Strătulă Mocanu & Asociaţii wins three awards from 2014 Corporate Intl Magazine

SM&A  was designated by the winner of three distinct professional categories –  “Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year in Romania”, “M&A Law Firm of the Year in Romania” and “Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year in Romania” – by the 2014 edition of Corporate Intl Magazine Global Awards (www.corp-intl.com). The newly received […]

Black Friday. Some legal advice to avoid being fooled by false promotions

by Oana Strătulă  (Partner) Together with Halloween, the holiday with witches and goblins, Black Friday represents another American concept recently implemented by retailers based in Romania who are eager to increase their sales volume during a very short time period1.    Traditionally, in its home country, Black Friday is organized on the last Friday of November […]

IFLR1000, 2014 edition – Mergers and Acquisitions

The prestigious international legal directory IFLR1000 included Stratula Mocanu & Asociatii in its 2014 rankings. This marks a new international recognition for Stratula Mocanu & Asociatii Law Firm, underlying our performances in the M&A practice area, as well as our capacity to successfully compete with much larger law firms from the legal market. For the […]

The reasons why investors will refuse the public private partnership

by Oana Strătulă  (Partner) Given that, during the three years since the entrance into force of the Law 178/2010 on the public private partnership, there has been not even a single PPP contract, the Department of Infrastructure Projects and Foreign Investments sent for approval to the Parliament a new law on public-private partnership1.  As stated in […]

Why do pharmaceutical companies in Romania oppose the claw-back tax?

by Oana Strătulă  (Partner) The obligation to pay the claw-back tax was introduced in Romania, for the first time, in 2009, and it referred to the obligation of the medicines’ producers to pay a quarterly contribution for reimbursed medicines. Taking into account that in Romania the total quarterly consumption of reimbursed medicines is much higher than […]

The strategy used by the European Commission to claim back the funds granted

by Oana Strătulă  (Partner) Beneficiaries of EU funds have encountered unpleasant surprises from the European Commission. Many of them have been accused of creating artificial conditions to receive funding, paradoxically by the same authority who previously approved their projects and payments on the basis of a serious documentation and after many checks1.    The accusation was […]

Strătulă Mocanu & Asociaţii – recommended by IFLR1000 – 2014 Edition

The prestigious international legal directory IFLR1000 (www.iflr1000.com) launched this week the rankings regarding the best law firms worldwide on specific practice areas. We are honored to enter this respectable and rigorous shortlist of the best law firms from Romania. This marks a new international recognition for Strătulă Mocanu & Asociații Law Firm, underlying our performances […]

The luxury of being an owner in Romania, at IMF command

by Oana Strătulă  (Partner) In the Letter of Intent agreed with the International Monetary Fund in late July, the Government has expressed its desire to find new ways to broaden the base of social contribution system in order to reduce the burden of labour taxation1. In this regard, the official document shows that by mid-September 2013, […]