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• UK firm Taylor Wessing expands in Europe with ENWC merger

  May 07 2012 Taylor Wessing has merged with Austrian-headquartered firm ENWC, which offers the UK firm a means of expanding into Central and Eastern Europe via ENWC’s offices in... more

• UK frm Taylor Wessing to sell document review business

  Feb 07 2012 UK firm Taylor Wessing has announced plans to sell off its document review business. The division, New Street Solutions, was formed in May 2011, and is expected to... more

• Chinese firm Yingke continues aggressive expansion with new offices in Poland and Turkey

  Jan 31 2012 Yingke, China’s second largest firm by lawyer headcount has announced a further expansion abroad, launching an office in Poland and another in Turkey. The move comes... more

• The first Stadium Penal Court-room will be opened in Autumn.

  May 10 2011 In Autumn at Poznań Football Stadium there will be launched on a penal court room to hear the cases of stadium offences in the fast track mode - announced on Friday,... more

• Eversheds makes up 22 partners globally

  Apr 13 2011 Eversheds has announced the promotion of 22 lawyers to its partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 19 last year but still significantly less than the 32... more

• Portuguese golden share in Energias de Portugal illegal

  Jan 08 2011 In the case Comission v. Portugal C-543/08 on 11.11.2010 European Court of Justice composed of inter alia polish judge Marek Safian ruled that the Portuguese Republic... more

• Polish Tax on Cypriot dividends may change in future

  Jan 08 2011 According to Polish Ministry of Finance, persons receiving dividends from the companies in Cyprus should pay in Poland 19 percent of income tax instead of 9 percent.... more

• Four-partner team to leave CMS Cameron McKenna for White & Case

  Dec 21 2010 A four-partner litigation team is set to leave CMS Cameron McKenna to join White & Case, according to reports. The group is led by Polish dispute resolution head Pawel... more

• Four firms guide $2.7 billion IPO in Poland

  May 13 2010 Poland's largest insurer, PZU, has raised nearly $2.7 billion through an initial public offering. The offering is part of a larger effort by the Polish government to... more

• Salans boosts Warsaw M&A practice with three lawyers from Clifford Chance

  Mar 12 2010 Salans has raided three corporate lawyers from Clifford Chance in a bid to bolster its Warsaw office. Partner Piotr Dulewicz, counsel Michał Karwacki and associate... more

• Hogan Hartson's entire Warsaw office quits for K&L Gates

  Mar 02 2010 K&L Gates will open an office in Warsaw after scooping Hogan & Hartson's entire local office, two months before Hogan's planned merger with Lovells. The new office... more

• Baker & McKenzie cuts jobs in Kiev and Moscow

  Feb 26 2009 Baker & McKenzie has laid off eight staff members in its Kiev office, including three associates. Three associates were also made redundant in Baker's Moscow office.... more

• Bird & Bird opens in Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw

  Sep 11 2008 Bird & Bird has launched four offices in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In a push to gain work from new growth markets, the firm has simultaneously opened in... more

• Norton Rose nabs Camerons Warsaw man

  Apr 04 2008 Norton Rose has bagged a new partner for its Warsaw practice with the hire of energy specialist Rafal Hajduk from CMS Cameron McKenna. Hajduk joins Norton Rose... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf IP chief exits

  Jan 04 2008 The highly-rated head of IP at the Warsaw branch of Dewey & LeBoeuf has left the firm for a job in the Polish Government. Lukasz Redziniak departed from the firm at... more

• Poland begins publishing Communist-era secret police data

  Sep 28 2007 Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (INP) has begun officially publishing a list of public officials who worked with or were spied on by the country's... more