DLA Piper has advised Axel Johnson on its acquisition of La Fantana from Oresa and CEO Cristian Amza. RTPR, working with A&O Shearman, advised the sellers.
Axel Johnson is a privately owned Swedish industrial group.
La Fantana is a Romania water-cooler company in Romania.
According to DLA Piper, Cristian Amza retains a 10% stake and the CEO position.
The DLA Piper team included Romania-based Country Managing Partner Marian Dinu, Partners Oana Dutu-Buzura and Alina Lacatus, Counsels Cristina Bucur, Sandra Cahu, Razvan Pele, and Georgiana Stan, Senior Associate Denisa Achim-Postea, and Managing Associate Noemi Popa as well as further lawyers from the UK, the US, and the Netherlands.
The RTPR team included Partners Costin Taracila, Alina Stavaru, and Cosmin Tilea, Counsel Ianita Tui, Managing Associate Andrei Tosa, Senior Associates Cezara Urzica, Ana Popa, and Marina Fecheta-Giurgica, Associates Andreea Stoiciu and Livia Tuca, and Junior Associates Andrei Nicolae, Maria Luca, Irina Marinescu, Luka Perovic, and Ambra Lazar.
