Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has advised Holcim Romania on the acquisition of Uranus Pluton.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has advised Granit Asset Management, acting via Magyar Posta Takarek Real Estate Investment Fund, on the acquisition of the Equilibrium 2 office building in Bucharest from Skanska. Peli Partners reportedly advised Skanska.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, working alongside Baker McKenzie, has advised Metinvest on its acquisition of a majority shareholding in ArcelorMittal Iasi.

Clifford Chance has advised Carmistin International on a EUR 500 million financing arranged by Banca Comerciala Romana and ING Bank Bucharest Branch. NNDKP advised the banks.

Following a series of legislative amendments in 2024, the Romanian competition law framework remained relatively stable in 2025. Although other proposals are in the pipeline, the Romanian Competition Council (RCC) appears to have focused more in the first half of this year on enforcing its existing tools rather than on further refining or expanding them. There are, nevertheless, two notable exceptions with deep implications for companies: (i) the amendment of legal professional privilege during RCC dawn raids and (ii) the adoption of guidelines related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening.

The fashion world is shaped not only by styles, fabrics, and runways, but increasingly by battles over brand identity, disputes of authorship, and the evolving framework of intellectual property (IP) law. As 2025 draws to a close, several significant rulings of the General Court of the European Union (“GC”) highlight how reputation and genuine use remain pivotal in safeguarding the position of brands within the fashion and lifestyle sectors. 

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen’s Competition practice has navigated a broad mix of mandates, including investigations, complex litigation, and a growing volume of merger control and FDI filings, according to Partner and Head of Competition, State Aid, EU Law, and FDI, Anca Diaconu. The team has also seen clients make fuller use of procedural tools, reflecting a more sophisticated and fast-moving enforcement environment.

The autonomy of will is recognized as a fundamental principle of Romanian civil law, allowing the parties to freely determine the content of their contracts, within the limits imposed by law, public order and good morals. In private international law, this autonomy acquires a specific dimension, manifested in the parties’ freedom to designate the law governing the contract. However, when considered in relation to its specific meaning in private international law, this autonomy of will raises an important question: can the parties choose a foreign law to govern the contract even when there is no element of foreignness in the contract?

Romania’s journey toward treating trademarks as bankable assets began not with the adoption of the New Civil Code in 2011, but more than a decade earlier. The turning point came in 1999 with Law no. 99/1999 on certain measures for speeding up economic reform. Title VI of that law, which introduced a modern regime for security interests in movable property, explicitly stated that its scope covered “rights resulting from inventions, trademarks and other intellectual, industrial or commercial property rights.” This was revolutionary for a country emerging from decades of socialist economics where the very concept of intangible asset financing was alien.

On October 16, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an important ruling on the right of beneficiaries of European funds to an effective remedy against decisions of national authorities ordering the recovery of subsidies granted under Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

Amid the shifting geopolitical landscape in Europe—marked by heightened pressure on defense capabilities and the imperative to enhance strategic resilience—Romania occupies a pivotal position in the region’s security architecture.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has advised PetStar Group on the reacquisition of sole control over its core packaging manufacturing subsidiaries and a EUR 50 million financing round. Wolf Thiess advised UniCredit as the lender.

Over the past few years, Romania’s property market has matured from a fragmented landscape into one defined by stability, sustainability, and strategic sectoral shifts. Musat & Asociatii Partner Monia Dobrescu, Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Partner Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa, and Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Partner Vlad Tanase take a closer look at how secondary cities are outpacing the capital in price growth and major players are doubling down on assets.

In a globally connected creative landscape, where authors collaborate across borders and works circulate digitally with unprecedented speed, the protection of moral rights (personality rights of the author) becomes increasingly relevant. Today’s digital environment enables the rapid creation, distribution, and transformation of literary, musical, visual, and audiovisual works. As companies increasingly rely on creative content, it becomes essential to address moral rights - especially the rights of authorship and integrity - in agreements.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has successfully represented OMV Petrom in a case confirming the legality of permitting procedures for the Neptun Deep project in Romania.