The local office of Austrian law firm Wolf Theiss expands its competition and state aid practice by adding new Partner Adrian Șter to its team. Adrian Șter graduated from the Faculty of Law of Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca in 2003, and, in 2005, from the School of Law, Nottingham University, UK. In 2006 he received his Master's degree "with Merit" in European Law from University College London.  Adrian has practiced law for more than 10 years, focusing on competition law. Previously he was managing associate at Musat si Asociatii. His experience in the legal field includes assisting leading players on the local market from telecommunication, FMCG, retail, banking, pharma, energy, automotive and media....more »

It is for the second time in a row that the judges selected by the reputed British publication The Lawyer have nominated Maravela & Asociaţii for Law firm of the year: Romania award to be attributed on the occasion of The Lawyer European Awards 2016, to be held this March, in London. Currently at the 22nd edition, The Lawyer European Awards select the most important law firms from various European jurisdictions...more »

Cristina Filip is the new Managing Partner of law firm PeliFilip after Francis Peli has completed his mandate at the helm of the company. This change is the result of elections that take place at partners level every three years on the coordination of departments, and company practices. Francisc Peli will further take charge of business development in the company. Under the new organizational structure the corporate law and mergers and acquisitions departners will be coordinated by Alexander Bîrsan, the dispute resolution department will be coordinated by Catalin Alexandru, the department of real estate will be coordinated by Oana Bădărău, banking and financial practice will be coordinated by Carmen Peli, who will continue to lead also the competition law practice, while the energy practice will be coordinated by Alina Stancu Bîrsan and the commercial law department will be coordinated by John Dumitraşcu....more »

Following a thorough selection process and validation from existing members, Maravela & Asociaţii has officially become the Romanian jurisdiction exclusive member of the reputed legal network International Business Law Consortium (IBLC).  IBLC is an international alliance of select law firms with an impeccable reputation for service-oriented professionalism, having been repeatedly ranked in the first tier (Band 1) by the Leading Law Firm Network section of Chambers Global.  Promoting and disseminating knowledge in a cross-border and transnational manner, IBLC was established in 1996 by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS), a reputed law research, training, and teaching institute, founded in 1976 in Salzburg, Austria.  ...more »

Miruna Suciu and Luminita Popa, former lawyers at Musat si Asociatii have established Suciu Popa si Asociatii, a full service business law firm made up of five partners and twenty attorneys, with an aim to grow it to 40-50 attorneys.  The founding partners are Miruna Suciu and Luminita Popa, together with Madalina Berechet, Cleopatra Leahu and Dan Ciobanu, Suciu Popa covers practice areas such as Mergers&Acquisitions, Energy&Natural Resources, Banking&Finance, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate and Construction, Competition, Pharma and Intellectual Property....more »

The Bucharest office of law firm Schoenherr announces the promotion of Adina Jivan and Emeric Domokos-Hancu to partner, starting February 1, 2016. In its latest round of promotions, Schoenherr adds a seasoned litigator and a versatile insolve...more »

Building on its recognized expertise already on the market in the area of taxation, Biris Goran announces a strategic partnership with Cabot Transfer Pricing, a consulting firm that offers comprehensive transfer pricing services. Together,...more »

NNDKP and TPS announces a strategic partnership in a time when intra-group transactions have become one of the "hottest" areas of taxation. Started as an initiative of the G8 and further developed by the OECD, the Action Plan against BEPS will determine the most likely changes in tax legislation concerning the business models of groups of companies, focusing on the economic content of transactions and prices that of transactions between affiliates....more »

Law firm Biriș Goran announces that following the appointment of Gabriel Biriș as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Finance, responsible for legislative reform in the field of taxation, the firm will be managed by existing co-managing partner Victor Constantinescu, who will be joined by Gelu Goran in the management role in Gabriel’s absence....more »

As activity in the financial and banking sector continues to gather pace, Reff & Associates, the law firm representing Deloitte Legal network in Romania, is expanding its banking and securities practice with two lawyers: Mihaela Maxim, who has joined the firm as Managing Associate and Andreea Stoica, who joined as Associate....more »