Anca Buta Musat: Companies Expect a Transparent and Consistent Practice of the Competition Council that Would Give Them Legal Certainty

The new instruments for safeguarding a proper competition environment, as set up by Government Ordinance 75/2010, were discussed during Mediafax Talks about Competition Law, a debate which gathered representatives of Competition Council, legal market and professional associations from the private sector. „I consider that the revision of the secondary legislation is even more important as…

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Musat & Asociatii strengthens its litigation department, by promoting two partners

Musat & Asociatii strengthens its Litigation & Arbitration department, by appointing two new partners, Nicolae Viorel Dinu and Octavian Popescu, and by headhunting five experienced litigators, exceeding 25 specialists in this area of practice. Nicolae Viorel Dinu returns to Musat & Asociatii as Partner after five years as Managing Counsel at Salans-Moore & Associates. Dinu…

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Musat & Asociatii: Methods to Protect Your Company from Financial Fraud

Although current technology provides numerous options to prevent and to indentify economic frauds, corporations should also be aware that data collected may be considered legal proof only if the applicable legislation and the regulation regarding employees’ rights are strictly followed. The “Corporate Fraud: Prevention, Detection and Legal Actions” event, co-organized by Musat & Asociatii and…

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Musat & Asociatii, part of the winning consortium for selection of investors in Tarnita-Lapustesti Hydropower project

Musat & Asociatii has been selected, as part of an international consortium, to assist the Ministry of Economy and the state-owned energy producer Hidroelectrica in the process of selection investors for the Tarnita-Lapustesti pumped-storage hydropower plant. This green field project entails an intended installed capacity of 1,000 MW and an investment in excess of EUR…

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Musat & Asociatii is Actively Involved in Fighting the Phenomenon of Child Exploitation on the Internet

Musat & Asociatii participated last week at the reunion of the Advisory Group of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), hosted by Microsoft Romania. The event brought together representatives of government institutions (Police, the Public Ministry, SECI – Southeast European Cooperation Initiative) and nongovernmental officials, focused on fighting the phenomenon of child exploitation…

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The New Amendments to the Competition Law are focused on prevention of anti-competitive practices

The recent amendments to the Competition Law brought by the Government Emergency Ordinance 75/2010 clearly enlarge the list of sanctions to which an economic agent exposes itself when adopting a behavior which is contrary to the Competition Law. However, alongside a better involvement of the competition authority in preventing the anti-competitive behaviors by ensuring a…

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Muşat & Asociaţii listed among the law firms recommended by FTSE Eurotop 100 for Chambers & Partners

Muşat & Asociaţii is the sole Romanian law firm featured in the Euro 100 Survey 2010 published by the prestigious British legal publisher Chambers & Partners in the latest issue of Chambers Magazine, based on the recommendations received from the 100 most highly capitalized blue-chip companies in Europe (FTSE Eurotop 100). Muşat & Asociaţii received…

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Musat & Asociatii, acknowledged as the best law firm in capital markets at “ZF Lawyers Gala”

Musat & Asociatii received two awards from Ziarul Financiar, the Romanian’s leading business publication, at the “Lawyers Gala” event. The distinctions recognize its outstanding achievements in Capital Markets and its leading position on the Romanian legal market. The capital markets award acknowledges the firm’s assistance provided to Rompetrol Group in the mandatory public offering of…

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Amending the legislation for renewable energy will double the number of investors in this sector

“Focus on Renewable Energy” seminar recently organized by Musat & Asociatii, addressed key issues on renewable energy sector, such as State-aid schemes for clean energy projects, the status of European funds accessed in this sector, as well as practical issues regarding the controversy surrounding Law 220/2008. “The Renewable Energy has captured investors’ interest in the…

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