In this year’s Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa rankings published on April 5th, Dragne & Asociații maintains its impressive standing as Tier 1 – law firm in Dispute Resolution and grabs new laurels as top-tier firm also in Restructuring & Insolvency. Additionally, the firm achieved rankings in other three categories: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, Commercial, Corporate and […]
Dragne & Asociatii tops 2017 edition of Legal 500 in Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency
In this year’s Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa rankings published on April 12th, Dragne & Asociații maintains its impressive standing as Tier 1 – law firm in Dispute Resolution and grabs new laurels as top-tier firm also in Restructuring & Insolvency. Additionally, the firm achieved rankings in other three categories: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, Commercial, Corporate and […]
Elimination of income tax for transfer of rights in rem
The amendments to article 111 of the Fiscal Code, which regulates the method of determining the tax applicable to the transfer of ownership and of its dismemberments entered into force on the 01.02.2017. According to the new legal regulation: are exempted from payment of tax, the income derived from transactions (transfer of ownership of a property or of its dismemberments) […]
Dragne & Asociatii continues to support the University of Bucharest team at Willem Vis contest
The Association for Promotion of Arbitration in Romania and the Bucharest University organized on 11 March 2017 a moot court competition for preparation in view of the Willem Vis contest, 14th edition, Hong Kong (26 March to 2 April 2017) and the 24th Viena edition (8 to 13 April 2017). More than 400 universities worldwide will participate to Willem Vis. […]
Action for acknowledgment of a past labor relationship is admissible as per the High Court of Cassation and Justice
The High Court of Cassation and Justice’s preliminary decision of 07.11.2016 regarding the interpretation of the provisions of Article 16 para. (1) and Article 57 paragraph (5) and (6) of the Labor was published on 10.02.2017. The High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled that an individual who actually performed the work for the benefit and under the authority of […]
The Constitutional Court’s Decision on monetary conversion and exchange rate freeze in credit agreements
The Constitutional Court’s Decision no. 62 of 7 February 2017 settled a number of controversial aspects of the consumer protection legislation, establishing: The applicability of the monetary nominalism principle, on the basis of which the sum awarded as a loan must be repaid in kind, regardless of the valuing or devaluing of the sum, to the extent that the parties […]
The new law on public-private partnership has been published in the Official Gazette and it will come into force on 25th of December, 2016.
Law no. 233/2016 on public-private partnership announces itself as a legal frame which promotes the cooperation between public institutions and private investors in order to achieve public projects. Thus, according to the new law on public-private partnership: the scope of the public-private partnership is represented by the achievement, rehabilitation or extension of assets intended for the provision or operation of […]
Law no. 50/1991 was amended as concerns the regime of the special constructions
Law no. 50/1991 regarding the authorization of construction works was amended and supplemented by means of Law no. 148/2016 on 15.07.2016, which comprises new provisions with respect to special constructions, such as: the special construction works, developed based on the treaties to which Romania is a party, are regulated according to the arrangements comprised in such treaties, under the condition […]
Dragne & Asociatii, top-tier law firm according to the international rankings
Dragne & Asociatii SCA has been recommended as a top-tier firm in the 2016 edition of 3 prestigious international rankings: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa Chambers Global Guide Chambers Europe Guide The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa ranked Dragne & Asociatii SCA as a 1st tier law firm in Dispute Resolution, confirming its leading position […]
The law facilitating the construction of “digital highways” promulgated by the President of Romania
Law no. 159/2016, regarding the regime of the physical infrastructure of electronic communications, as well as for the establishment of measures reducing the installation costs for electronic communications networks is meant to simplify the procedure of creating the electronic communication infrastructure. Thus, based on this enactment that was promulgated today: The President of ANCOM is empowered to issue a decision, […]