On March 13th the EU Parliament adopted the AI Act, marking a significant milestone in shaping the region's AI landscape. The Act will be published in the Official Journal...

October 2025 – The Romanian Competition Council ("RCC") remained highly active throughout the third quarter of 2025, advancing its enforcement and policy agenda across multiple fronts

As May 2023 marks the fifth anniversary of the implementation of GDPR[1], we have prepared an overview of the five years of regulatory struggle in Romania since the regulation came into effect.

With approximately 20 companies in Serbia set for privatisation in the second half of 2019, now is a good time to review the current provisions of Serbia's Privatisation Law ("Privatisation Law").

February 2019 – From 7 February 2019, the Law of Ukraine on Foreign Exchange and Exchange Transactions (the "FX Law") is in effect. Adopted by the Ukrainian parliament on 21 June 2018,

On October 6, 2022, the Law of Ukraine No. 2654-IX "On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and some other laws of Ukraine regarding the taxation peculiarities of electronic...

October 2025 – On 23 October 2025, Bulgaria adopted changes to its Competition Protection Act, introducing below-threshold merger filings.

There is hardly any major business that will not be affected by the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May.

Over the past few years, the CEE region has been the focus of vibrant M&A activity in the technology sector. Bulgaria is no exception, with a number of acquisitions completed...

The requirement to file information on the ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of legal entities was introduced by the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention and Counteraction of Legalization...

New Amendment no. 527/2020 Coll. (the "Amendment") to Act no. 253/2008, on certain measures against money laundering and terrorist financing (the "AML Act"), implementing the EU's...

The European Parliament and Council have agreed to extend the AI Act's compliance deadline to December 2027, but this extension only affects timing, not substance.

Significant changes in the regulation of cannabis use have occurred in some countries in Central and Eastern Europe since our last report.

The second quarter of 2025 marked a dynamic period for competition law in Romania, driven by significant legislative developments, a surge in merger activity, and the launch of several new investigations.

September 2024 – On 11 September 2024 the Romanian Competition Council's ("RCC") Order no. 2436/2024 implementing the Guidelines...

G.O. no. 16/2022 introduced a number of changes to the tax regime applicable to certain categories of wage income, the most important of which concerns part-time individual employment contracts.

On 4 October 2022, the Slovak parliament adopted an amendment to the Labour Code (the "Amendment") that enters into effect on 1 November 2022.

2 April 2020 – The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority ("DPA") published guidance on 27 March 2020 to address some of the key questions that businesses have been asking regarding their obligations...

The war in Ukraine has now passed the 183-day mark. This unfortunate milestone is a reminder to employers with a dispersed workforce of Ukrainian refugees to take a look at the status of these employees.

July 2021 – On 15 July 2021, the Ukrainian parliament adopted the Law "On Stimulation of the Development of the Digital Economy in Ukraine" No. 4303 ("Diia City Law").