Two private postal and courier companies changed hands in a transaction amounting to several million euros as estimated by market sources. Romanian entrepreneur Octavian Radu, owner of retailer Diverta acquired Total Post and Post Master aiming to form a larger entity that would become a direct competitor to the national postal company Posta Romana. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen assisted Post Master in this transaction while Octavian Radu hired Peli Filip to assist in the purchase....more »

Macroeconomic stability has brought positive sentiment in the business outlook and gave investors confidence to implement development strategies. This was best reflected in the market for M&A in 2015, where Romania registered a consistent growth of over 23 percent compared to 2014, climbing to a total value of over 3 billion Euro and 123 transactions, according to the Romanian Barometer of M&A, published by EY, placing Romania among the most active markets in Central and South-Eastern Europe. ...more »

The Bucharest office of Schoenherr is assisting the BraasMonier group in acquiring a concrete tile plant in Craiova, a transaction valued at aproximatelly 8 million euro.  The BraasMonier group has announced the signging of an agreement to take over the Elpreco tile factory in Craiova, whose products will now be sold under the brand name ”Getica”....more »

RTPR Allen & Overy has advised South Eastern European Fund in relation to the sale of Total Soft S.A., the most important ERP producer in Central Europe. South Eastern European Fund is the private equity fund advised by Global Finance, one of the largest private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe with a presence of more than 25 years in the region. The transaction was signed last week, the buyer is the Turkish company Logo Yazilim, which is owned by the private equity fund Mediterra Capital Partners....more »

Following the transaction announced on September 1, 2016, Direct One S.A. will take control of Netcity Group SA. the concessionaire of underground fiber optic network in Bucharest, following the agreement signed with UTI and UTI Investment BV  Direct One is the operator of a national network of over 5,500 kilometers of optical fiber. Tuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii  was the law firm that assisted the buyer, namely Direct One S.A with a team  coordinated by Catalin Baiculescu, Partner  and Vlad Cercel, Partner in the firm. The buyer was assisted in this transaction by law firm Leaua si Asociatii....more »

The Bucharest office of international law firm Schoenherr has advised Austrian insurer Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) in the acquisition of Romanian operations owned by French group AXA. The transaction, signed on August 3 in Paris, is t...more »

S&T AG, a multinational technology IT group and supplier of smart energy technologies, took over a majority stake in Gadagroup Romania, a distributor of medical devices and special medical equipment, thus making an entrance on the market of healthcare services. The purchaser was advised by German law firm Noerr. The legal team of Noerr was coordinated by Luiza Bedros (Senior Associate), under the supervision of Rusandra Sandu, Partner and Head of Corporate/M&A practice....more »

Balkan Accession Fund (BAF), a private equity fund advised by Axxess Capital and Stefan Ponea, founder and CEO of Industrial Access SA, a premium provider of equipment rental services in South Eastern Europe have signed an agreement for the transfer of 100% of the shares in Industrial Access SA to TVH Group, a worldwide provider of parts for materials handling and other industrial equipment and of powered access rental services....more »

ANA IMEP, electrical engines producer from Pitesti, and with 49 year history in the national and international markets, was purchased in proportion of 94,8 % by the Japanese From Nidec Corporation, a world class electrical engine producer, listed at the New York Stock Exchange. According to the Romanian company, the owners decided to sell in order to make room for future growth, giving that Nidec uses the highest production technologies, and is oriented towards developing new platforms for the auto, appliances, and industrial engines industries. Moreover, Nidec intends to invest substantially in improving the actual production capacity of the factory, and is planning to develop IMEP as an engineering and centralized services center....more »

MedLife, the leader of the private healthcare services in Romania, purchased the majority shares package of DentEstet, comprising a network of seven dental clinics with revenue of 5.5 million EUR in 2015. This is the first transaction in the dentistry segment for Medlife. "In the following period, we aim to extend the group of DentEstet clinics with at least one or two units per year, and dentistry is going to become one of the six business divisions within MedLife, along with hyper clinics, labs, hospitals, maternities, and drug stores", says Mihai Marcu, the president of the administration council of MedLife. Law firm bpv. Grigorescu Stefanica assisted the seller DentEstet in this transaction. ...more »