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Manuela Guia, Partner with D&B David si Baias, the law firm connected with PWC in Romania, has left the Big 4-affiliated firm to set up a new firm with lawyers Bianca Naghi and Octavian Adam: GNP Guia Naghi and Partners.
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has successfully persuaded the Bucharest Court of Appeal to suspend an order of Romania's President of the National Authority for Consumer Protection sanctioning Vodafone Romania.
Members of the BPV Legal in Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia have provided local counsel in those jurisdictions to Dutch property managers MVGM on its takeover of the property management division of the Jones Lang LaSalle Group in Continental Europe. The Hague office of the Dutch law firm Barents Krans acted as lead counsel to MVGM, and Watson, Farley & Williams was lead counsel to JLL, working with local counsel from Schoenherr in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Romania.
Linklaters and Bulboaca & Asociatii have advised the Export-Import Bank of Romania on its purchase of a 99.28% stake in Banca Romaneasca from the National Bank of Greece. Filip & Company assisted the National Bank of Greece.
RTPR Allen & Overy and Schoenherr Romania have successfully represented Romanian electrical company Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. in a EUR 800 million dispute against the Romanian Management Company for Ownership in Energy.
CEE Attorneys Boanta, Gidei si Asociatii has advised investment fund V7 Capital on financing provided to Confida.
Romania's MPR Partners and the De Breij law firm in Amsterdam have advised Dutch company Nederlandse MKB Participatiemaatschappij on its acquisition of BusyMachines BV, a Dutch-Romanian software developer, which closed at the end of April 2019.
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Dedeman on the establishment of EquiLiant Capital Project, a private equity fund that will target small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania.
BPV Grigorescu Stefanica has advised Adrian Sarbu on his role setting up a new TV station in Romania called Smart TV with co-founding partner Marius Tuca. Tuca was advised by Taralunga and Associates.
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Dedeman on its entrance into a partnership with Element Industrial to jointly develop the ELI Park 1 logistics project in the Chitila-Buftea area of Bucharest. Kinstellar reportedly advised Element Industrial.
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Dedeman on its acquisition of The Bridge 2 office complex in Bucharest — the second phase of The Bridge project — from developer Forte Partners.
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Italy's CLN-Coils Lamiere Nastri — the owner of Romania's MW Romania SA Dragasani car factory — on a EUR 134 million financing received from the IFC and Cassa Depositi E Prestiti SPA. The lenders were advised by Clifford Chance Badea.
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has successfully represented Federatia Romana de Fotbal against Football Club U Craiova S.A in a case worth over EUR 300 million.
Romanian lawyer Alina Stavaru has been promoted to Partner at RTPR Allen & Overy.
Voinescu Lawyers has recently entered into an alliance with Lexquire Tax & Law.
Traian Briciu was elected as the new President of the National Association of Romanian Bars (the "Uniunea Nationala a Barourilor din Romania," or UNBR), at Romania's Lawyers Congress of June 6-7, 2019, replacing outgoing President Gheorghe Florea, who did not run for re-election.
Romanian lawyer Andreea Lisievici has joined Volvo Cars in Sweden as the company's new Head of Group Data Protection Compliance.
Dentons has advised CEE Equity Partners on an agreement with the Brise Group for the investment, modernization, and development of the first open access agriculture infrastructure platform, based on 15-grain silos and logistic hubs in Romania. Kinstellar advised Brise on the deal.
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