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.

Bondoc & Asociatii has advised eMag on the creation of a European online interface that connects participating marketplaces.

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.

Schoenherr has advised Horizon Capital on its sale and private placement of a 22.7% stake in Purcari Wineries Plc for EUR 19 million, carried out through an accelerated book building process addressed to investors worldwide. RTPR Allen & Overy advised Wood & Company Financial Services, a.s., the coordinator and book-runner, and joint book-runners Raiffeisen Centrobank AG and Raiffeisen Bank S.A.

Former RTPR Allen & Overy Counsel Loredana Chitu has joined Dentons Bucharest to establish and develop its Capital Markets offering.

CEE Attorneys/Boanta, Gidei si Asociatii has advised Bunnyshell, a Romanian startup that develops technologies for cloud infrastructure management, on its receipt of EUR 750,000 funding from the Early Game Ventures investment fund and a business angel. Early Game Ventures Fund was advised by DLA Piper.

CMS has advised CEE Equity Partners, the Investment Advisor to the China CEE Investment Co-operation Fund II, on its majority acquisition of Farmavet-Pasteur Group, including its Pasteur Filiala Filipesti and Farmavet businesses and the animal food/fodder production business of FNC Nutritie Pietroiu.

Dentons has advised White Star Real Estate on the acquisition of the Liberty Technology Park in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from Fribourg Development.

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Partner Lucian Danilescu has left the Mares Danilescu Mares firm, which has, as a result, changed its name to Mares & Mares.

Pavel, Margarit & Associates has advised perpetoo.com, the first peer to peer car-sharing platform in Romania, on its commencement of business activities.

Schoenherr Bucharest has advised Greenbridge Partners on its acquisition of a 75% stake in Rus Savitar and its retail arm Casa Rusu from the Rusu family. Radu si Asociatii SPRL, the Romanian member firm of Ernst & Young Global, advised the Rusu family on the sale.

Clifford Chance Badea has advised French investment fund AEW on the sale of the America House office building in Bucharest to the real estate investment division of Morgan Stanley and a group of Israeli investors represented by David Hay and the Promenada Mall Targu Mures to Hungary's Indotek Group. Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii advised the buyers on the first deal and Biris Goran advised the buyers on the second.