ONV LAW has advised Aveuro International on the acquisition of Bluehouse Investitii for approximately EUR 8 million. NNDKP advised the sellers.

Filip & Company has assisted the investment fund Agista on the sale of its entire stake in Dendrio Solutions to Bittnet Systems and the acquisition of a new stake in the cybersecurity company Fort, listed on the AeRO market.

Deloitte Legal-affiliated firm Reff & Associates has advised investment fund Sarmis Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in paper producer MG-Tec Industry.

Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners and Clifford Chance have successfully represented Premier Energy in a first-instance court dispute against Azomures over a natural gas supply contract.

Schoenherr, working with sole practitioner Mihaela Aliman, has advised Renovatio on the sale of renewable energy production assets with a capacity of approximately 18 megawatts to OMV Petrom. 

RTPR, working with A&O Shearman, has advised Wolt on its acquisition of fast delivery platform Tazz from eMAG Group. Filip & Company advised eMAG.

Deloitte Legal Romanian affiliate Reff & Associates has advised Blik Romania on obtaining authorization for the Blik Romania payment system from the National Bank of Romania. Deloitte Legal Poland reportedly advised on the matter as well.

Filip & Company, working with Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, has advised the Ministry of Public Finance of Romania on its Samurai green bond issuance on the Japanese capital market, totaling JPY 33 billion.

Wolf Theiss has opened a new office in Brussels under the joint leadership of Partners Anca Jurcovan, Guenter Bauer, Robert Wagner, and Stefan Wartinger.

Alin Nichifor has joined Buju Stanciu & Associates as a Partner.

ESG is complicating contract negotiations in Romania, as large-size enterprises impose heavy terms on mid-sized suppliers, sometimes leading to missed opportunities, according to RC International Disputes’ Managing Partner Ramona Cirlig, with climate litigation also rising, potentially impacting future disputes.

Earlier in 2024, DLA Piper published its Medical Devices Advertising: CEE Comparison Guide, which reviews advertising regulations for medical devices in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Life sciences team members who worked on the guide spoke with CEE Legal Matters about some of the regulatory differences across CEE and the practical implications for businesses.

Startups are newly established companies usually founded by entrepreneurs who develop a product, service, or business model with the aim of solving a specific problem or addressing a gap in the market. These companies usually start with limited revenue, and they are looking after angel investors, venture capitalists or especially allocated funds for startups.

Filip & Company has advised BT Capital Partners, Citigroup Global Markets Europe, Erste Group Bank, J.P. Morgan, Raiffeisen Bank International, and Unicredit Bank as the arrangers of Romgaz's EUR 500 million bonds issuance. Musat si Asociatii reportedly advised Romgaz.

Suciu Partners has advised on the merger of PPC's distribution companies Banat, Dobrogea, and Muntenia and supply companies PPC Energie and PPC Energie Muntenia. Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii reportedly advised on the merger as well.

PeliPartners has advised Alfa Group on its acquisition of the IRIDE Business Park project in Bucharest from CPI Group.

Clifford Chance has advised NEPI Rockcastle on its EUR 500 million green bonds issuance. Linklaters' Amsterdam and London offices reportedly advised the dealers, including Deutsche Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International, SMBC, Societe Generale, and UniCredit.

Musat & Asociatii has advised Naxxar Renewable Energy on the sale of the remaining 40% stake in Naxxar Wind Farm Four SRL to Polenergia.