On 16 December 2019, new provisions regarding the minimum gross salary guaranteed at national level were announced in the Romanian Official Gazette.

Former Dentons Managing Partner Anda Todor has become Managing Partner at the former Istocescu & Vintila, now Todor, Istocescu & Vintila, or TIV Legal.

Filip & Company, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Vernon David & Associates have advised Banca Transilvania on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Microinvest. Osborne Clarke and Turcan Cazac advised the sellers on the transaction, which remains contingent on regulatory approval.

Romanian White Collar Crime specialist Gabriel Albu, former Founding and Managing Partner at Budusan, Albu & Asociatii, has taken a team to launch his own boutique law firm, Albu-Legal, which will specialize in White Collar Criminal Law, Internal Investigations and Anti-Fraud, and Protection of Human Rights.

Mihaela Posirca has been promoted to Partner at Act | Botezatu Estrade Partners. 

Regulation (EU) 2018/1912 and Directive (EU) 2018/1910 amending Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 and Directive 2006/112/EC regarding certain exemptions for intra-Community transactions entered into force on 1 January 2020

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has promoted Irina Ivanciu to Partner.

Competition authorities at both European and national level develop and update policies regarding the enforcement of competition legislation.

Romania's Botezatu Estrade Partners has joined the Act Legal law firm alliance, becoming act | Botezatu Estrade Partners.

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Hexagon Group on its EUR 30 million sale of the Vivido Business Center, Advancity Business Center, and Cube Office buildings in Cluj to Ideal Projects SRL, a subsidiary of Vetimex Capital. Ideal Projects was advised by Kinstellar.

Why would anyone knowingly become a law firm marketing specialist – a role that is demanding, complicated, challenging, and stressful? To explore this mystery, we went to the source. Accordingly, this time around we asked the law firm marketing specialists of CEE to complete the following question: “I went into Law Firm Marketing/BD as a career because ____________.“

Bulboaca si Asociatii has advised D Moonshots, an investment fund created by Sacha Dragic, the founder of the Superbet group, on its investment in tech start-up Medicai.

Transylvania's Paun Ciprian and Associates law firm has merged with Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen in Romania.

Stratulat Albulescu has advised Romanian health & fitness chain World Class Romania on its lease of a 1500 square meter space in Bucharest's Expo Business Park for a new fitness club. The lessor was reportedly advised by Peli Partners.

Botezatu & Asociatii | TheCounsel has changed its name to Botezatu Estrade Partners, with Co-Founding Partner Laura Estrade becoming a named partner. 

Glodeanu & Partners has negotiated a lease agreement for Amrest with Caile Ferate Romane, the Romanian railway company, to help Amrest open a new Starbucks in Bucharest's Gara the Nord train station.

Wolf Theiss has advised the Visma group on its acquisition of Intelligent IT, developer of the SmartBill billing software. RTPR Allen & Overy advised Intelligent IT's selling shareholders.

CMS has advised AFI Europe on its EUR 300 million acquisition of four Class A office projects in Romania from NEPI Rockcastle. The sellers were advised on the transaction, which is reported by CMS to be "one of the biggest in CEE and the largest-ever for the Romanian real estate market," by Herbert Smith Freehills and Reff & Associates, the Romanian member firm of Deloitte Legal.