Recently, the Bucharest Tribunal cancelled the general zoning plan (PUG) of Bucharest. This may have severe implications on new developments in Bucharest.
BSJP Appoints Two New Co-Managing Partners
Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Sroka Nilsson has announced that Equity Partners Dag Nilsson and Jaroslaw Sroka have been appointed as Co-Managing Partners alongside Managing Partner Maciej Prusak, with longtime Managing Partner Joern Brockhuis moving to a Senior Partner position within the firm.
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Advises Mol Romania on Opening Two Motorway Service Stations
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has advised Mol Romania on the development, authorization, and opening of two new service stations on the A2 Motorway.
Hungary: ESG in the Supply Chain – Why Does It Matter?
The importance of ESG in business has become clearer as the moral and ecological reasons are now obvious to everyone. In theory, all companies support the idea of doing business in a more sustainable and climate-friendly way. However, in practice, companies usually only do something when they have to. In Hungary, there isn’t any binding ESG supply chain act in place yet, which could wrongly lead to the conclusion that the topic is unimportant. Yet considerations about ESG in the supply chain are no longer nice-to-have but have become a must-have globally, and Hungary is no exception. There are various locally relevant reasons for which companies must start prioritizing the management of ESG risks in their supply chain.
Latvia: Green Public Procurement
Green Public Procurement (GPP) is a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services, and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle, to achieve environmental policy goals relating to climate change, sustainable consumption, etc., ensuring that tenderers abide with a minimum level of compliance with environmental legislation.
SPC Legal and Wint Join Forces Forming Noor
Lithuania's SPC Legal and Wint have joined forces to form a new law firm: Noor.
Bulgaria: More Clarity in the Field of In-House Public Procurement Contracts
As a result of standard monitoring of public procurement procedures contracts, in July 2021, the Bulgarian government announced that in the past two-and-a-half years, roughly BGN 8.6 billion (EUR 4.4 billion) were spent on in-house awards of public procurement contracts in Bulgaria.