Merger Control in Romania, Global Practice Guide, Second Edition, Chambers and Partners, August 2019

MPR Partners | Maravela, Popescu & Roman is an internationally recognised and repeatedly awarded law firm offering full services in legal, tax advisory and insolvency matters. The firm’s clients – including large multinational corporations, sound Romanian private companies, private equity investors, public authorities and State companies – have consistently endorsed the quality of services provided, the flexible approach, responsiveness and the friendly working climate. The firm’s competition team has handson expertise in the full range of matters spanning antitrust (merger clearance, anti-competitive behaviour, dominance abuse) and State aid. Amongst these, the following can be flagged up in particular: State aid, as the team has been/is involved in significant projects on the side of the granting authority or of the aid recipients; anti-competitive agreements and practices; competition compliance audits, policies and training, due to a background of carving out and implementing same at European group level, a rare assignment on the Romanian legal market; merger clearance assessments and procedures, including complex two-to-one mergers; and abuse of dominance-related assessments.