Mușat & Asociații este întotdeauna cu un pas înainte în ceea ce privește evoluția cadrului legislativ și a mediului de afaceri, anticipând nevoile clienților și acționând că un deschizător de drumuri în domeniu.

DLC NEWSLETTER 13: “VERTICAL” IN THE SPOTLIGHT: ACTIVE SALES RESTRICTIONS (PARALLEL IMPOSITION REQUIREMENT)

Classic notions in the world of vertical agreements are those of “active sales” and “passive sales”. Active sales involve some form of active targeting of a particular customer group or territory. Passive sales consist of transactions in response to unsolicited requests from individual customers without having initiated the sales by means of active targeting of such customers.

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The In-House Lawyer magazine: Hot topic in future real estate investments: Romania’s assistance plan for market sectors

Looking ahead, 2022 could be a crucial year for real estate investments in Romania. The implementation of the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) calls for extensive legislative changes that may have a real impact on the business environment.

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The In-House Lawyer magazine: EPPO regulation in Romania: a new chapter in criminal investigations of fraud with EU funds

In this article in The Legal 500 (Legalease)‘s In-house Lawyer magazine, winter 2022 edition, Partner Alexandru Terta and Managing Associate Stefan Diaconescu highlight the essential role that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) will play in criminal investigations aimed at preventing and sanctioning individuals and/or legal entities who perpetrate crimes against the financial interests of the European Union (EU), as well as the competence of the European prosecutors delegated to perform criminal investigation activities in such cases.

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DLC NEWSLETTER 12: “VERTICAL” IN THE SPOTLIGHT: ACTIVE SALES RESTRICTIONS (EXCLUSIVITY CONDITION)

Classic notions in the world of vertical agreements are those of “active sales” and “passive sales”. Active sales involve some form of active targeting of a particular customer group or territory. Passive sales consist of transactions in response to unsolicited requests from individual customers without having initiated the sales by means of active targeting of such customers.

DLC NEWSLETTER 11: “VERTICAL” IN THE SPOTLIGHT: HARDCORE RESTRICTIONS EQUIVALENCE

Online sales restrictions are under close scrutiny from the European Commission and national competition authorities. It is well established that outright online sales bans are qualified as hardcore restrictions, which cannot benefit from the VBER.

DLC NEWSLETTER 10: “VERTICAL” IN THE SPOTLIGHT: HARDCORE RESTRICTIONS DUAL PRICING

When a supplier or manufacturer charges different wholesale prices for the same product depending on whether the product is intended to be sold online or offline, or whether the buyer will sell it to a retailer or directly to end-customers, dual pricing is practiced.

Mușat & Asociații advises Sika AG on its EUR 5.2 billion acquisition of MBCC Group

Musat & Asociatii advised Switzerland’s construction chemicals group Sika AG on all Romanian legal aspects of its EUR 5.2 billion acquisition of MBCC Group (Master Builders Construction Chemicals) from Lone Star Funds, a global private equity firm. The acquisition is subject to regulatory clearances and is expected to close by the end of 2022.

Important notice:

Beware of Fraudulent Emails

We have been informed that some of you have recently received unsolicited emails from a fake email address claiming to represent our law firm. We would like to emphasize that these messages do not come from us and have nothing to do with our work. For your safety, please do not open these emails and do not provide any personal or confidential information.

If you have received such messages, we recommend that you report them as spam and contact us directly at the official email address (general@musat.ro) or at our phone number - 021.202.59.00.

We are looking very seriously into this situation and are investigating it together with the competent authorities to prevent such incidents in the future. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Anunț important

Atenție la Emailuri Fictive

Am fost informați că, recent, unii dintre voi ați primit emailuri nesolicitate de la o adresă de email falsă care pretinde a reprezenta firma noastră de avocatură. Dorim să subliniem că aceste mesaje nu provin de la noi și nu au nicio legătură cu activitatea noastră. Pentru siguranța dumneavoastră, vă rugăm să nu deschideți aceste emailuri și să nu furnizați informații personale sau confidențiale.

Dacă ați primit astfel de mesaje, vă recomandăm să le raportați ca spam și să ne contactați direct la adresa oficială de email (general@musat.ro) sau la numărul nostru de telefon - 021.202.59.00.

Luăm foarte în serios această situație și investigăm împreună cu autoritățile competente pentru a preveni astfel de incidente pe viitor. Vă mulțumim pentru înțelegere și colaborare!