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 »

Maravela & Asociatii’s insolvency & restructuring department has been recently acknowledged by the reputed London based international directory The Legal 500, which placed the firm’s practice in the second tier, nationwide, in the Europe, Middle East & Africa 2016 guide. Managing Partner Gelu Maravela has been designated by the renowned international American directory Best Lawyers, as Lawyer of the Year 2016-2017 in Romania, for his insolvency and restructuring activity. ...more »

Only four months after its establishment, Suciu Popa, a full-service law firm founded in February 2016 was included in th rankings of the 2016 edition of international legal directory IFLR 1000, in the third tier Energy & Infrastructure. Also, Miruna Suciu and Luminita Popa were recognized as leading lawyers in the section dedicated to leading lawyers recommended in their areas of specialization....more »

Private equity fund PAI partners, owner of R&R Ice Cream and Nestlé will form a new entity called “Froneri”. The two are some of the world's top ice cream companies and the joint venture will cover markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America and the Philippines.  The deal is expected to close around the end of the year, subject to employee consultations and regulatory approval, and will employ 15 000 people.  ...more »

As of June 1, Mirela Metea was named Partner with Maravela & Asociaţii, this being the second partner promotion within the firm amidst its dispute resolution associates. Besides an increased volume of clients and entrusted mandates in this field, which requires a properly sized team in view of a proper management of the cases, the promotion represents a direct consequence of Mirela’s professional performance, who thereby equally becomes head of the firm’s insolvency practice....more »

Schoenherr has been recognized as "Austrian Law Firm of the Year" (2016) and "Romanian Law Firm of the Year" (2016) by legal publisher Chambers and Partners. For the first time, Schoenherr has been awarded with two of Chambers' awards. 

 "We are immensely proud to take home two of the prestigious Chambers Awards this year. In the past year, our lawyers have advised clients coming from diverse industries in various high-profile transactions, restructurings and arbitrations. Both awards are accolades that reverberate our long standing successes and recognise the high quality of our work across both markets", said Christoph Lindinger, managing partner at Schoenherr.

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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 »