Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii and the IFC have worked alongside Romania's General Secretariat of the Government, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Development, Public Works, and Administration, and Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to update the country's regulatory framework regarding public-private partnership projects, works concessions, and service concessions.
MPR Partners Advises EnPower Energy on Development and Sale of Ovidiu 60-Megawatt PV Project to Econergy
MPR Partners has advised EnPower Energy on the development and sale of a 60-megawatt photovoltaic project near Ovidiu, Romania, to Israel's Econergy International.
Musat & Asociatii Advises on Development of Visionapartments Luxury Aparthotel in Bucharest
Musat & Asociatii has advised Visionapartments on the development of the Visionapartments luxury aparthotel on Bucharest's Calea Victoriei.
Deloitte Legal Advises Romania's ANAF on Modernizing Tax Controls
Deloitte Legal Romanian affiliate Reff & Associates has advised Romania's National Agency for Fiscal Administration on implementing an EU-funded project to modernize tax controls, including amending the relevant legislation to provide the framework for intensifying desk audits and targeted checks.
DLA Piper Advises Montana Aerospace on EUR 450 Million Financing
DLA Piper has advised Montana Aerospace on a EUR 450 million corporate financing from a syndicate including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, HSBC Continental Europe, and UniCredit Bank Austria.
Act Legal Romania Onboards Nine-Lawyer Consortium Legal Team
Act Legal Botezatu Estrade Partners has recently announced it welcomed a nine-person team from Consortium Legal – including Partners Stelian Mic, Barna Bolonyi, and Valeriu Timus – in "a friendly integration and a strategic step forward."
Dentons and Clifford Chance Advise on CEC Bank EUR 162 Million Note Tap
Dentons has advised the CEC Bank on raising EUR 162.6 million through a tap of its senior non-preferred MREL-eligible notes due February 2028. Clifford Chance advised the underwriting banks.
Schoenherr Inks New Pro Bono Agreement with Concordia To Continue 15-Year Partnership
Schoenherr has signed new legal services and partnership agreements to continue providing pro bono legal advice to Concordia – an independent NGO supporting children, young people, and families in need in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Kosovo, and Austria – which the firm has been supporting for the past 15 years.
Romania to Ratify the Unitary Patent Court Agreement
On 16 November 2023, the Romanian Government approved the draft law aimed at ratifying the Unitary Patent Court Agreement (“UPCA”). Going forward, the draft law will be sent to the Romanian Parliament for its approval.
APTIQ Legal Announces Partnerships with Diana Dinu Dobrin in Bucharest and Gal Ghilasi Procopciuc in Brasov
APTIQ Legal – the legal division of boutique consultancy APTIQ Global – has announced it is joining forces with the office of Bucharest lawyer Diana Dinu Dobrin and the Gal Ghilasi Procopciuc law firm in Brasov.
BNT Attorneys Advises Procredit Bank on EUR 3.15 Million Credit Facility to NextE Group for 7.4-Megawatt PV Plant
BNT Gilescu Valeanu & Partners has advised the Procredit Bank on granting a EUR 3.15 million credit facility to the NextE Group for the construction of a 7.4-megawatt-peak photovoltaic power plant.
Claudiu Damian and Costin Teodorovici Launch Whistleblowing Compliance Platform Whistle Up
Bucharest-based lawyers Claudiu Damian and Costin Teodorovici have launched Whistle Up – a platform to support organizations impacted by the whistleblowing legislation in complying with the newly applicable legal framework.
New Remedies for Companies in Financial Distress. Brief Considerations on the Restructuring Agreement
In Romania, even the most optimistic estimates show that only a handful of companies (less than 10%) manage to reorganize through insolvency, as previously regulated by Law 85/2006 and then by Law 84/2014 on insolvency prevention and insolvency proceedings (“Law 85/2014”).
Bondoc si Asociatii Advises RetuRO on a Deposit-Return System in Romania
Bondoc si Asociatii has advised RetuRO Sistem Garantie Returnare as the sole administrator of the deposit-return system implemented in Romania on the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the technical infrastructure and the equipment necessary for the operation of the deposit-return system throughout the country.
TSALegal Launches in Romania
TSALegal has opened its doors for business in Romania led by Vlad Toba and Traian Stefanescu.
Koutalidis Advises Alpha Bank on Partnership with UniCredit in Greece and Romania
Koutalidis has advised Alpha Bank on its partnership with UniCredit in Greece and Romania.
Iustin Armasu, Christoph Cudlik, Michael Marschall, and Teresa Waidmann Make Partner at Schoenherr
Schoenherr has announced it is promoting Iustin Armasu, Christoph Cudlik, Michael Marschall, and Teresa Waidmann to Partners, as of February 2024.
How Does Romania Prepare for the DSA
On 20 October 2023, the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications ("ANCOM") and the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitisation published for public consultation until 31 October 2023, the Draft Law on the establishment of measures for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC, as well for the amendment and supplementation of Law No 365/2002 on electronic commerce (the "Draft Law").