While non-performing loan portfolio disposals picked up in 2016 with just over EUR 7 billion face value of completed deals in the CEE region (based on publicly available deal information), the enhanced debt sales market activity continued in 2017, according to the sixth edition of Deloitte's report on non-performing bank loans (NPL)....more »

Reff & Associates, the law firm representing Deloitte Legal in Romania, has advised leading real estate developer NEPI Rockcastle in taking over the project of a commercial center to be built in downtown Sibiu from Primavera Development Group in a deal worth around 21 million euro....more »

RTPR Allen & Overy has advised Purcari Wineries Public Company Limited on its IPO and admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The RTPR Allen & Overy capital markets team was led by Loredana Chitu (Boeru) (Counsel) and Mihai Ristici (Partner), further comprising capital markets specialists Vlad Druta and Marina Giurgica and a team of corporate lawyers consisting of Victor Rusu, Cezara Popescu, Diana Dimitriu and Roxana Ionescu. Purcari Wineries, a leading CEE wine producer, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, under the WINE symbol, following a successful IPO of 49% of its shares....more »

Hategan Attorneys through the Tax Department won in the first instance at the Timis Court, an important lawsuit against ANAF, DGFP Timis, representing one of the largest developers of renewable energy projects in the West. Thus, the Timis Tribunal decided that several components of the photovoltaic park can not be considered as constructions, thus avoiding the increase of the building tax due. This court judgment could have a major impact on the renewable energy industry....more »

Oil company Chevron will pay the National Agency for Mineral Resources (ANRM) $ 73,450,000 following the termination of three concession oil concessions without complying with the financial obligations of the Oil Law. Following the decision of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC Paris), the most important international commercial arbitration institution, Chevron is obliged to pay ANRM the amount of USD 73,450,000, plus the legal interest rate set at the NBR + 8%, calculated from 23 October 2014 until the date of full payment, as well and the arbitration costs incurred by ANRM. ...more »

Unilever takes over local ice cream maker Betty Ice, one of the most important players on the on the local ice cream producers market. Betty Ice owns a factory in Suceava with a capacity of 120 tons a day and has its own stores in some important cities as well as a network of over 100 distribution kiosks all over the country. Betty Ice was founded 25 years ago and its turnover in 2016 reached 40 million euros, up 10% from 2015....more »

Mușat & Asociații is part of the legal team advising Spectrum Brands Unit, a $5 billion consumer products company, in connection with the $2 billion sale of its global battery and portable lightning business to Energizer Holding Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of primary batteries and portable lighting products. The transaction is expected to close before the end of the year, subject to regulatory approval....more »

Muşat & Asociaţii Law Office advised investment fund Penta Investments in the acquisition of the A&D Pharma pharmaceutical group by the Dr.Max international pharmacy chain, while law firm RTPR Allen & Overy has advised the shareholders of A&D Pharma on the sale, as reported here by Which Lawyer....more »

Wolf Theiss assisted Revetas Capital Fund II and a Cerberus Capital Management group, L.P. in terms of the acquisition of a top hotel complex in Bucharest with a total area of ​​86,000 sqm. ...more »

Clifford Chance Badea has advised J.C. Flowers & Co. in relation to the acquisition of Piraeus Bank Romania by funds advised by J.C. Flowers & Co., a deal marking the American investor's entry on the local market. ...more »