Two parallel developments suggest that Europe is drawing clearer boundaries around both AI ownership and data protection. One comes from the Council and the other from a German court, and both signal a more cautious approach toward redefining legal fundamentals in the name of innovation or administrative simplification.

RTPR has successfully represented Rosti Romania in tax litigation in which the Ploiesti Court of Appeal issued a final ruling finding that an adjustment of the company’s tax loss based on estimation was unlawful.

Kinstellar, working with SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschuetz, has advised the shareholders of ROFA Industrial Automation on the sale of Germany-based ROFA Group to the SPIE Group. Reportedly, MJH, working with Barnes and Thornburg, JunHe, and Kemperink Maarschalkerweerd Wouters, advised the SPIE Group.

Filip & Company has advised Veranda Obor, owner of the Veranda Mall shopping centre, on a EUR 36 million financing granted by CEC Bank.

Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has advised Omnia Capital on a series of transactions within the Romanian energy market, together with Premier Energy, consisting of simultaneous and reciprocal sales of stakes in multiple project companies where both entities served as joint partners. Bohalteanu si Asociatii advised Premier Energy.

In practice, we frequently encounter situations where the director of a limited liability company (SRL) has concluded, alongside the corporate mandate, an individual employment agreement with the same company.

Ionut Cofaru and Cristian Cealera have founded Cofaru & Cealera.

CEE Attorneys Romania has advised Olympian Parks on a EUR 60 million financing for its industrial and logistics portfolio in Romania. CMS reportedly advised the lenders.

Filip & Company has advised BT Property on its acquisition of the Record Park office complex in Cluj-Napoca from Belgium-based Aya Properties Fund. Legal Ground advised Aya Properties Fund.

CMS Partners Horea Popescu and Alexander Rakosi unpack a standout year for CEE M&A, as the region posted a record number of deals and a sharp rise in aggregate values despite a muted start to 2025 amid overall geopolitical headwinds.

NNDKP Partner and Head of Competition, State Aid, EU Law, and FDI Anca Diaconu discusses Competition in Romania in the year past and the one ahead.

Musat & Asociatii Deputy Managing Partner Razvan Stoicescu discusses M&A in Romania in the year past and the one ahead.

Musat & Asociatii Partner Ana Maria Abrudan discusses PPP/Infrastructure in Romania in the year past and the one ahead.

Popescu & Asociatii Partner and Head of White Collar Crime Adrian Chirvase discusses White Collar Crime in Romania in the year past and the one ahead.

Twenty years ago, if someone had told me that one day lawyers in Central and Eastern Europe would discuss artificial intelligence more often than corporate formalities, I would have politely suggested they were confusing our region with something from Star Trek. Yet here we are: less about signatures with blue ink, more about algorithms. Progress is real – and also slightly unbelievable.

Nyerges & Partners has advised Eximprod on the sale to AJ Brand of the Gebeleizis 6.4-megawatt operational solar photovoltaic project in Romania.

BNT Attorneys and BSJP BNT have joined forces to form a new law firm called Lynx.

The draft of the new EU FDI Screening Regulation, which will replace the existing framework under Regulation (EU) 2019/452 and emerged from the trialogue negotiations, was published on 10 February 2026. The new draft is heavily amended compared to the Commission's original proposal and offers a sneak preview of how the final version is likely to appear.