2014 CEE Legal Matters Summit: an Unprecedented Gathering of CEE Legal Experts

More than 20 of Central and Eastern Europe's top business lawyers will come together at the InterContinental Vienna on the evening of December 3 for the 2014 CEE Legal Matters Summit, the first-ever dedicated gathering of CEE legal specialists in one place.

The event will bring together CEE professionals from many of the leading law firms in the world and General Counsel from a number of major multinationals and will revolve around an extended Round Table conversation about the state of the 24 Central and East European nations at the end of 2014. The discussion is expected to touch on the effect of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and Western sanctions on Russia, the lingering financial crisis continuing to plague much of Europe, opportunities for investors, the future of international law firms in CEE, and changes to the legal and regulatory regimes across the region, among other subjects. A summary of the conversation will be published in a special issue of CEE Legal Matters magazine.

Participants in the 2014 CEE Legal Matters Summit will include:

• Ted Cominos (partner, Edwards Wildman Palmer)

• Patricia Gannon (managing partner, Karanovic & Nikolic)

• Ron Given (managing partner in Zagreb, senior partner in Prague and Ukraine, Wolf Theiss)

• Denise Hamer (partner, Richards Kibbe & Orbe)

• Michael Mullen (partner, Head of CEE Legal, PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

• Hugh Owen (senior partner, head of SEE Desk, Allen & Overy)

• Willibald Plesser (partner, co-head CEE/CIS Group, Country Partner for Turkey, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
• Andras Posztl (managing partner in Budapest, DLA Piper)

• Helen Rodwell (managing partner in Prague, Head of Corporate Practice for CEE, CMS)

• Adrian Roseti (managing partner in Bucharest, Drakopoulos Law Firm)

• David Shasha (senior consultant, Watson, Farley & Williams)

• Jonathan Weinberg (partner, head of Banking & Finance for CEE and CIS, White & Case)

• Perry Zizzi (partner, Dentons) 

• A select (and confidential) group of specially invited General Counsel, representing multinational companies with operations throughout Central and Eastern Europe.

The 2014 CEE Legal Matters Summit is organized and hosted by CEE Legal Matters, the leading source of news and information for lawyers in Central and Eastern Europe. The editors of CEE Legal Matters plan to draw attention to the dynamism and opportunities in the region’s many legal markets. "From the financial crisis in Greece to the political upheaval and turmoil in Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia, the countries of CEE are always in the spotlight,” says executive editor David Stuckey. “But while those stories are important, they shouldn’t overshadow the many opportunities for investors in those countries, let alone the continuing success story that is Poland, the stability and growth of Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, and the remarkable potential of the Baltics, Balkans, and Romania. We’re proud to be covering this part of the world, and we’re excited at the opportunity to bring so many of its best legal minds together for the first time.”

For more details about the participants, the event itself, or about CEE Legal Matters, please contact Radu Cotarcea, at radu.cotarcea(@)ceelm.com