MPR Partners’ founding partners have drafted a legal memo in connection with the notification procedure provided by Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 on the procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and rules on information society services (“TRIS Directive”). It […]

On September 10, 2020, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar delivered his Opinion in Case C 392/19 VG Bild-Kunst v Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, where a request for a preliminary ruling was lodged with the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” / “Court”) on May 21, 2019. On March 9, 2021, the CJEU delivered its judgement […]

We are delighted to announce that MPR Partners, a multidisciplinary law firm with a focus on commercial law and a strong presence in the CEE, is finalising the process for the opening of its first London office in the City. The London office is headed by the firm’s co-founder and co-managing partner Alina Popescu, with […]

There have been some recent changes and novelties in the leasing sector. Amongst the novelties is the elimination of the enforceability of the leasing agreements concluded with a consumer, changes regarding the deadline within which the lessors/financiers may exercise the right to request the termination of the Consumer Leasing Agreements and amendments concerning the consequences […]

In the recent years, cybersecurity has become one of the crucial areas that the European Union decided to invest in to get fit for the digital era. In order to acquire leadership and autonomy in this field, the EU takes steps to develop competencies, capacities and capabilities. One step in this regard is represented by […]

Romania has entered a state of alert as of May 18, 2020, in order to contain the spread of and fight against the effects of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, known as SARS-CoV-2. The state of alert has been maintained until present. Our experts prepared this high level summaries of some of the […]

The Draft law on the adoption of certain measures concerning informatic and communications infrastructures of national interest and the conditions for deployment of 5G networks initiated by the former Ministry of Transportation, Infrastructure and Communications has undergone a new series of examinations from the relevant public authorities as part of the legislative procedure. Although the […]

Fictional characters range from the generic to the individualized. The more individualized a fictional character, the easier it gets recognized by the public, and, as such, the more likely it is for it to benefit from legal protection. The legal protection of fictional characters as separate from the legal protection awarded the works in which […]

After the issuance of Law no. 296/2020 for the amendment and completion of the Fiscal Code, the Romanian Government deemed necessary to add further amendments to the Fiscal Code, mostly for correlation and clarification purposes.

Our regulatory team released the third article of the credit institution’s authorization series. In follow-up to our summary regarding the preliminary evaluation for the banks’ authorisation and our summary regarding the information and documentation to be submitted by a bank in order to obtain authorisation from the National Bank of Romania (NBR), hereafter are the […]