CMS advises Buildcom EOOD on acquisition of Argus in Romania

CMS has advised Buildcom EOOD on the acquisition of a controlling interest of shares (91.42%) in listed vegetable oil producer Argus S.A., and indirectly, of 95.36% shares Argus holds in Comcereal S.A ...  

ESSENTIAL VIDEO INTERVIEWS | Horea Popescu, Managing Partner of CMS Romania and Head of CEE Corporate M&A: Since I’ve been coordinating M&A in CEE, this is the first time Romania ranks second in the region by number of deals after the first nine months. It’s been an interesting year for private equity, but strategic investors remain the backbone. All practice areas have been very busy, yet Banking & Finance -together with the Banking team - “wears the crown” this year, with mandates totaling €3 billion

CMS Romania heads into 2026 with an impeccable operating mechanism in which the team’s strength and disciplined execution make the difference in high-stakes matters.The engine practices - Banking & ...  

Schoenherr advises Calla Oradea shareholders on sale of majority stake in clinic to Integral Capital Group

Schoenherr advised the founders of Calla Oradea, an infertility diagnosis and treatment centre, on the sale of a majority stake in the clinic to Integral Capital Group.  The transaction reflects g ...  

Mușat & Asociații announces the appointment of Corina Corbu as Head of the Litigation Department

Mușat & Asociații announces the appointment of Corina Corbu as Head of the Litigation Department. Corina is a former judge with over 25 years of experience and a former President of the High Court o ...  

Kinstellar advises Integral Capital Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in IVF clinic Calla, via its subsidiary Embryos

Kinstellar has advised Integral Capital Group, a leading private equity firm in Central and Eastern Europe, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Calla Clinic, an in vitro fertilization (IVF) clin ...  

Clifford Chance Badea advised Cris-Tim Family Holding in connection with its historic IPO worth RON 454.35 million

A multidisciplinary team from Clifford Chance Badea, the local office of global law firm Clifford Chance, advised Cris-Tim Family Holding (CFH) in connection with the initial public offering worth RON ...  

CMS | Romanian Competition Council raids retailers over unfair practices in dairy supply chain

The Romanian Competition Council conducted dawn raids at six major foreign-owned retail chains for alleged unfair commercial practices in the agriculture-food sector. The action concerned the retailer ...  

Kinstellar advises Repono AB on the acquisition of a battery energy storage (BESS) project in Argeș County

Kinstellar announced that it has advised Repono AB, a Sweden-based pan-European energy storage operator, on its acquisition of a 202 MW/404 MWh (2.0 h) standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) ...  

Legal 500 awards Ana-Maria Baciu as “Romania Lawyer of the Year” at its inaugural CEE AWARDS gala; BACIU PARTNERS Named “CEE IP Firm of the Year”.

BACIU PARTNERS announced that Ana-Maria Baciu, Managing Partner, has been recognised as “Romania Lawyer of the Year”, becoming the first lawyer active in Romania to ever receive this distinction u ...  

Brace for ai impact: from hype to risk – is your company ready?

In 2022, we were writing about the promising but at the time still hypothetical impact of generative AI on HR—from recruitment and performance reviews to promotion decisions—as well as the poten ...  

CMS | Romanian law establishes new measures in pharma sector

The Romanian Parliament recently adopted a law establishing new measures in the health-care system. The draft law went to the Constitutional Court for review, but the court rejected the challenges on ...  

Legal500 awards Clifford Chance Badea as Romania Firm of the Year 2025

Clifford Chance Badea, the local office of global law firm Clifford Chance, received the Romania Firm of the Year award at the Legal500 Central and Eastern Europe Awards 2025, held last week in Warsaw ...  

M&A market in 2025, as seen by ZRVP’s lawyers: steady volumes, diverse deal types, international buyers more active than local ones, and mounting compliance pressure; SPVs and earn-outs are no longer innovations but operational standards, while real-estate hybrids are showing up more often | Anca Danilescu (Senior Partner): “I’m not giving up my optimism and I don’t rule out sustained growth in deal volume and value, with megadeal potential in energy, IT, logistics and healthcare”

Law firm Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners (ZRVP) has built an M&A practice that banks on consistency, hands-on partner involvement, and an execution discipline radically oriented toward the client ...  

CMS | Romania approves draft law creating stricter rules for protecting children online.

On 6 October 2025, the Romanian Senate approved the “Digital Age of Majority Law” (Legea Majoratului Online), a draft law introducing a robust child-protection regime for online environment. The p ...  

Schoenherr opens London liaison office as gateway to Central Eastern Europe

CEE powerhouse Schoenherr expands its international presence with a new office in the City of London, reinforcing its role as the referral firm of choice for cross-border mandates in Central Eastern E ...