Vienna/Bucharest, 21 April 2016 – Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG SCA recruits new Partner Adrian Șter in 2016
This year, the Romanian office of Austrian law firm Wolf Theiss expands its competition and state aid practice by adding new Partner Adrian Șter to its team.
Adrian Șter has practiced competition law for more than 10 years. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca in 2003, and, in 2005, from the School of Law, Nottingham University, UK. In 2006 he received his Master’s degree “with Merit” in European Law from University College London.
Adrian’s vast experience in the legal field includes assisting leading players on the local market from telecommunication, FMCG, retail, banking, pharma, energy, automotive and media such as Roche Romania, Eli Lilly, Servier, GDF Suez, ENEL Romania, Sig Sauer, Electrolux, Intact Media Group, BV McCann Erickson, Discovery Europe, Opel Southeast Europe, Unilever Romania etc.
“I am thrilled to join a leading law firm such as Wolf Theiss and an exceptional team of professionals, with a remarkable experience that has already become a benchmark for quality legal services in Central and South-East Europe. I am keen on actively contributing to the expansion of the Wolf Theiss competition and state aid practice, using my professional experience to ensure that we are one of the go-to choices in legal services in this field and in related sectors.”, said Adrian Șter, Wolf Theiss Partner and head of Competition and State Aid Practice.
Günter Bauer, Head of the practice group Competition & Antitrust at Wolf Theiss: “We are delighted to have Adrian Șter on board. Our practice group continues growing and Adrian helps further strengthening it in the region.”
Read the full text
Wolf Theiss has new partner for competition law
Vienna/Bucharest, 21 April 2016 – Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG SCA recruits new Partner Adrian Șter in 2016 This year, the Romanian office of Austrian law firm Wolf Theiss expands its competition and state aid practice by adding new Partner Adrian Șter to its team. Adrian Șter has practiced competition law for more […]...
Waste to Energy in Central, Eastern & Southeastern Europe
Wolf Theiss is pleased to publish the first edition (2016) of “The Wolf Theiss Waste to Energy Guide in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe” (the “WtE Guide”). Coupled with the successful “Wolf Theiss Guide to: Generating Electricity from Renewable Sources in Central, Eastern & Southeastern Europe” (the “RES Guide” – now in its seventh edition […]...
A potential blow for wind power in Poland
A recent bill on wind power plant investments, sponsored by MPs of the Law and Justice party, is very controversial to say the least. In its current wording, the proposal will certainly decrease both the feasibility and profitability of wind power plant investments in Poland. Investors in this sector are particularly disappointed with the minimum distance restrictions, the increased real estate tax burden, the significant costs of obtaining and renewing the new operational permit and the zoning requirements....
Legal adviser Wolf Theiss expects 10-15 M&A transactions in Poland in 2015
Legal adviser Wolf Theiss sees its pipeline of pending M&A transactions in Poland more robust than it has been in recent years and expects to carry out between 10 and 15 M&A transactions this year, more by a third than last year, a co-managing partner at the Warsaw office of the consultancy told DealWatch....
HETA Asset Resolution- Temporary moratorium imposed by FMA (German)
On 1 March 2015, the Austrian Financial Market Authority has initiated the resolution of HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG. In substance, the resolutoin measures are modelled along the new European resolution regime for Banks ("Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive - BRRD"). Click "Read More" to view the German version of the alert....
Natural gas & electricity transactions reporting requirements
On 7th of January 2015 the European Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 on data reporting implementing Article 8(2) and Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT)....
New EU data protection rules knocking on the door
"This reform is a necessity, and now it is irreversible. Europe`s directly elected parliamentarians have listened to European citizens and European businesses and, with this vote, have made clear that we need a uniform and strong European data protection law, which will make life easier for business and strengthen the protection of our citizens" - said Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU`s Justice Commissioner....
Brussels I (recast) – Recognition of EU judgements in Bulgaria
Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast) entered into force throughout the European Union on 10 January 2015. The new Regulation simplifies the recognition and enforcement by each European Member State of judgments made in another Member State. It also provides enhanced rules on exclusive jurisdiction clauses, related proceedings and the exclusion of arbitration from the scope of the Regulation....
Rechtssicherheit adé? EuGH beschränkt Wirkung der Transparenzbekanntmachung
Der EuGH hat sich in einer kürzlich ergangenen Entscheidung mit der Wirkung von so genannten "freiwilligen ex ante-Transparenzbekanntmachungen" (in der Folge "Transparenzbekanntmachung") auseinandergesetzt....
Bulgaria – Shareholder rights and loses of corporate licences
On 13 January 2015 the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court ("SAC") dismissed an appeal by the shareholders of Corporate Commercial Bank AD ("CCB") against a decision of the Bulgarian National Bank ("BNB") terminating the company’s banking license, and thus triggering insolvency proceedings....
An uncertain future for the assets of non-re-registered Bulgarian companies
On 31 January 2015 the term for filing for the liquidation of companies that were not re-registered with the Bulgarian Commercial Register (CR) before 31 December 2011 expires. This deadline is important, first, for investors that hold shares in such companies that still have assets and, secondly, for the creditors of such companies....
ANRE order 78/2014
ANRE Order no. 78/2014 on the approval of the Regulation for the execution of bilateral power purchase agreements via extended tender, continuous negotiation and processing contracts entered into force on 1 January 2015. As implied by its name, the Regulation provides for three different transaction methods for electricity trading....