With over 14 years of experience in both private practice services and in-house legal counselling, Adina Calfa Dudoiu has experience of handling legal matters in the mining, telecommunication, media, audio-visual...

Serving as Philips’s first in-house lawyer in Central Eastern Europe since 1996, Dr. Adrienne Benedek is responsible for establishing the internal legal function in the region and over several years...

Starogard Gdanski-based pharmaceutical company Polpharma manufactures genetic drugs used in cardiology, gastroenterology and neurology. Besides providing full legal support to the company’s seven manufacturing plants, Agnieszka Deeg-Tyburska is in charge...

Leading a team of 10 individuals in her role as chief legal counsel at Bank Pocztowy, Agnieszka Modras has displayed her outstanding legal knowledge and business-centric advice Since moving in-house...

Accenture requires little in the way of introduction, being the first name most will think of when it comes to management consultancy, and some of the company’s current statistics are...

As the director of legal affairs for Atlantic Grupa, one of the leading food companies in the region, Aleksandra Popovic has spearheaded a number of its most pivotal and strategic...

IBM, the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, has been present in Russia and the CIS for over 40 years and is a leading provider of high-value solutions...

Hungary was the location of British supermarket giant Tesco’s first foray into Central and Eastern European markets and where it established its first store in 1995. It has since expanded...

As the head of the legal department of OTB Bank, the largest financial services provider in Hungary, Andras Pete is responsible for all its corporate legal and regulatory matters. No...

Described by a former colleague as ‘a deep-thinker with great analytical experience’ and praised heavily by peers for his attention to detail and superior communication skills, Andrey Osipov’s 17 years...

Having overseen and implemented several changes in his current role, Andrzej Klimek, head of the legal and compliance department for financials company Idea Leasing has also participated in a number...

BP Europa SE was founded in 2010 after the merger of BP’s national organisations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and Poland together with Deutsche BP in Germany. The following year,...

CCC is the second largest Polish retailer and the market leader in the Polish footwear retail space, owning more than 67 registered brands of goods and operating over outlets across...

Grupa Pracuj is an online recruitment internet company and job portal that operates within a market experiencing ‘very fast and constant changes and technological progress’ that requires business partners to...

Founded in 2002, Ciklum is a global Ukrainian software engineering and technology partner that delivers software engineering excellence to Fortune 500 and fast-growing organisations around the world. After a successful...

Anna Szczodra-Kowalczyk has a reputation within the in-house market as a ‘very capable general counsel who has deep expertise of the market’ and is a ‘reliable, operative and very trustworthy...

Attila Bocsak oversees the legal and compliance functions of the entire CEE operation of Türk Telekom International (TTI), one of the leading regional telecommunications operators consisting of 14 companies and...

Bogdan Plesuvescu is the executive director and chief legal officer in Banca Transilvania, one of the three largest banks in Romania. Throughout the years Plesuvescu has occupied management roles with...

Krka ranks among the top generic pharmaceutical companies in the world, primarily producing and selling prescription pharmaceuticals, non-prescription products and veterinary products in more than 70 countries. In the position...

A lawyer of 29 years, Božidar Ristić, currently serves as the manager of the legal and general services division of Jubanka, one of the leading banks in Serbia that provides...

Christopher Fischer is an outstanding international business lawyer with upwards of 20 years of experience of managing legal affairs at major blue chip corporations. Currently serving as vice president and...

General counsel and company secretary for Air Serbia, Danijela Popadic has led the Serbian flag carrier’s in-house legal team on a number of novel and complex deals. Most recently he...

Head of legal at international investment bank BNP Paribas’ Central and Eastern European real estate business is Dariusz Chudy, who, according to a private practice source has ‘an extensive experience...

AmRest Holdings is the largest independent restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe with a growing international presence, operating nearly 1,450 category restaurants with 30,000 employees. Since its formation in...

ERGO’s Denis Golubovich is a multidimensional lawyer capable of seamlessly navigating cross-functional teams and implementing new process innovations to achieve speed and efficiency when delivering legal advice. Having headed the...

During the last calendar year at the powerful agro-industrial producer in Ukraine, UKRPROMINVEST-AGRO, Denys Melnykov contributed directly to the registration of 15,000 land lease contracts, alleviating the risk of loss...

‘An extremely well-rounded and adaptable in-house legal professional’, is how one nominator describes Dominik Wolski, director of the legal department for Poland at food and consumer products group Jerónimo Martins....

One of Poland’s leading in-house lawyers in the telecommunications sector, Dominika Niewiadomska-Siniecka receives praise from peers for her reliability and initiative, as well as her in-depth understanding of several areas...

A highly versatile lawyer who has spent time at a number of prominent companies in in-house roles and spent time in legal academia to boot, Drahomira Brejchova became general counsel...

Managing legal affairs for Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic for the US multinational conglomerate 3M is general counsel (Central Region) Edit Rosta. Since taking the role in 2016 she...

REWE Group, a German diversified retail and tourism co-operative, has a number of significant operations in Central and Eastern Europe through its portfolio of companies. Among them is Billa, the...

Established 105 years ago as Albania’s state telecommunications services company, Albtelecom has grown into the country’s largest fixed-line telephone business operating a fibre optic network throughout all major Albanian cities....

Abfall Service is Austria’s leading waste management company, providing broad general waste solutions for the municipal, industrial, commercial and retail sectors as well as for domestic households. In the capacity...

Headquartered in Austria and with a history dating back almost 80 years, Lenzing Group is a world leader in supplying the global textile and nonwovens industry with high-quality, botanic cellulose...

As the company secretary, legal counsel and head of legal at Diageo Hungary, Gábor Kukovecz, leads a team of 10 professionals to provide various legal services within the Diageo Group...

Gabriela Popescu is one of Romania’s most experienced in-house legal professionals, boasting a career of over 20 years managing legal affairs at leading multinational companies. In October 2017, she joined...

UniCredit Bank Serbia offers local expertise, an international reach and accompanies and supports its clients globally by providing clients with access to leading banks. Gligorije Brajkovic is the head of...

One of the top Polish financial sector lawyers, Gracjana Jakubowska-Szarek has impressed with her work on restructuring the scope of the legal department at Siemens Finance. Since joining the company...

Bank Millennium has been providing universal financial services to clients from all segments of the market through its nationwide network of branches, individual advisors and electronic banking channels for 25...

Headquarted in Sofia, Fibank aspires to be one of the finest banks in Bulgaria and the Balkan region. Iliana Byanova has been at the bank, one of Bulgaria’s largest, since...

Ioana Regenbogen is the director and head of legal and corporate affairs for ING Bank Amsterdam Bucharest Branch, the Romanian company that operates as a branch of Dutch multinational financial...

Leading a team of approximately 60 people including 40 lawyers, Iwona Gajek, country legal head and managing director of legal line for the Polish branch of BNP Paribas, has a...

Bright and dynamic in-house lawyer Jacek Jastrzębski has been praised by sources for his ‘broad knowledge and skills’, his participation in leadership discussions of complex problems and his generation of...

Established as a joint venture between Swiss Ringier and German Axel Springer, Ringier Axel Springer Media manages 165 digital and print products in several expanding markets in the CEE region....

Now with over three million customers, Vodafone Czech Republic is one of the largest mobile providers in the country, and is at the forefront of technological innovation in this highly...

Part of Deutsche Telekom, Slovak Telekom is the largest telecommunications and multimedia company operating in Slovakia. Having joined the company back in 2010, current chief legal and corporate affairs officer...

Able to speak in English, German and Japanese in addition to his native Hungarian, János Miklós Jakab is a talented individual with a ‘huge drive’ and ‘positive attitude’ according to...

Ghelamco Poland is a constituent in the Polish real estate industry having operated in the country since 1991 and has since become one of the leading commercial real estate companies...

Judit Pettkó-Szandtner has worked in Hungary’s banking sector for more than twenty years and currently leads the Hungarian legal department of UniCredit Bank as chief legal counsel. She initially joined...

International, integrated oil and gas company, OMV is one of Austria’s largest industrial companies with over 24,000 employees. Head of all legal affairs and corporate governance matters at this industry...

Kalman Molnar is one of the most experienced legal professionals in Hungary having served as an in-house counsel at the global consumer goods company Unilever since 1994. Having joined the...

General counsel since June 2016 of the largest internet-based travel company in the Czech Republic, Invia, Karel Budka emphasises the ‘cross border character of [his] work involving all major economies...

A high-powered lawyer with a formidable legal skillset built from operating at the upper echelons of the profession, Katie Schoultz is a hugely respected legal professional who transitioned from an...

As Borealis’ chief legal and procurement officer, Katja Tautscher is accountable for all legal affairs, insurance matters as well as the ethics and compliance programme for the entire Group. Tautscher...

Tatra is an extremely prestigious Czech company, being the second-longest running automobile manufacturer in the world. It has pioneered a number of innovations in the industry since its inception, including...

Italian-headquartered CRIF is a credit bureau and business information services provider with a presence on four continents. Lucie Anna Melková is general counsel for the Czech Credit Bureau arm of...

With over a decade’s tenure at international supermarket giant Tesco, Central Europe legal director Lucie Kovacova knows the company’s sprawling operations inside out. Beginning her career with Tesco as a...

Dynamic lawyer, Lucie Kubenova leads the legal team of Sanofi in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Upon joining the company in August 2014 Kubenova to the position of legal director,...

A leader in the exploration, production and processing of oil and gas, INA Group holds a dominant position in Croatia’s oil market. Describing his move to the company in 2009,...

Nominated for his outstanding advice to leading pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, Łukasz Sławatyniec dispenses commercially-minded, timely and accurate legal advice in his role of general counsel for the Central and...

A highly-respected in-house legal counsel Maciej Szczepański has a formidable academic legal resume to accompany his significant professional achievements. Aside from postgraduate and doctoral studies in a range of subjects...

An excellent lawyer with a range of experience across various in-house legal roles, Marcin Czapiewski leads a 14-person team of lawyers that provide support to two large insurance companies, TU...

Marko Denadic is an International construction lawyer and managing director with CML Construction Services, a service company within the Strabag Group, one of the world leading construction companies. The focus...

Now in charge of an 18-person in-house legal team at major Czech oil company Unipetrol, general counsel Martin Letko cooperates closely with other elements of the company’s operations, as well...

IT services powerhouse ATOS’ presence reaches worldwide from the company’s dual headquarters in Bezons and Munich. Utilising its information technology base, the company is a world leader in cutting edge...

Leading on perhaps the most significant real estate deal of the year in Central and Eastern Europe, general counsel of CPI Property Group Martin Matula can look back on an...

In charge of a compact but highly efficient team, Martin Strnad operates a very close relationship with other business units and favours a policy of collaboration at all times. Preferring...

STB (Ukrainian: СТБ) is Ukraine’s leading television network that covers 85% of the country’s territory. Maryna Korniyenko joined the company over 10 years ago, supervising the activity of the channel...

Established in 1929, Warsaw based LOT Polish Airlines is the flag carrier of Poland and one of the world’s oldest airlines still in operation. Acting director of the legal department...

Bacardi is served in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa regions by legal director Mateusz Wrzesinski, who brought almost a decade of top international law firm experience upon joining...

Now the Central European general counsel for Deloitte, Michaela Jandova has proven herself time and again to be capable of succeeding at a wide range of in-house legal roles during...

Beginning her career in 1999 in the Financial and Private Equity Fund division of a Romanian bank, gave Mihaela Popescu the opportunity to gain experience in the highly competitive environment...

With over ten years of in-house experience, Mihaela Scarlatescu stands out for her success as a leader in the pharmaceutical industry with a wide range of previous experience in representing...

As L’Oréal’s general counsel for the Adriatic and Balkan region, Milan Lomic is responsible for setting up and developing L’Oréal’s legal function in the region, covering Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria...

Starting her legal profession at a private practice, Minerva Ionita had plans to cultivate her professional expertise and for this reason chose to work for a multinational company when joining...

Miroslav Bašta has had a long and glittering career in the in-house legal ranks. Though he had a successful three year spell with CSOB as a treasury lawyer, his most...

Starting off as a legal advisor within the Polish business of Samsung Electronics in 2014, Mirosław Świerk has quickly progressed through its ranks, taking charge of the entire legal function...

The Israeli multinational pharmaceutical company Teva Pharmaceuticals recently solidified its position as the leading generic drug manufacturer in the world by completing the acquisition of Actavis Generics (the generic drug...

Having an immediate impact at the pharmaceutical giant upon starting in the role of head of legal consumer healthcare CE North, Monika Głowacka Różańska joined GSK in 2014 from Colgate...

One of the largest translation and localisation companies in the world, Moravia allows international companies to transition to international markets with unprecedented ease. It is by nature an international company,...

Based in Bratislava, Slovnaft is an oil refinery with Slovakia’s largest retail distribution network. At the helm of company’s legal function since 2016 is the experienced and talented head of...

The global cigarette and tobacco company, Philip Morris International (PMI), has been operating in Ukraine since 1994. Today it operates a state-of-the-art production facility in Kharkiv, manufacturing a range of...

Nicola Kavedžić heads the legal department of Mirabank, forming and defining the direction and workload of the entire function. A significant part of this defining process entails drafting the general...

Erste Bank Novi Sad’s head of legal, Nikola Lapčević, has been mentioned by nominators for his extensive legal career within a number of leading financial companies. Lapčević joined Crédit Agricole...

The German multinational company Henkel, which is active both in the consumer and industrial sector, has operated in Ukraine since 1998. Today, Henkel Ukraine has four production facilities and two...

Beginning her career in 1997, Olga Prokopovych has developed into one of the most respected in-house lawyers in Ukraine. ‘In my almost 20 year legal career, I was fortunate to...

Having served as MOL Group’s vice president for legal and general counsel for the last 16 years, Pal Kara is a well-respected and highly experienced lawyer in Budapest, Hungary. MOL...

Earning his stripes as an in-house lawyer with Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB) from 2000 until 2002, Pavel Kovářík made the move to ING Bank Česká republika in early 2003, and...

With ultimate responsibility for a large legal team worldwide, chief legal officer of a global consumer finance institution Home Credit Group, Pavel Rozehnal is one of the most high-profile lawyers...

Peter Gyurovszky, head of legal and compliance for energy wholesaler Ezpada, is fully committed to in-house legal work despite a foray into private practice with Squire Sanders in the early...

Petr Dušek is a financial services legal specialist who has had a succession of impressive in-house legal roles at a number of reputable institutions. From 1994 until 2003, he was...

T- Mobile is the largest mobile phone network in the Czech Republic, serving approximately 6 million customers in the country. The German-headquartered company has a rich history of serving Czech...

A highly experienced legal officer in the automotive sector, Petr Michnik is a Hyundai veteran that has been with the Czech arm of the company since its inception in 2006....

Petr Prouza’s vast experience of legal work prior to his role with Česká telekomunikační infrastruktura (CETIN) was drawn exclusively from external legal roles at top international legal firms. Nevertheless, when...

‘Be innovative and always try to see the broad perspective. Remember that in every effective company, business comes first before law. Therefore, lawyers ought to be business-oriented but in a...

Piotr Jakubowski has been providing outstanding counsel in the corporate world since 1984, when he worked as an assistant in the executive board at Foundation Huk-Verband in Warsaw, and subsequently...

Radu Culic currently services as the legal director for Roche Romania, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and diagnostic research-based companies, offering clinically differentiated drugs in the field of oncology,...

Rafał Kwiatkowski, board member and chief operations officer has a multi-faceted role at leading real estate investment company Echo Polska Properties (EPP) that includes heading EPP’S legal operations. EPP was...

South Korean multinational electronics company LG has a footprint in the Central European region, and leading the legal and compliance department in this operation is the highly-distinguished Rafał Poznalski, working...

Starting her first in-house experience with Cargill ten years ago, Ramona Ene has stuck to this role ever since, claiming that she fell in love with the industry and company...

Richard Bacek moved to Siemens in 2009 off the back of a highly impressive private practice career that saw him rise to the level of local partner with CMS Cameron...

As deputy CEO, director of legal and corporate affairs for Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), a Serbian multinational oil and gas company, Fominykh has been involved covering all legal matters relating...

A subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, Austrian Airlines is Austria’s national flag carrier and largest airline operating a worldwide network of around 130 destinations. In Central and Eastern Europe alone,...

As the largest garment producer in Central and Eastern European region, LPP operates a network of over 1,700 stores, including a flagship store on London’s Oxford Street and 20 stores...

Austrian food company Agrana has operated in Romania since 1998 and is now a company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange market, and the country’s most important sugar producer with...

Srdjan Sisic currently serves as the legal director for Telenor Serbia, Telenor’s wholly owned subsidiary and the country’s largest mobile operator. Sisic has consistently displayed his competence by being dually...

Stanisława Świst-Zawada leads a team of 12 individuals at insurance company LINK4, a company she returned to in October 2016 after a previous nine-year tenure there from 2002 to the...

Stefan Orosi is deemed a talented business-orientated legal counsel by peers, with vast in-house legal and management experience in the banking sector. His legal career encapsulates an abundance of senior...

Based in Ukraine, Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies that manages every stage in the production chain of value creation, from the extraction of...

Having a presence in the country for over 100 years, German conglomerate Bayer currently operates all of its Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health and Crop Science divisions in Hungary. Bayer Hungária’s general...

Part of the French Le Groupe Bel, Bel Shostka Ukraine is a leader in Ukraine’s cheese market. After joining Bel Shostka Ukraine in 1994, Tatyana Moroko has simultaneously risen through...

With vast resources, German conglomerate Siemens is able to recruit the most talented counsels for senior legal positions within its organisation. Managing legal topics for Siemens in Austria and 19...

Described by one nominator as ‘one of the best figures among the Polish general counsel’, Tobiasz Adam Kowalczyk indeed has an impressive portfolio to support this statement. A results driven...

An experienced lawyer in the fields of competition, negotiations and litigation, Vladislav Nikolov was appointed general counsel at EnduroSat, one of the few global companies producing small satellites, in the...

Since joining PZL Mielec, a subsidiary of the American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, in 2009 Wojciech Stromczynski has worked on providing day-to-day advice and timely resolution of issues that...

Since its founding in Vienna in 1869, PORR has grown into one of the largest construction companies in Europe and Austria’s biggest building contractor in the domestic building industry. As...

One of the largest companies in the country, Naftogaz of Ukraine is a leading fuel and energy company engaged in the full cycle for the production and distribution of gas...

Having accrued over two decades of experience at notable financial institution Raiffeisen Bank, it is evident that Zita Tihanyi – in the role of the bank’s head of legal and...

Zoltan Fényi currently serves as the general counsel for Sberbank Hungary – the domestic subsidiary of major state-owned Russian banking and financial services company, Sberbank. Leading the legal department for...

Serving as the legal and compliance manager for Mercedes-Benz Hungária for the last ten years Dr. Zsuzsanna Lippai has gained much respect from peers in the industry. Among her key...