Clifford Chance Badea expands its Corporate M&A and Real Estate practice by recruiting Mihai Măcelaru as Counsel, starting February 15.  Mihai has more than 13 years of experience with top law firms, including a partner position in an international law firm, specializing in complex merger and acquisition deals, joint-ventures and privatizations on the capital markets. Over the years, he has been involved, among others, in some of the most important deals in Romania, in areas such as real estate, telecommunications, medical services, food, retail, and the auto parts industries....more »

Romania is the first country where the European forum of insolvency practitioners organizes a high profile training course. The event entitled „Insolvency Proceedings in Eastern Europe and Romania”, supported by CITR , aims at insolvency profes...more »

The Government adopted on Tuesday January 31, a draft law regarding pardon for certain sentences and some liberty depriving education measures, Justice Minister Florin Iordache announced....more »

Vlasceanu, Ene & Partners (VEP) entered the local legal market as of 1st October 2016. The two founders, Daniel Vlasceanu and Stefan Ene, have both activated within the largest oil & gas integrated group in South Eastern Europe. Within said organization, Daniel coordinated several legal offices and acted in a business development role, while Stefan coordinated for a number of years the environmental practice....more »

The National Union of Judges of Romania (UNJR) has published a letter referring to the extension of competencies of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) in the area of justice, received from the Supreme Council for the Country's Defence (CSAT) in February 2016, following a request formulated by the magistrate association. ...more »

Cătălin Suliman, a professional with more than 10 years of experience in business law, has joined PeliFilip as partner and coordinator of the competition law practice. Cătălin Suliman will work closely with the firm’s departments and practices that intersect with competition law aspects, and will support the development of other areas of activity within PeliFilip, such as the risk and compliance practice....more »

Romanian independent outfit Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii has made up four Partners and seven Senior Associates in its annual round of promotions.The appointments are effective from January 1st, 2017. Romanian independent law firm Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii has announced that 11 lawyers have been promoted to various roles as part of its annual performance review. The firm has added four Partners to its ranks, while promoting seven other lawyers in its Bucharest office in a bid to further strengthen the firm’s Banking and Finance, Litigation and Arbitration, as well as Corporate and Commercial, Real Estate, and Employment Law practice groups....more »

Starting with this year, Maravela & Asociații acts as honorary patron of HOSPICE Casa Speranței’s Adunații Copăceni socio-medical project.  The nongovernmental charity organization HOSPICE Casa Speranței was established in Braşov, in 1992, at the initiative of the British Graham Perolls, with the purpose of introducing and developing palliative care for children and adults suffering from a terminal illness....more »

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF), together with Herbert Smith Freehills and Suciu Popa, organizes Making your case effectively: tips for a successful arbitration event on October 6, 2016, starting 17:30, at Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel....more »

The impression the country gives is not uniform, as perceptions of Romania vary from one business sector to another, depending on the degree of regulation and the involvement of the relevant authorities in the sector, among other factors. The business community blame Romania’s perception abroad, saying that things look different in reality than in the perception of some analysts that conduct evaluations and country reports and sometimes superficially undermine a country’s outlook with a tendency to generalize the problems of the region and apply them to single countries....more »