CMS has advised Synlab International on the sale of its business activities in Eastern Europe – including its entities in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkiye, and Cyprus – to Medicover Group. Schoenherr advised Medicover.

Schoenherr has advised IGT Services and Technologies on the acquisition of the Service Delivery division of Connections Consult.

Orrick has advised StepStone on leading a USD 100 million Series D funding round for Cyberhaven that also saw the participation of Schroders and Industry Ventures.

PeliPartners has advised the Swedish Skanska Group on the EUR 52 million sale of the Equilibrium 1 office building in Bucharest. Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen advised Granit Asset Management-managed investment fund Grodiusz Private Equity Fund on the buy-side.

April 2025 – In the first quarter of 2025, the Romanian Competition Council (“RCC”) published several significant decisions, launched new investigations, and imposed fines in cases involving abuse of dominant position, price coordination, and other anticompetitive practices.

Deloitte Legal-affiliated firm Reff & Associates has advised Smart ID Technology on the acquisition of a majority stake in AB Systems. EY Law's affiliate law firm Bancila, Diaconu si Asociatii reportedly advised the sellers.

RTPR and Karanovic & Partners have advised MidEuropa on the sale of Regina Maria Group to Mehilainen. White & Case advised Mehilainen. Kinstellar advised Blue Sea Capital on the sell-side as well. Reportedly, A&O Shearman's London office also advised MidEuropa while Bondoc & Asociatii also advised Mehilainen.

PGC Partners Managing Partner Paul-George Cata has joined Al Safar & Partners Advocates & Legal Consultants as a Partner in the United Arab Emirates.

APTIQ Global has announced the launch of APTIQ Communications with Irina Melecciu-Vitelaru as its Managing Partner.

Taylor Wessing has advised Peak on its acquisition by UiPath.

As Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen celebrates 35 years of activity, the firm announced Executive Partners Adina Chilim-Dumitriu and Emil Bivolaru are joining its management structure alongside Co-Managing Partners Ion Nestor and Manuela Nestor.

Kinstellar has advised EMMA Capital Group on its acquisition of Diamedix from Chrelias Vasileios and GED Eastern Fund II – Fondo de Capital de Riesgo, via its subsidiary Emma Zeta.

At the beginning of this year, the Court of International Commercial Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CICA) has adopted a new set of arbitration rules (the New CICA Rules). The New CICA Rules govern arbitral proceedings starting with 1 January 2025, replacing the rules which were in force from 2018 (the Old CICA Rules).

On the evening of April 1, 2025, the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet brought together, under the same roof, over 200 top-tier lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe's leading law firms and General Counsel from across the region in Prague.

CMS Partners Horea Popescu, Alexander Rakosi, and Ryszard Manteuffel discuss the ebb and flow of M&A deals in CEE, highlighting that the M&A landscape experienced a significant drop in overall deal values prompting strategic shifts amid ongoing geopolitical and financing challenges.

Architecture is one of the fields that have a creative dimension, including a scientific side, as well as a cultural-artistic one, making the architect a real artist whose works are protected by intellectual property laws. Thus, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play a pivotal role, as they protect the unique creations and concepts of architects in a landscape that is often competitive and innovative.

Alexandru Ciacoi has joined Stratulat Albulescu as Counsel and will lead the firm’s Urban Planning and Real Estate Litigation Practice.

CMS has promoted Romania-based Alina Tihan, Hungary-based Veronika Kovacs, and Bulgaria-based Borislava Piperkova to Partner, as part of its latest promotion round that saw a total of 56 lawyers elevated to partnership ranks.