Kristóf Ferenczi is appointed Firm Managing Partner of Kinstellar
December 2023 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce that Kristóf Ferenczi has been appointed as new Firm Managing Partner effective from 1 January 2024. He will succeed Patrik Bolf, who will take on a new position within the Firm focusing on certain...
Romania transposes the ECN+ Directive, further strengthening the Competition Council’s investigative powers
December 2023 – Facing EU infringement concerns, Romania has finally adopted an ordinance amending the Competition Law no. 21/1996 (the “Competition Law”), aimed at fully transposing into local law EU Directive 1/2019 to empower the competition...
Gotta catch 'em all: Extending the scope of the Romanian FDI Screening Regime to EU investors and below-control acquisitions
December 2023 – A little over one year since Romania’s new foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening regime (that we previously wrote about here and here) became fully operational, the Romanian government passed an emergency ordinance meant...
New senior hires boost Kinstellar Bucharest’s already market-leading real estate practice
November 2023 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce further hires: the additions of Corina Stanciu (Senior Associate) and Cristiana Mic-Soare (Special Counsel) to the Bucharest office’s real estate service line, thus even further strengthening the...
Kinstellar advises I Squared Capital on the acquisition of Arriva Group
November 2023 – Kinstellar, together with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as the lead counsel, has successfully advised Miami-based I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investment manager, on the multi-jurisdictional acquisition...
Renewable Energy – Simplified legislation in favour of national interest projects and state entities in Romania
November 2023 – On Friday 27 October 2023, GEO 91/2023, regarding certain measures related to the exercise of the state's public and private property rights, as well as the efficient administration of state properties and the amendment of some normative...
Cannabis use: CEE regulatory update
October 2023 – Significant changes in the regulation of cannabis use have occurred in some countries in Central and Eastern Europe since our last report.
Joint study of the Romanian Competition Council and Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority identifies grid connection barriers and issues recommendations
October 2023 – The Romanian Competition Council (RCC) continues to focus on the energy markets, not only through investigations and merger control analysis, but also by carefully reviewing the markets through sector inquiries and studies. Given Romania’s...
New legislative changes promote flexicurity in employment relations in Romania
August 2023 – The first part of 2023 continued last year's trend of substantial changes to Romanian labour legislation, which is of real interest to both employers and employees. As such, both Law no. 53/2003 on the Labour Code (“Labour Code”) and...
Recent ECJ judgement sparks controversies on the Romanian statute of limitations for criminal liability
The Romanian regulatory context
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