Hammond, Minciu assist the shareholders of APT Group Romania In July 2017, the shareholders of the APT Group finalized their negotiations and signed the sale purchase agreement in respect of the sale by the shareholders of a majority interest in the APT Group to Works Services Group of Poland. Hammond, Minciu & Associates are pleased
In April 2016, the European Union adopted the EU Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation-GDPR) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data, and the subsequent repeal of Directive 95/46/EC The GDPR is to apply starting on 25th May 2018, giving
As a Romanian law company dealing with Labour related issues, it is interesting to see the amendments to the Labour Code recently introduced by the Government. The Romanian Government last month introduced amendments to the Labour Code Whilst these changes are not fundamental they do impact on potential employers as well as current employers and employees
Recently we have had to consider the possibility of a client obtaining in Romania an annulment of his marriage. This raised a number of interesting questions as well as a consideration as to how different legal systems treat a marriage. Coming as I do from a Common Law legal system it became clear to me
One of the first questions as a firm advising potential investors who are thinking of opening a business in Romania, is what type of structure should I be looking at? Tax considerations aside there are three structures by which a foreign investor can legally have a business presence in Romania. These are a representative office,
Land Purchase in Romania The return of part of land to the original owners and the aquisition and ownership of land in Romania still raises many issues twenty-seven years after the change in Government and political thinking. As towns and cities continue to expand factories and offices are being built on the outskirts and on land
Last week Nicholas S Hammond representing the Firm, attended two major business events in London, relating to Romania as well as visiting clients and contacts in London. He attended the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce “BRCC Dinner Gala” at Drapers Hall in the City of London, an event that gathered more than 100 people from different business
There have been many articles written concerning the implementation of The Hague Convention on child abduction. All countries have come into some criticism and Romania has not been immune. The 1980 Hague Convention is applicable in all European Union member states and covers children under 16 years of age who are moved from their regular
As part of Romania’s continued movement towards a fully integrated European Union country there has been a steady movement towards increasing consumer protection. Suppliers of goods and services have become aware of the duties they owe their customers whether they be private individuals or a commercial buyer. The legislation covering the liability of suppliers is