By Sorin Strătulă, Managing Partner Romanian legislation on consumer protection is split into two categories: general and specific. General legislation in Romania The general consumer protection legislation is represented by: ■ Law no. 296/2004 regarding the Consumer Code (further on referead to as the „Consumer Code”); ■ Government Ordinance no. 21/1992 regarding Consumer Protection (further on […]
By Sorin Strătulă In terms of European Union law, the newest and most comprehensive directive on consumer rights is Directive 2011/83 / EC, generically called “The Directive on Consumer Rights”, that has entered into force on June 13th, 2014. As of this date the Directives 97/7 / EC on the Protection of Consumers in respect […]
The world renowned legal directory IFLR1000 has just published its rankings for the best law firms worldwide on various practice areas. Strătulă Mocanu & Asociații is, for the second consecutive year, nominated among the best law firms in Romania in the Mergers and Acquisitions legal practice area. The inclusion on the rigorous shortlist elaborated by […]
By Sorin Strătulă In the first half of 2014 the Romanian government passed several laws pertaining to healthcare, of which the two most notable refer to the norms governing the application of Directive 2011/24/EU on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare in the country, along with the conditions for granting healthcare services within the national health insurance […]
Stratula Mocanu & Asociatii is, for the second consecutive year, nominated among the best law firms in Romania in the Mergers and Acquisitions legal practice area. The inclusion on the rigorous shortlist elaborated by IFLR1000 strengthens both our reputation as one of the best Romanian M&A law firms, as well as our capacity to successfully […]
“The sound legal knowledge, excellent reaction, ingenious solutions and hands-on approach of each matter, warmly recommend the practice of Strătulă & Asociații”.
Strătulă Mocanu & Asociații has sponsored the publication of the first reasearch focused on the daily tasks of general counsels from Central and Eastern Europe. The CEE 2014 Corporate Counsel Handbook was published (both electronically and paperback) by CEE Legal Matters, one of the most important online presences from the European legal press. The survey was […]
by Oana Strătulă (Partner) In a difficult economic period, characterized as one of crisis, the survival on the market has become, for many merchants, a purpose and for its achievement they are willing to put in the fight any means, even some less “orthodox “1. As such, buying commercial secrets without the owner’s legitimate consent, the […]
by Oana Strătulă On June 11, 2014, the Emergency Ordinance no. 34 was published in the Official Gazette. The Ordinance concerns the rights of consumers within the contracts concluded with professionals, as well as amending and completing certain normative acts1. Adopting a new law on consumer protection was necessary for the transposition into national law of […]
Strătulă Mocanu & Asociații won three different awards from Global Law Experts ( www.globallawexperts.com ), the 2014 Edition (“GLE”). The categories where we were selected as the leading Romanian law firm are: Dispute Resolution, M&A and Banking&Finance. This is the second year we are awarded for our expertise in the categories mentioned above. Previously, GLE awarded Strătulă […]