CMS has advised Bitdefender on its agreement to acquire Mesh Security Limited.

Act Legal Romania, working with Lexelians Avocats, has advised Groupe Genoyer on the sale of its Romanian subsidiary Vilmar to Special Flanges. Kinstellar, working with Skadden, advised Special Flanges.

With a new president taking office in May and a shifting fiscal landscape, Romania is navigating a period of political and legal recalibration, according to Bancila, Diaconu si Asociatii Partner Adriana Dobre.

Filip & Company has advised NextUp Solutions shareholders Roxana Epure and Pierre-Yves Morlet on the sale of the company to Symfonia. Wolf Theiss advised Symfonia.

BPV Grigorescu Stefanica has advised Corporate Business Solutions Unternehmensberatung on its acquisition of the SAP business division of Romanian-based SkyConsult. Musat & Asociatii reportedly advised SkyConsult.

Schoenherr has advised M Core on its acquisition of the Focsani Shopping Centre from KBC Bank. Ionescu, Stoica si Asociatii reportedly advised KBC Bank.

Filip & Company has advised Sameday on its acquisition of Cargus. RTPR advised MidEuropa on the sell-side.

In a globally connected creative landscape, where authors collaborate across borders and works circulate digitally with unprecedented speed, the protection of moral rights (personality rights of the author) becomes increasingly relevant. Today’s digital environment enables the rapid creation, distribution, and transformation of literary, musical, visual, and audiovisual works. As companies increasingly rely on creative content, it becomes essential to address moral rights - especially the rights of authorship and integrity - in agreements.

Heightened institutional scrutiny and evolving enforcement have kept Popescu & Asociatii's white-collar practice exceptionally busy, with EU-fund mandates, tax-evasion probes, and cybercrime cases leading the charge, according to Partner Adrian Chirvase.

RTPR has advised Tensa Art Design and its shareholders, Daniel Craciun, Florin Nita, and ATM Ventures, on an investment from OH Holding. Filip & Company advised OH Holding.

Bondoc si Asociatii, working with White & Case, has advised CVC Capital Partners on a joint venture with Therme Group, in a transaction valued at EUR 1 billion. Slaughter and May and K&L Gates reportedly advised Therme Group.

Back in the article "Transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in Romania," published in Issue 12.3 of the CEE Legal Matters magazine, we explored the regulatory landscape of ESG in Romania as part of CEELM's market snapshot. Here's a case study of what ESG means in practice, a project started 10 years before the ESG legislation but focusing on the same values and principles.

Filip & Company has advised Conversion Marketing on the transfer of its Profitshare affiliate marketing activity in Romania and Bulgaria to 2Performant Network.

Act Legal Romania has advised Yokohama Rubber on the USD 35 million acquisition of an off-the-road tire production facility located in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania. 

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has successfully represented OMV Petrom in a case confirming the legality of permitting procedures for the Neptun Deep project in Romania.

Former Managing Associate Cosmin Pohaci has been promoted to Partner at Ijdelea & Associates.

From a kitchen-table startup in the wake of Romania’s 1990 revolution to one of the nation’s first full-service firms, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen marks its 35th anniversary this year. Founding Partner Ion Nestor together with newly-appointed Executive Partners Adina Chilim-Dumitriu and Emil Bivolaru talk about the firm's growth from two lawyers to more than 120.

Liviu Togan has rejoined Musat & Asociatii as a Partner.