PCA Lawyers has advised Badea Medical SRL on the sale of 65% stake in Badea Medica Center of Excellence to MedLife. Enache Pirtea and Associates reportedly advised MedLife on the acquisition.

Dragne & Asociatii has successfully represented the Jewish Community of Galati in a 55-year dispute that involving property that was taken over by the Communist regime, and which necessitated overturning a decision that had been rendered in 1964.

Will Romania Become One of the European Powers in the Energy Sector? The answer seemed clear last year: Yes it will, as the recent gas discoveries in the Black Sea offer Romania the opportunity to become an important voice on the European Union’s energy market.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised NE Property B.V. on the implementation of a EUR 1.5 billion Medium Term Program guaranteed by NEPI Rockcastle plc, as well on the launch of a 2.625% EUR 500 million bonds issue due 2023 under the program. Appleby reportedly assisted Clifford Chance in advising NEPI Rockcastle.

Biris Goran has advised Global Vision on its agreement with Globalworth to develop a EUR 35.5 million logistic project in the southeastern Romanian town of Chitila. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen advised Globalworth on the deal.

CEE Attorneys in Romania has advised EshopWedrop Group, the B2C service of Xpediator Plc., on signing a franchise agreement with TMM Express in Poland.

In February of this year CEE Legal Matters reported that Partner Octavian Popescu had left Musat & Asociatii to set up his own firm: Popescu & Asociatii. CEELM sat down with Popescu to learn more about his new firm and his plans for the future.

Bogdan Bunrau, Diana Ispas, and Raluca Voinescu have been promoted to partner at Bondoc si Asociatii.

While Romania awaits the EU parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2019 and the Presidential elections at the end of this year, Stratulat Albulescu’s Managing Partner Silviu Stratulat is not holding out much hope for significant changes in the country.

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii has advised Dedeman on its EUR 120 million acquisition of "The Office" — an office complex in Cluj-Napoca, Romania — from NEPI Rockcastle and Mulberry Development. Reff & Associates advised the two sellers. Additionally, PeliFilip/Peli Partners acted as strategic adviser to one of the sellers, Mulberry, on the SPA.

Former Wolf Theiss Partner Adrian Ster has joined Romania's D&B David si Baias as Coordinating Partner of the Competition team, part of the firm's Competition and Regulatory Department, coordinated by Manuela Guia.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen is supporting the Norofert Group, a Romanian producer of organic agricultural products, on its listing in the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange in Spring 2019.

Romania's Maravela | Asociatii has changed its name to MPR Partners | Maravela, Popescu & Roman.

The Romanian Ministry of Energy recently finalised the public debate of a document outlining a new mechanism for supporting low-carbon electricity generation, in the form of a Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme.

In The Corner Office we ask Senior and Managing Partners across Central and Eastern Europe about their unique roles and responsibilities. The question this time around: “What is the one skill, ability, or characteristic that fresh law school graduates in your country most commonly lack?”

Clifford Chance Badea has advised First Bank, owned by US-based investment fund J.C. Flowers & Co., on its acquisition of Bank Leumi Romania.

Dragne & Asociatii has successfully represented Partidul Libertate, Unitate si Solidaritate before Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania  in a dispute regarding the right to constitute electoral alliances.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised Alpha Bank Romania in relation to the first covered bond program established in Romania, for the amount of EUR 1 billion. RTPR Allen & Overy advised Barclays Bank PLC as arranger on the program, which comes three years after the Romanian covered bond law entered into force.