About

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CMS Bucharest is renowned for its expertise in mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate law, providing strategic counselling to businesses.


Operating for over 25 years in Romania, CMS consistently handles some of the most complex, high-value, cross-border and innovative transactions in Romania and the wider CEE region, engaging highly qualified teams across practice areas in a seamless collaboration for the benefit of our market-leading clients.

 

CMS Bucharest has one the largest corporate teams on the local market, delivering true breadth and depth of M&A and Private Equity expertise across various industries. We combine our legal and tax expertise with profound knowledge of industry sectors, from TMT to Energy and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail, Life Sciences, and many more, and work together with the industries’ leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and innovators on game changing transactions.


We offer comprehensive assistance on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, cross-border mergers at every stage of a transaction – from deal structuring to due diligence to drafting and negotiating sale purchase agreements, and including regulatory, competition and merger control, and tax aspects.



Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - Romania

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

CMS is a well-reputed law firm with a significant client roster from the financial and technology sectors. Its respected lawyers are capable of handling complex M&A transactions. It is also strong in assisting clients with the setting up of joint ventures. This notable team is particularly well known for its international and CEE-wide mandates, with multinational corporate clients and private equity funds benefiting from the firm's extensive network of offices in the region and further afield.

Work Highlights

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  • CMS advised Ahold Delhaize on its EUR1.3 billion acquisition of Profi Rom Food from MidEuropa.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Horea Popescu
1
Horea Popescu
Head of Corporate/M&A
1
Band 1
Managing partner Horea Popescu enjoys a strong reputation for assisting multinational private equity companies with acquisitions in Romania, as well as advising on joint venture agreements and restructuring transactions.

Horea is very customer-oriented.

Rodica Manea
5
Rodica Manea
5
Band 5

Active partner Rodica Manea assists with joint ventures and acquisitions.

She is a very strong professional delivering a high level of service.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Corporate/M&A

Horea Popescu
1
Horea Popescu
Head of Corporate/M&A
1
Band 1
Rodica Manea
5
Rodica Manea
5
Band 5

Members

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Claudia Nagy

Elena Andrei

Horea Popescu

Horea Popescu

Head of Department

Mircea Moraru

Raluca Ionescu

Clients

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AFI Europe

Ahold Delhaize

Alior Bank

Bitdefender

Entek Elektrik Üretim

Ford Otosan

Iberdrola

L & C Properties (part of M Core)

Nala Renewables

OCP Group

OTP Group

PPC Group

Industries

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Automotive

Banks and Financial Institutions

Consumer Products

Energy

Infrastructure & Projects

Insurance

Lifesciences & Healthcare

Manufacturing

Private Equity

Real Estate & Construction

Retail

Technology, Media and Telecommunications