GNP Guia Naghi & Partners has advised both the buyer and the sellers in the CIS Gaz acquisition of a majority stake in Next Energy Distribution from the Toma family.

On November 21, 2023, corporate/M&A and private equity experts from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkiye, and Ukraine sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss the key developments in the field over the past decade.

Musat & Asociatii Deputy Managing Partner Razvan Stoicescu talks about the evolution of the practice and their role as legal advisors in Romania over the last 10 years.

Musat & Asociatii Partner Iuliana Iacob talks about the evolution of dispute resolution and their role as legal advisors in Romania over the last 10 years.

Musat & Asociatii Deputy Managing Partner Iulian Popescu talks about the evolution of PPP/Infrastructure and their role as legal advisors in Romania over the last 10 years.

Albota Law Firm Partner Oana Albota talks about the evolution of the real estate sector and her role as legal advisors in Romania over the last 10 years.

Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Partner Catalin Baiculescu talks about the evolution of the TMT sector and their role as legal advisors in Romania over the last 10 years.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has advised a syndicate of banks on the amendment and extension until 2026 of USD 150 million in working capital credit facilities for Alro. Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners, working with Simmons & Simmons, advised Alro.

BPV Grigorescu Stefanica has advised Infineon Technologies on its EUR 57 million lease agreement with One United Properties in Romania. Filip & Company reportedly advised One United Properties.

Filip & Company, working with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has advised Banca Transilvania on its new EUR 1.5 billion bond program which raised EUR 500 million via a sustainable bond issuance. The Bucharest and London offices of Clifford Chance advised the dealers.

2023 has been marked by unprecedented challenges and unexpected developments, according to Wolf Theiss Partner Ileana Glodeanu. From major events like the Hidroelectrica IPO to a surge in large-scale transactions and surprising sectoral activities, Glodeanu shares her thoughts on market conditions and emerging trends in Romania.

Former Victor Stanila Law Office Managing Partner Victor Stanila has joined BNT Gilescu Valeanu & Partners in Bucharest as an Of Counsel to coordinate the firm's Capital Markets projects.

Vlasceanu & Partners has advised Alive Capital on its acquisition of a 23-megawatt photovoltaic project in Nanov, Teleorman County, in a share deal for the Da Vinci New Project company.

With CMS’s recently published European M&A Outlook report taking the temperature of the M&A activity across the continent, CMS Romania Managing Partner Horea Popescu and CMS Vienna Partner Alexander Rakosi share their insights on M&A trends in the CEE region.

In our Looking In series, we talk to Partners from outside CEE who are keeping an eye on the region (and often pop up in our deal lists) to learn how they perceive CEE markets and their evolution. For this issue, we sat down with Reed Smith Partner Kevin-Paul Deveau.

The end of 2022 has brought numerous and substantial updates to employment legislation in various areas, such as adjustments to the minimum content of the internal regulations and to the mandatory template for the employment contract, as well as a whole new piece of legislation regulating social dialogue: Law no. 367/2022 to replace the former Law no. 62/2011.

PGC Partners has successfully defended journalist Cornel Nistorescu and the Cotidianul newspaper against defamation claims filed by the Romanian Writers' Union.

A little over one year since Romania’s new foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening regime became fully operational, the Romanian government passed an emergency ordinance meant to further clarify particular aspects under the law (such as the scope of the screening regime, which is further extended) or to translate into law the lessons learnt or the authorities’ reading of the rules since applying the new FDI law.