Ranking tables
International & Cross-Border Capabilities | Global
Romania
Rankings overview for Departments
CMS 7 Years Ranked
Dentons 6 Years Ranked
DLA Piper Dinu SCA 7 Years Ranked
Filip & Company 7 Years Ranked
Kinstellar 7 Years Ranked
Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA 7 Years Ranked
Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA 7 Years Ranked
Wolf Theiss 7 Years Ranked- Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
- Reff & Associates SCA – Member of Deloitte Legal
- Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Clifford Chance BadeaInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedThe team has a clear transactional focus, offering extensive expertise in banking and capital markets. Cross-border work covers a range of areas, such as bond issuances and sovereign debt work. Excellent financial capabilities are further supported by a team of adept corporate lawyers, often handling multi-jurisdictional M&A, private equity, restructuring and regulatory mandates.
Spotlight
- CMSInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years RankedCMS is highly rated across a broad range of areas within the Romanian market, with particular aptitude in cross-border transactions. The banking practice has outstanding experience of cross-border lending and often brings together teams from Romania and other CEE states to advise on the financing of inbound real estate or private equity investments. It also offers strong capabilities in M&A and capital markets, including cross-border restructuring and IPO deals. CMS's client roster includes multinational corporates, private equity funds and major international banks and financial institutions investing in the development of Romanian real estate projects and benefiting from the firm's extensive network on outbound transactions.
- DentonsInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 6 Years RankedThe team combines sector knowledge with a solid dispute resolution practice, and transactional expertise across areas of M&A and financing, to efficiently serve clients' cross-border needs. The Bucharest office displays solid cross-border deal management capabilities as well as fulfilling the role of local counsel on inbound matters in partnership with other Dentons offices or other firms. Dentons' finance group in the Romanian office frequently represents foreign clients in matters across the globe, and is often instructed by clients from neighbouring countries in South-Eastern Europe.
- DLA Piper Dinu SCAInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years RankedThe law firm's international work centres on M&A, investments and joint ventures, typically involving other European jurisdictions. Its competition practice is equally well regarded and advises Romanian subsidiaries of international corporates on high-profile investigations. DLA Piper additionally hosts an agile tax team, which combines domestic knowledge with international experience to advise on Romanian aspects of cross-border transactions.
- Filip & CompanyInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years RankedFilip & Company is a distinguished independent law firm often relied upon to take on significant international roles in complex global transactions. Leading law firms in foreign jurisdictions turn to Filip & Company to act as co-counsel on major deals, and it demonstrates a strong track record of being responsible for coordinating cross-border matters.
- KinstellarInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years RankedA law firm that is highly active in the cross-border space, Kinstellar has offices throughout the CEE region and across Central Asia. The team in Bucharest is recognised for its ability to coordinate with local counsel and works closely with international law firms to provide Romanian and region-wide expertise. Major clients include Romanian and international private equity funds, banks, insurance companies and large corporations.
- Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCAInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years Ranked
Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu is much sought out by clients for its advice on the Romanian law elements in cross-border English law financing and corporate mandates. The team offers exceptional expertise in M&A, banking, capital markets and competition law. It frequently handles high-value transactions for a diverse client base, ranging from sophisticated international private equity firms and banks to domestic selling shareholders.
- Schoenherr si Asociatii SCAInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years Ranked
Schoenherr is a top-tier international law firm, and its Bucharest team is a highly reputable option for cross-border work. It maintains close ties with its Austrian headquarters and is popular among clients in Austria and the CEE region for cross-border operations and investments in the Romanian market. The team is also able to take a lead role on multi-jurisdictional mandates, frequently coordinating with international law firms and colleagues within the Schoenherr network.
- Wolf TheissInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight | 7 Years Ranked
Wolf Theiss is recognised for its transactional capabilities, offering particularly strong expertise in banking, M&A and restructuring. It draws upon its network of offices for multi-jurisdictional deals and acts alongside international law firms on inbound matters. The team is also active in the telecommunications and data privacy spaces, in which it regularly assists clients with the regulatory and compliance aspects of cross-border transactions.
- Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston PetersenInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight
- Reff & Associates SCA – Member of Deloitte LegalInternational & Cross-Border Capabilities2026 | Spotlight