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CPI Romania, one of the largest players on Romania real estate market, has signed the extension of leasing contracts for a total area of over 12,000 square meters with Deloitte Romania and WPP, two of the main tenants in office building The Mark, whose occupancy rate has now reached 99.7%.

A multidisciplinary team of lawyers from Reff & Asociatii | Deloitte Legal and financial and tax consultants from Deloitte Romania assisted the owners of Expo Market Doraly, Gheorghe Iaciu and the real estate investment fund ARA Europe, in the sale of the business park in its entirety to the Belgian real estate developer WDP, the second largest owner of industrial-logistic spaces in Romania, with a portfolio of almost 1.7 million square meters.

Reff & Associates and Deloitte Romania provided assistance to Studium Green, the real estate developer from Cluj owned by businessman Dorin Bob, in the acquisition of a portfolio of 100 buildings and properties from Immobiliare Italo Romena, a subsidiary of the former Italian bank Veneto Banca (since 2017 in state of compulsory administrative liquidation).   […]

Deloitte Romania and Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal assisted Knauf Insulation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of insulation solutions and part of the German Knauf group, in taking over the glass mineral wool factory Gecsat SA located in Tarnaveni, Mures county. The transaction was completed following the notification of the Competition Council.   […]

Deloitte Romania assisted Romgaz, the largest natural gas producer in Romania, owned 70% by the Romanian state, in obtaining the 325 million euros loan from Raiffeisen Bank.   The loan will be used to partially finance the takeover of Exxon Mobile Exploration and Production Romania Limited (EMEPRL) shares, which account for 50% of the Neptun […]

A multidisciplinary team, made of lawyers specialized in tax litigation from Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal and tax advisors from Deloitte Romania, has obtained a final favorable decision from Romania’s Supreme Court to cancel EUR5.5 million tax decisions issued by the country’s tax regulator ANAF for a support services company, member of a group operating in the energy field.

Deloitte Romania and Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal assisted, via two different multidisciplinary teams, both the sellers and the buyer in the acquisition of the first e-money institution licensed in Romania, Capital Financial Services, which operates under the Twispay brand, by Elrond Network, the blockchain company founded in 2018 in Sibiu by Beniamin Mincu, […]

Romania has implemented the temporary protection mechanism for citizens coming from Ukraine, approved by the European Commission at the beginning of March 2022, through the EU Decision 2022/382. Opinion article by Raluca Bontas, Partner, and Mihaela Vechiu, Manager, Global Employer Services, Deloitte Romania   Thus, people who arrive in Romania, eligible to obtain temporary protection […]

A cross-functional team made of lawyers from Reff & Asociatii I Deloitte Legal and tax consultants from Deloitte Romania has obtained a final favorable decision from Romania’s Supreme Court whereby the country’s tax regulator ANAF is bound to motivate the implementation of a transfer pricing method different from the one chosen by the taxpayer and, by default, the new analysis approach.

A multidisciplinary team, made of lawyers from Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal and tax consultants from Deloitte Romania, has obtained a final favorable decision from the High Court of Cassation and Justice (HCCJ) by which the tax authority is bound to motivate the application of a transfer pricing method different from the one chosen […]

A multidisciplinary team of the Financial Advisory Practice of Deloitte Romania and of law firm Reff & Asociatii, member of the Deloitte Legal global network, has provided assistance to chemical producer Chimcomplex Borzesti (CHOB.RO) in the process of contracting a loan of EUR90 million.

A multi-disciplinary team made of experts from Deloitte Romania’s Financial Advisory practice and from Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal provided assistance to Chimcomplex in obtaining the EUR 90 million funding for refinancing existing loans and for investment. The chemicals producer borrowed EUR 26.7 million from CEC Bank and EUR 30 million from Alpha Bank […]

A multi-disciplinary team made of experts from Deloitte Romania’s Financial Advisory practice and from Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal provided assistance to Chimcomplex in obtaining the EUR 90 million funding for refinancing existing loans and for investment. The chemicals producer borrowed EUR 26.7 million from CEC Bank and EUR 30 million from Alpha Bank on September 30, 2021, which the company will use for fully refinancing existing loans from VTB and Credit Suisse/Argentum Netherlands BV, for the takeover of Oltchim assets, and for continuing development projects. The EUR 56.7 million amount will be supplemented by a EUR 33.3 million loan from CEC Bank, which will be contracted in October 2021, totalling EUR 90 million.

Deloitte Romania strengthens its management team by promoting four employees to the position of directors in the risk advisory, tax, financial advisory and audit and assurance practices, following their contribution and commitment to serving clients and to developing their teams. Andrada Tanase has been promoted to Director in the Risk Advisory practice, Monica Tariuc has been named a Global Employer Services Director within the Tax practice, Vlad Balan has been appointed Financial Advisory Director, and Ion Efros, Audit and Assurance Director, effective September 1, 2021.

Deloitte Romania announces the appointment of Claudiu Ghiurluc, a senior professional with outstanding contributions in serving clients and developing teams, in the role of partner within the audit and assurance practice.

Deloitte Romania opens application for the 22nd edition of Technology Fast 50 Central Europe competition, addressed to large and small local companies in the technology sector, public and private, which register accelerated growth. Providing both established and emerging technology companies the platform to highlight their leading position in their field of activity, the competition is held simultaneously in other 17 Central European countries, namely Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Deloitte Romania advised the Czech energy group CEZ in the sale of seven of its Romanian subsidiaries, active in electricity distribution, supply and renewables, to the infrastructure investor Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers, owned by the Australian group Macquarie. The assets included in the transaction are CEZ Romania’s electricity distribution network, the electricity and gas supply business, with 1.4 million clients, and the largest onshore wind park in Europe, located in Fantanele–Cogealac. This is considered a landmark deal in the Romanian mergers and acquisitions market and the largest transaction in the energy sector in the last years. The agreement was signed at the end of October 2020 for an undisclosed amount and is subject to approval from the European Antitrust Authority and the Romanian Supreme Council of Defence.

Deloitte Romania launches Digital DNA, a solution for assessing companies’ level of digital maturity based on 23 characteristics that define their structure, operations and behavior. Digital DNA addresses mainly SMEs and can be a starting point in setting the digital transformation strategy. The solution is based on a methodology created by Deloitte’s global network of experts based on extensive research conducted by analysing hundreds of studies and articles in the field.

Deloitte Romania and Reff & Associates, the law firm representing Deloitte Legal global network in Romania, provided assistance to Haier Tech, a Romanian company belonging to the Haier Group, in the project for building in Prahova county the first Haier’s refrigeration factory in the European Union. After assisting Haier Tech in obtaining the financing agreement for state aid in December 2019, Deloitte’s Management Consulting practice is now advising Haier Tech in the implementation of the large investment project that exceeds EUR 53 million, for which the state will provide aid of EUR 25 million.

Deloitte Romania advised TeraPlast Group, the largest Romanian producer of construction materials, in the sale of its steel division to the Irish group Kingspan, global leader in insulation and building envelope solutions, which was already present on the Romanian market. The transaction refers to the entire participation held by TeraPlast in the thermo-insulating panel factories TeraSteel in Romania and in Serbia, as well as in the metal tile producer Wetterbest. The agreement is subject to approval from the competition bodies. The value of the sold division has been assessed at 410 million lei, and the final price will be established after adjustments with the net debt and the working capital.