Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has advised Edenred, a company issuing cards and benefits vouchers for employees, on its acquisition of Benefit Online, an extended platform for flexible extra-wage benefits in Romania.

Reff & Associates — the Romanian arm of Deloitte Legal — has assisted Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems on the sale of 80% of its subsidiaries owning the Pantelimon, Pegasus, and Apollo wind power plants, to IRI Investments, a Romanian subsidiary of the Ingka Group. Wolf Theiss advised the buyers.

Former Wolf Theiss Poland Co-Managing Partner Ron Given has joined Deloitte Legal as its CE Senior Legal Counsel, responsible for all of the firm’s offices in 19 Central and Eastern European countries.

The European Council has agreed to the appointment of prominent Romanian prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi as the first European chief prosecutor. The appointment now awaits the confirmation of the European Parliament.

Technology is part of our lives. And technological development leaves its mark on our lifestyle. We saw that in our own homes when we gave up our traditional landlines and used the fixed broadband Internet connection instead, at higher and higher speeds. We see that when exploring the ever-expanding features and options of our mobile handsets. We also see that while viewing high definition programs or when accessing digital interactive services through our TV sets, and when faced with the option of placing calls using traditional services or through new applications. We can see the technological development when rural areas have access to electronic communications and are thus able to reap the benefits of the digital economy.

White & Case has advised the PPF Group on its USD 2.1 billion acquisition of Central European Media Enterprises. Bondoc Si Asociatii advised PPF on the Romanian law matters. CME was advised by Covington & Burling and Sullivan & Cromwell.

Stratulat Albulescu has advised Corporate Finance House Group, a Middle Eastern investor, on the acquisition of the Day Tower class A office building in Bucharest from the Day Group.

Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys at Law has advised Morphosis Capital on its investment in Doc Process SRL.

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Associates has advised Certinvest on the sale of Certinvest Pensii, which manages over ROM 75 million in an optional pension fund that has over 9,500 participants, to Banca Transilvania subsidiaries BT Asset Management SAI and BT Investments. Peli Partners reportedly advised Banca Transilvania on the deal.

Musat & Associates has successfully represented Delta Antrepriza de Constructii si Montaj 93 S.A. before the Court of Justice of the European Union in a preliminary ruling procedure against Compania Nationala de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere SA.

Kinstellar Partner Victor Constantinescu, who co-heads Kinstellar's Real Estate practice, has been appointed Managing Partner of the firm's Bucharest office.

KPMG Legal Romania has merged with the Fernbach & Partners law firm.

Dentons has advised Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Raiffeisen Bank SA on a EUR 34 million facility agreement granted to VGP Park Timisoara SRL to refinance an industrial project, including four prime logistic buildings in Timis, Romania. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen reportedly advised VGP Park on the deal.

Stratulat Albulescu and Somlea & Asociatii have advised PitechPlus on the sale of the majority stake held by its founder, Bogdan Herea-Buzatu, to Webhelp Romania. Wolf Theiss and McDermott Will & Emery AARPI advised Webhelp on the acquisition.

Eversheds Sutherland Romania has advised investment fund NEPI Rockcastle in its acquisition of a land plot for construction of a new shopping center in Craiova, Romania.

The Romanian Competition Council (the "RCC") recently imposed a total penalty of EUR 1.1m on four companies for indulging in anticompetitive practices. The companies breached the competition rules by colluding to rig bids for winter road maintenance services organised by the National Company for the Management of Road Infrastructure.

Filip & Company has advised Digi Romania, DIGI Communications N.V., and DIGI Hungary on two medium-term loan facilities for an equivalent aggregate value of EUR 150 million from Citibank Europe plc, Romanian Branch, ING Bank N.V. Amsterdam and Bucharest Branches, and Unicredit Bank S.A. Linklaters reportedly advised the lenders on the deal.

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised the owners of PlantExtrakt, a Romanian producer of medical and para-medical products, on the company's sale to Europlant Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany's Martin Bauer.