News - Musat & Asociatii – Attorneys at Law

Mușat & Asociații named “Eastern Europe Firm of the Year”

19 May 2022

We’re thrilled to have been named “Eastern Europe Firm of the Year” at the LMG Life Sciences Awards EMEA 2022 held on 12 May in London. A big congratulations to the entire Mușat & Asociații team for winning this award and a big thank you to our clients!

Mușat & Asociații advises lenders on financing the acquisition of several companies in the B2B distribution market by private equity firm FSN Capital

09 May 2022

Mușat & Asociații successfully advised the syndicate of banks comprised of Jefferies Finance LLC, J. P. Morgan and Danske Bank A/S, as lenders, on the Romanian law aspects involving the Romanian company BFG Packaging SRL...

DLC NEWSLETTER 19: SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION

06 May 2022

One of the common types of distribution agreements are selective distribution agreements. In a system of selective distribution, the supplier undertakes to sell the contract goods or services, either directly or indirectly, only to distributors selected on the basis of specified criteria and these distributors undertake not to sell such goods or services to unauthorised distributors within the territory reserved by the supplier to operate that system.

DLC NEWSLETTER 20: “VERTICAL” IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION REVERSE PROTECTION

06 May 2022

As explained in prior countdowns (see DLC countdown 12, DLC countdown 13 and DLC countdown 14) the notions of “active sales” (to actively target individual customers) and “passive sales” (to respond to unsolicited requests from individual customers) are pivotal to the world of vertical agreements.

Mușat & Asociații authors the Lexology GTDT’s Labour & Employment 2022 chapter for Romania

03 May 2022

For the second year in a row, Muşat & Asociaţii authors the Lexology GTDT’s Labour & Employment chapter for Romania...

New threats in cybercrime and how to overcome them

02 May 2022

Cybercrime is rapidly growing in numbers in the current economic and social context in which communication, trading, business meetings or shopping take place mostly online. Threats arising from cyberspace are more and more sophisticated, with recent surveys showing that persons who perpetrate frauds are becoming ever more adept at misleading companies, but also individuals, in a variety of new ways.

DLC NEWSLETTER 18: “VERTICAL” IN THE SPOTLIGHT: DUAL DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION EXCHANGE (ARTICLE 2(7) VBER)

26 April 2022

Dual distribution occurs where a supplier sells goods or services both directly and through independent distributors, thereby competing with these independent distributors on the downstream market. A classic example would be that of a manufacturer of a clothing brand who sells these clothes in his own stores but also relies upon independent retailers to sell the clothes in their stores.