Wolf Theiss's Bucharest office expanded its TMT (technology, media and telecom) practice, compliance and personal data protection by strengthening the local team with Maria Maxim as Coordinating Partner. Bryan Jardine, Managing Partner of Wolf Theiss in Bucharest, said: "We are very excited that Maria Maxim joined Wolf Theiss as a Coordinating Partner of the personal data protection practice in Romania, a very important field for companies in all business sectors , especially in the context of the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). "...more »

Deloitte Romania welcomes two new partners who have joined the firm, thus increasing the number of partners to twenty.  “I am happy that two experienced partners with extensive international experience have joined our practice. I am confident that both John and Steve will help Deloitte make an impact that matters by serving clients with distinction, offering exceptional careers to our people and contributing meaningfully to society,” said Alexandru Reff, country managing partner Deloitte Romania. ...more »

Deloitte Romania announced that Raluca Bontas has been promoted to partnership as a result of her performance. Leader of the tax practice and coordinator of the income tax department, Raluca joined Deloitte as a student 15 years ago. ...more »

Ileana Lucian former partner of Musat & Asociații, joined the recent established law firm, Plăcintescu Riti & Asociații, which became Plăcintescu Riti Lucian. Ileana Lucian has 14 years of experience in business law field, gained in Mușat & Asociații where she was a partner in the employment department since December 2012. Her main areas of practice cover employment and real estate. Ileana provided advice on all aspects of employment law including individual and collective employment agreements, transfer of business under TUPE regulations, occupational health and safety issues, individual and collective dismissals, disciplinary and non-performance issues, workplace investigations, discrimination and harassment claims, as well as immigration and mobility....more »

A new  law firm, Plăcintescu Riti & Asociații was founded by Ana-Maria Plăcintescu and Bogdan Riti, former partners in Mușat & Asociații.  The law firm will be specialised in Employment/Workplace health and safety, Corporate compliance & governance and Real estate, these being the main areas of practice of the founding partners. ...more »

Reff & Associates, the law firm representing Deloitte Legal in Romania, announces that Irina Dimitriu, associate partner, is taking over the role of head of the real estate practice as Robert Ionita joins NEPI as legal director. In her new leadership role, Irina will be closely supported by Alexandru Reff, founding partner with a significant involvement in the firm’s real estate practice....more »

Biriş Goran announces that founding partner and Head of the Real Estate Practice, Victor Constantinescu has left the firm. The highly touted real estate practice and team will now be coordinated by Gabriel Biriș and Raluca Năstase, who has been Partner with Biriş Goran since 2006. Raluca has a 15 years real estate experience, out of which 11 were spent with Biriş Goran in different roles, as co-head of the real estate practice and head of the insolvency practice. ...more »

Alexandru Reff has been appointed Country Managing Partner Deloitte Romania and Moldova, effective June 1st, 2017. He will succeed Ahmed Hassan, who takes on a regional leadership position.   Alexandru Reff is an attorney at law, founder...more »

Three percent of the total Romanian companies represent the engine of the domestic economy and half of them are in difficulty, according to the third edition of the CITR Group study on the evolution of the impact companies between 2013 and 2015. The number of these impact companies is shrinking, from 23,384 in 2013 to 19,564 in 2015. If this shrinking trend persists, the whole economy may be affected by contagion shows the CITR study. All this in the context in which Romania is not able to generate enough new entrepreneurs to compensate for the imbalance in Romanian business. ...more »

Deloitte appoints Dimitrios Goranitis as Financial Services Industry Risk and Regulatory Advisory Partner, thus expanding its risk and regulatory practice in Romania. Dimitrios will lead Deloitte’s risk service offering in Central Europe focusing on banking regulatory strategy and supervision and credit risk transformation. His appointment in Romania shows the country’s potential to lead the risk and regulatory reform in Central and South Eastern Europe....more »