaphillou & Partners (HT&P) | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Hill Dickinson | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Greece |
| Holman Fenwick Willan | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Ince & Co | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Greece |
| Karatzas & Partners | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | Greece |
| Kelemenis & Co | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Greece |
| KG Law Firm | 22 | 8 | 36.36 | Greece |
| Koutalidis Law Firm | 12 | 2 | 16.67 | Greece |
| Lambadarios Law Firm | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Greece |
| M & P Bernitsas | 11 | 4 | 36.36 | Greece |
| Moratis Passas | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Moussas & Partners | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Greece |
| Nikolinakos, Lardas & Associates Law Firm | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Greece |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Greece |
| POTAMITISVEKRIS | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | Greece |
| Reed Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Sarantitis Law Firm | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | Greece |
| Stephenson Harwood | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| Timagenis Law Firm | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Greece |
| V&P Law Firm (Vgenopoulos & Partners) | 22 | 6 | 27.27 | Greece |
| Watson, Farley & Williams | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Greece |
| Allen & Overy | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| Baker Mckenzie | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | Hungary |
| Ban, S. Szabo & Partners (Gleiss Lutz) | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Hungary |
| Bird & Bird | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Hungary |
| BPV Legal | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Hungary |
| CHSH | 10 | 5 | 50.00 | Hungary |
| CMS | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | Hungary |
| Dentons | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Hungary |
| DLA Piper | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Hungary |
| Eversheds | 7 | 3 | 42.86 | Hungary |
| Gardos, Furedi, Mosonyi, Tomori L.O. | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Hungary |
| Gide | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Hungary |
| Hogan Lovells | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| Jalsovszky | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| Kinstellar | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Hungary |
| Lakatos Koves & Partners | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| Nagy ?s Trocsanyi | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | Hungary |
| Oppenheim | 13 | 2 | 15.38 | Hungary |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Hungary |
| Schoenherr | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Hungary |
| Squire Sanders | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Hungary |
| Szecskay Attorneys at Law | 16 | 7 | 43.75 | Hungary |
| Taylor Wessing | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Hungary |
| VJT & Partners | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| White & Case | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | Hungary |
| Wolf Theiss | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Hungary |
| Pallaska&Associates | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Kosovo |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Latvia |
| Eversheds | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Latvia |
| FORT Legal | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | Latvia |
| Glikman Alvin & Partners | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Latvia |
| Glimstedt | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Latvia |
| LAWIN | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | Latvia |
| Lextal | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Latvia |
| Magnusson | 5 | 3 | 60.00 | Latvia |
| MAQS Law Firm | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Latvia |
| Raidla Lejins & Norcous | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Latvia |
| Red Attorneys at Law | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | Latvia |
| Skrastins & Dzenis | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Latvia |
| SORAINEN | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Latvia |
| Spigulis & Kukainis | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Latvia |
| Spilbridge | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Latvia |
| Tark Grunte Sutkiene | 6 | 4 | 66.67 | Latvia |
| TRINITI Law Office | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Latvia |
| VARUL | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Latvia |
| Balciunas & Grajauskas | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Lithuania |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Lithuania |
| Eversheds | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Lithuania |
| FORT Legal | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Lithuania |
| Glikman Alvin & Partners | 10 | 4 | 40.00 | Lithuania |
| Glimstedt | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | Lithuania |
| Judickien_ and Partners JUREX | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Lithuania |
| KaireviCius Juzikis | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Lithuania |
| LAWIN | 24 | 9 | 37.50 | Lithuania |
| Lextal | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Lithuania |
| Magnusson | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Lithuania |
| MAQS Law Firm | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Lithuania |
| METIDA | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | Lithuania |
| Motieka & Audzevicius | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Lithuania |
| Raidla Lejins & Norcous | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Lithuania |
| SORAINEN | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Lithuania |
| Tark Grunte Sutkiene | 13 | 6 | 46.15 | Lithuania |
| TRINITI Law Office | 6 | 4 | 66.67 | Lithuania |
| VARUL | 11 | 4 | 36.36 | Lithuania |
| Attorneys office Trpenoski | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Macedonia |
| Cakmakova Advocates | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | Macedonia |
| Cukic & Markov Law Office | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Macedonia |
| Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Macedonia |
| Georgi Dimitrov Law Office | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Macedonia |
| Lawyers Antevski | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Macedonia |
| Pepeljugoski Law Office | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Macedonia |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Macedonia |
| Polenak Law Firm | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Macedonia |
| ACI Partners | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Moldova |
| Gladei & Partners | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Moldova |
| Turcan Cazac | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Moldova |
| Law Office Vujacic | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Montenegro |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Montenegro |
| Prelevic Law Firm | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Montenegro |
| A. Sobczyk & Wspolpracownicy | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Poland |
| Allen & Overy | 8 | 1 | 12.50 | Poland |
| Baker Mckenzie | 16 | 4 | 25.00 | Poland |
| Bird & Bird | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Poland |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Poland |
| Chadbourne & Parke | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | Poland |
| Clifford Chance | 7 | 1 | 14.29 | Poland |
| DBJ | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Poland |
| Dentons | 29 | 7 | 24.14 | Poland |
| DLA Piper | 7 | 3 | 42.86 | Poland |
| Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka | 22 | 6 | 27.27 | Poland |
| Drzewiecki Tomaszek & Partners | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | Poland |
| Eversheds | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | Poland |
| FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Poland |
| GESSEL | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | Poland |
| Gide | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | Poland |
| Greenberg Traurig | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | Poland |
| Gujski, Zdebiak Kancelaria adwokacko-radcowska | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Poland |
| GWW Wo_ny i Wspolnicy Sp. k. | 27 | 4 | 14.81 | Poland |
| Hogan Lovells | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Poland |
| K&L Gates | 11 | 1 | 9.09 | Poland |
| Ksiazek & Bigaj | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Poland |
| Kubas Kos Gaertner – Adwokaci | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Poland |
| LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Poland |
| Linklaters | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Poland |
| Magnusson | 10 | 2 | 20.00 | Poland |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Poland |
| Oles & Rodzynkiewicz | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Poland |
| RACZKOWSKI & PARTNERS | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Poland |
| Schoenherr | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Poland |
| Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak | 27 | 2 | 7.41 | Poland |
| Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski | 15 | 1 | 6.67 | Poland |
| Taylor Wessing | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Poland |
| Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Poland |
| Wardynski & Partners | 22 | 10 | 45.45 | Poland |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 13 | 2 | 15.38 | Poland |
| White & Case | 18 | 2 | 11.11 | Poland |
| WKB Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr | 14 | 4 | 28.57 | Poland |
| Wolf Theiss | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | Poland |
| Allen & Overy | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Romania |
| Biris Goran | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Romania |
| BPV Legal | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Romania |
| CHSH | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Romania |
| Clifford Chance | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Romania |
| CMS | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Romania |
| Dentons | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | Romania |
| DLA Piper | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Romania |
| Eversheds | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Romania |
| Gide (Bruno si Asociatii) | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Romania |
| Kinstellar | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Romania |
| Musat & Asociatii | 16 | 9 | 56.25 | Romania |
| NNDKP | 19 | 16 | 84.21 | Romania |
| Peli Filip | 9 | 5 | 55.56 | Romania |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Romania |
| Popovici Nitu & Asociatii | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | Romania |
| PWC (David Si Baias) | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Romania |
| Schoenherr | 11 | 7 | 63.64 | Romania |
| Stoica & Asociatii | 10 | 4 | 40.00 | Romania |
| Tonucci & Partners | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Romania |
| Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | 25 | 9 | 36.00 | Romania |
| Vernon David | 5 | 4 | 80.00 | Romania |
| Voicu Filipescu | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | Romania |
| Wolf Theiss | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Romania |
| Zamfirescu Racoti Predoiu | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Romania |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | Russia |
| Allen & Overy | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Russia |
| ALRUD Law Firm | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Russia |
| ARS-Patent | 4 | 3 | 75.00 | Russia |
| Baker Botts | 8 | 1 | 12.50 | Russia |
| Baker Mckenzie | 28 | 2 | 7.14 | Russia |
| BBH | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Russia |
| Bird & Bird | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Borenius | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Russia |
| Chadbourne & Parke | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Russia |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Russia |
| Clifford Chance | 9 | 1 | 11.11 | Russia |
| Clyde & Co | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Russia |
| CMS | 14 | 2 | 14.29 | Russia |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Russia |
| Dechert | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | Russia |
| Dentons | 29 | 5 | 17.24 | Russia |
| DLA Piper | 31 | 8 | 25.81 | Russia |
| Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | 21 | 2 | 9.52 | Russia |
| Freshfields | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Gide | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | Russia |
| Goltsblat (Berwin Leighton Paisner) | 19 | 2 | 10.53 | Russia |
| Gowlings | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | Russia |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | 13 | 2 | 15.38 | Russia |
| Hogan Lovells | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | Russia |
| K&L Gates | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| KIAP | 10 | 1 | 10.00 | Russia |
| Latham & Watkins | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Liniya Prava | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Linklaters | 14 | 1 | 7.14 | Russia |
| Magnusson | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Mannheimer Swartling | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Russia |
| Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Law Firm | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | Russia |
| Muranov, Chernyakov and Partners | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | 7 | 1 | 14.29 | Russia |
| Orrick | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Russia |
| Padva & Partners | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Russia |
| Pepeliaev Group | 15 | 3 | 20.00 | Russia |
| Petosevic | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| Reznik, Gagarin, Abushakhmin & Partners | 11 | 1 | 9.09 | Russia |
| Skadden | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Russia |
| Sojuzpatent | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Russia |
| Squire Sanders | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | Russia |
| Verkhovodko & Partners | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Russia |
| White & Case | 17 | 7 | 41.18 | Russia |
| YUST Law Firm | 10 | 2 | 20.00 | Russia |
| BDK Advokati | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Serbia |
| CMS | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Serbia |
| Gide (Maric, MaliSic & Dostanic) | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Serbia |
| Harrison Solicitors | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Serbia |
| Joksovic, Stojanovic & Partners | 14 | 5 | 35.71 | Serbia |
| JPM | 15 | 5 | 33.33 | Serbia |
| karanovic/nikolic | 15 | 6 | 40.00 | Serbia |
| Kinstellar (ZajedniCka advokatska kancelarija Maric & Mujezinovic) | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Serbia |
| NKO | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Serbia |
| Petosevic | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Serbia |
| Prica & Partners | 6 | 4 | 66.67 | Serbia |
| Schoenherr (MoravCevic Vojnovic i Partner) | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | Serbia |
| Tomic Stevic-Dulic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Serbia |
| Wolf Theiss | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Serbia |
| Zivkovic Samardzic | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Serbia |
| Allen & Overy | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Barger Prekop Attorneys | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Slovakia |
| BBH | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Slovakia |
| Beatow Partners | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Bianchi, Malach, Tomanova | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Slovakia |
| Bird & Bird | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| bnt attorneys-at-law | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Slovakia |
| Brichta & Partners | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Slovakia |
| Cechova & Partners | 5 | 3 | 60.00 | Slovakia |
| Cernejova and Hrbek | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | Slovakia |
| CHSH | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| CMS | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Dentons | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| DLA Piper | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Slovakia |
| Dvorak Hager & Partners | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Eversheds | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Glatzova & Co | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Hamala Kluch Viglasky | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Havel, Holasek & Partners | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Havlat & Partners | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Slovakia |
| Hillbridges | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Slovakia |
| Kinstellar | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| PRK Partners | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Slovakia |
| Schoenherr | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Squire Sanders | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | Slovakia |
| Taylor Wessing | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Slovakia |
| White & Case | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Slovakia |
| Wolf Theiss | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovakia |
| Avbreht, Zajc & Partners | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | Slovenia |
| CMS | 6 | 2 | 33.33 | Slovenia |
| FMMS FaSun, Melihen, MilaC, Strojan | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovenia |
| ITEM | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovenia |
| Jadek & Pensa | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | Slovenia |
| Law Firm KavCiC, Rogl in BraCun | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovenia |
| Miro Senica and Attorneys | 8 | 5 | 62.50 | Slovenia |
| Odvetniki Selih & partnerji | 6 | 4 | 66.67 | Slovenia |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Slovenia |
| Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & partnerji | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovenia |
| Schoenherr | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | Slovenia |
| Wolf Theiss | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Slovenia |
| Akol Avukatlik Burosu | 5 | 4 | 80.00 | Turkey |
| Allen & Overy | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| ASC Law Office | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Baker Mckenzie | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki Law Firm | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Bezen & Partners | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| caga & caga | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | Turkey |
| cakmak Avukatlk Burosu | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Turkey |
| Cerrahoglu Law Firm | 5 | 3 | 60.00 | Turkey |
| Chadbourne & Parke | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Turkey |
| Clifford Chance | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Turkey |
| Cosar Avukatlik Burosu | 4 | 3 | 75.00 | Turkey |
| Dentons | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Ercin Bilgin Bektasoglu | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| Gide | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Gur Law Firm | 7 | 3 | 42.86 | Turkey |
| Herguner Bilgen ozeke | 12 | 6 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| Kinstellar | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Turkey |
| Mehmet Gun & Partners | 10 | 5 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| Moroglu Arseven | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| Paksoy Attorneys at Law | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Turkey |
| Pekin & Bayar Law Firm | 8 | 3 | 37.50 | Turkey |
| Pekin & Pekin | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | Turkey |
| Schoenherr (Turkoglu & celepci) | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Tellioglu Law Office | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Verdi Law Office | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | Turkey |
| White & Case | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Turkey |
| Yarsuvat & Yarsuvat Law Firm | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Turkey |
| YukselKarkinKucuk Attorney Partnership | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | Turkey |
| Fedorova & Partners | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | Ukaine |
| Andriy Kravets & Partners Law Offices | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| Arzinger | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | Ukraine |
| Asters | 13 | 4 | 30.77 | Ukraine |
| Avellum Partners | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| Baker Mckenzie | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | Ukraine |
| Chadbourne & Parke | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Ukraine |
| Clifford Chance | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| CMS | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Ukraine |
| DLA Piper | 9 | 6 | 66.67 | Ukraine |
| Doubinsky & Osharova | 7 | 3 | 42.86 | Ukraine |
| Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Ukraine |
| EnGarde | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | Ukraine |
| Gide | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| Grischenko & Partners | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Ukraine |
| Ilyashev & Partners | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| KM Partners | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| Konnov & Sozanovsky | 10 | 5 | 50.00 | Ukraine |
| KPD Consulting | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | Ukraine |
| Lavrynovych & Partners | 5 | 2 | 40.00 | Ukraine |
| Magnusson | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| Petosevic | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Ukraine |
| Sayenko Kharenko | 7 | 1 | 14.29 | Ukraine |
| Schoenherr | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | Ukraine |
| Squire Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
| Taylor Wessing | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | Ukraine |
| Vasil Kisil & Partners | 13 | 4 | 30.77 | Ukraine |
| Wolf Theiss | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Ukraine |
This article was originally published in the April 2014 Issue of CEE Legal Matters.