The mergers and acquisitions market in Romania revealed a significant growth in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first quarter and to the same period in 2018 as well. According to Deloitte estimates, the total market value, including t...more »

Interview with Cristina BOJICA, Partner, GRUIA DUFAUT LAW OFFICE, Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) Romanian data protection legislation finally complied with GDPR, what type of investigations is the National Supervisory A...more »

The European Commission has recently published a report prepared by Europe Economics on the impact of loan syndication on competition in EU markets (the “Report”). Although the Report doesn’t specifically point out upfront competition constra...more »

Authors: Loredana Cristea – Associate and Răzvan Ionescu, Senior Associate  “The European Convention on Human Rights is a living instrument which must be interpreted in the light of present day conditions. ” Article 6 of the Europea...more »

It appears that the Romanian Competition Council is boosting its engines and it wouldn’t be a speculation if we said that we will be witnessing an “airstrike” of competition enforcement. We expect that 2019 will be a rocky year for companies ...more »

Article by Monica Colt, TAX Advisor, NOERR  ANAF Order no. 3201/2018 regarding the procedure for adjustment of tax liabilities following the reconsideration of a transaction / reassessment of a form of activity was published in Official Gazet...more »

The Romanian M&A market neared 2 billion euros in 2018, according to Deloitte Romania research, based on public sources and disclosed deal values. If estimates for deals whose value was not disclosed were factored in, Deloitte estimates that the Romanian M&A market was somewhere between 3.8 and 4.3 billion euros, slightly below the previous year....more »

by Ana Pantilica (Senior Associate) and Irina Suătean (Associate) PeliFilip In the event of incorrect ANPC's commercial practices, offenders are subject to both fines and grave complementary sanctions, such as the cessation of practices or t...more »

Representatives of the Competition Council and professional associations recently discussed with lawyers specialized in antitrust issues, the intrinsic risks to the activities of professional associations, measures to comply with competition law an...more »

In recent years, the cryptocurrency industry has considerably evolved, both globally and locally, and a series of recent events, including from a legal perspective, are indicating that the industry will continue to develop. For instance, the Government of Gibraltar and the Financial Service Commission of Gibraltar released a press statement in February 2018 announcing that they were going to issue new legislation to regulate ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings), a world premiere....more »