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Key contacts
Co-Managing Partner: Ion Nestor
Co-Managing Partner: Manuela Nestor
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

108

Number of partners

29

Network memberships

Lex Mundi, WSG, SEE Legal, ELG, IAC, TSLA

Languages

Romanian, English, French, German

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
M&A
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Firm overview

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) is a pioneer of business law in Romania.

For the past 35 years, our lawyers and tax consultants have been advising both international corporations and local entrepreneurs on landmark deals and one-of-a kind projects in Romania and have contributed to the evolution of the domestic business environment, including in innovative and niche sectors.

With over 120 lawyers and consultants working out of our Bucharest, Timisoara and Cluj-Napoca offices, NNDKP offers integrated legal and tax advice across virtually all areas of practice and industry sectors.

NNDKP represents Romania in some of the most prestigious international professional networks – Lex Mundi, World Services Group – and is a founding member of the South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal) and a member of the Three Seas Legal Alliance.

Key transactional practices
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
Key practice contacts and recent transactional highlights

Banking & Finance:
Manuela Nestor, Alina Radu, Valentin Voinescu

Capital Markets:
Manuela Nestor, Alina Radu

Mergers & Acquisitions:
Gabriela Cacerea, Ruxandra Bologa, Adina Chilim-Dumitriu, Adriana I. Gaspar

Recent transactional highlights:

  • Assisted Gránit Asset Management in the EUR 52 million acquisition of Equilibrium 1 office building.
  • Assisted MedLife, the largest private healthcare network in Romania, in increasing its syndicated loan by up to EUR 50 million, thus reaching a total of EUR 330 million.
  • Advised Globant, an IT and software development company present in 33 countries with more than 29,000 employees worldwide, throughout the entire process of merging two Romanian subsidiaries – Pentalog Romania S.R.L. and Pentalog HR Romania S.R.L.
  • Was part of the international team of advisors that assisted the Chinese Inner Mongolia Mengtai Group Co., Ltd. in the acquisition of the Alu Menziken Group from Montana Aerospace AG.
  • Assisted Mexican investor Grupo Bimbo in the acquisition of Vel Pitar, the leader of the Romanian market of bread and bakery products.
  • Assisted CTP, Europe’s largest listed developer, owner, and manager of industrial and logistics properties by gross lettable area, in acquiring the logistics portfolio fully owned by Globalworth, the largest office investor in CEE.
  • Assisted AAylex One, one of the leading players in the Romanian food industry, in connection with a EUR 20 million loan facility granted by a syndicate of banks.
  • Assisted a syndicate of banks in providing a loan facility totalling EUR 101.5 to RodBun Group, one of Romania’s most important players in the agricultural field, by refinancing and increasing existing facilities by EUR 37.14 million.
  • Assisted a syndicate of banks with the amendment and extension until 2026 of USD 150 million working capital credit facilities for ALRO S.A., one of the largest vertically integrated aluminium producers in Europe, by production capacity.
  • Was part of the international team of advisors that assisted Insight Enterprises, a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator focused on driving client success through digital transformation, in acquiring Amdaris, a software development and digital services company based in the UK, with service delivery centres located in several Eastern European countries.
  • Was part of the international team of advisors that assisted NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, Inc., one of the world’s leading logistics companies, in acquiring the shares of the multiple subsidiaries of Cargo-Partner Group Holding AG (Cargo-Partner), which provides global logistics services through its main business sites in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Was part of the international team of advisors that assisted CANCOM SE, one of the leading integrated IT service providers in Germany, in the acquisition of K-Businesscom-Group and all its subsidiaries, Austria’s leading provider of IT&C solutions and services.
  • Assisted a syndicate of banks in providing EUR 550 million in financing to the Swiss group Ameropa, which owns some of the largest local agribusiness companies – Azomures, Romania’s largest fertilizer producer, Ameropa Grains SA, a major grain trader, and Chimpex, a leader in port operations.
  • Assisted Impact Developer & Contractor SA, a leading real estate developer in Romania, in connection with a EUR 8 million corporate bond issue.
  • Assisted OTP Bank Romania and OTP Group in a EUR 57.80 million financing for real estate developer Exigent Property Investment SRL.
  • Assisted Holcim Romania, one of the leaders in the construction materials industry in Romania, with the expansion of its aggregates division through the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Stones Business Development SRL.
  • Assisted Bioivt, a leading global provider of high-quality biological specimens and value-added services in the acquisition of a European company with local (Romanian) presence, leader in the human tissue procurement and clinical trial services.
  • Assisted ExxonMobil in closing the sale of its participation in Neptun Deep offshore project to Romgaz, one of the most important M&A transactions in the energy sector ever rolled out on the local market.
Sector expertise
  • Agriculture
  • Automotive
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Gaming
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharm and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Transport, Utilities
Other offices

TIMISOARA OFFICE
AFI Park Timisoara, 10 Coriolan Brediceanu St, Building B, 5th Floor
Timisoara 300011, Timis
Romania
T: +40 256 202 133
E: office.timisoara@nndkp.ro
 
CLUJ-NAPOCA OFFICE
Silver Business Center, 48 Dorobantilor St., 6th Floor
Cluj-Napoca 400117, Cluj
Romania
T: +40 364 229 000
E: office.cluj@nndkp.ro

Address:
201 Barbu Vacarescu Street
Globalworth Tower, 18th floor
Bucharest, 020276
Tel:+40212011200 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.nndkp.ro/
Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 2
31 firms ranked
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Tier 1

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance Badea
11 practice areas
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Dentons Europe - Zizzi si Asociatii SPARL
6 practice areas
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Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Kinstellar
11 practice areas
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Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
10 practice areas
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Schoenherr & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Filip & Company
10 practice areas
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Muşat & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Reff & Asociaţii - Member of Deloitte Legal
10 practice areas
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Volciuc-Ionescu
10 practice areas
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Wolf Theiss
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bulboaca & Asociaţii
9 practice areas
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Leroy & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Popescu & Asociatii
7 practice areas
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Popovici Niţu Stoica & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Suciu Partners
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

DLA Piper Dinu
7 practice areas
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Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners
9 practice areas
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Notable

D&B David si Baias
6 practice areas
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Drakopoulos
6 practice areas
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Legal Ground
9 practice areas
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Pavel Margarit & Associates
2 practice areas
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PeliPartners
4 practice areas
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Rădulescu & Mușoi Attorneys at Law
4 practice areas
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Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys at Law
6 practice areas
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Vlăsceanu & Partners
4 practice areas
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Voicu & Asociații SCA
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 3
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance Badea
11 practice areas
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Filip & Company
10 practice areas
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Schoenherr & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
11 practice areas
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Dentons Europe - Zizzi si Asociatii SPARL
6 practice areas
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Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Muşat & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
10 practice areas
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Popovici Niţu Stoica & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Notable

Dutescu & Partners
2 practice areas
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Leroy & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Popescu & Asociatii
7 practice areas
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Reff & Asociaţii - Member of Deloitte Legal
10 practice areas
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Stoica & Asociatii
2 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 2
42 firms ranked
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Tier 1

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
11 practice areas
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Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
11 practice areas
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Schoenherr & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance Badea
11 practice areas
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Filip & Company
10 practice areas
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Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
10 practice areas
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Popovici Niţu Stoica & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Wolf Theiss
8 practice areas
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Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

D&B David si Baias
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper Dinu
7 practice areas
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Dentons Europe - Zizzi si Asociatii SPARL
6 practice areas
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Kinstellar
11 practice areas
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Muşat & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Reff & Asociaţii - Member of Deloitte Legal
10 practice areas
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Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys at Law
6 practice areas
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Suciu Partners
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Leroy & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Popescu & Asociatii
7 practice areas
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bpv Grigorescu Ştefănică
11 practice areas
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Tier 5

AS LEGAL ADVICE
3 practice areas
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Bulboaca & Asociaţii
9 practice areas
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Glodeanu & Partners
3 practice areas
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MPR Partners
3 practice areas
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ONV LAW
4 practice areas
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PeliPartners
4 practice areas
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Peterka & Partners
6 practice areas
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Vernon | David
5 practice areas
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Voicu & Asociații SCA
9 practice areas
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Volciuc-Ionescu
10 practice areas
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Notable

Biriș Goran
2 practice areas
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Băncilă Diaconu și Asociații
6 practice areas
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Drakopoulos
6 practice areas
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LYNX Romania
3 practice areas
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Legal Ground
9 practice areas
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Mitel & Asociaţii
5 practice areas
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Pavel Margarit & Asociaţii
4 practice areas
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Rădulescu & Mușoi Attorneys at Law
4 practice areas
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Stratula & Asociaţii
2 practice areas
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Vlăsceanu & Partners
4 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 1
31 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
10 practice areas
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Schoenherr & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
11 practice areas
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Dentons Europe - Zizzi si Asociatii SPARL
6 practice areas
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Popovici Niţu Stoica & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Suciu Partners
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Clifford Chance Badea
11 practice areas
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DLA Piper Dinu
7 practice areas
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Filip & Company
10 practice areas
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Kinstellar
11 practice areas
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Leroy & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Muşat & Asociaţii
11 practice areas
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Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
11 practice areas
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Volciuc-Ionescu
10 practice areas
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bpv Grigorescu Ştefănică
11 practice areas
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Tier 4

Glodeanu & Partners
3 practice areas
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ONV LAW
4 practice areas
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PeliPartners
4 practice areas
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Popescu & Asociatii
7 practice areas
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Reff & Asociaţii - Member of Deloitte Legal
10 practice areas
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Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys at Law
6 practice areas
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Voicu & Asociații SCA
9 practice areas
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Wolf Theiss
8 practice areas
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Notable

Bulboaca & Asociaţii
9 practice areas
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Băncilă Diaconu și Asociații
6 practice areas
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Ijdelea & Associates
2 practice areas
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Mihailescu Legal
1 practice area
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Nyerges & Partners
2 practice areas
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Pavel Margarit & Asociaţii
4 practice areas
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Vlăsceanu & Partners
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen is one of the oldest la firms in Romania. Established in 1990, it has offices in Bucharest, Timisoara and Cluj. The firm has contributed to myriads of deals and projects in Romania, helping corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds and entrepreneurs move forward with their business initiatives. The firm has a particular strength in project development achieving tier 1 status in this area. The firm is also highly active in banking and finance and M&A work achieving tier 2 status in these areas.

 

Highlights 

The firm advised Aaylex One on the $21 million financing during all phases of the project, assisting in all aspects related to the structuring, negotiation, and signing of the complex loan documentation.

 

The firm advised NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS on acquiring the shares of the multiple subsidiaries of Cargo-Partner Group Holding.

 

Key clients 

Globant, Grupo Bimbo, Inner Mongolia Mengtai Group, Nippon Express Holdings, and Safety Broker de Asigurare.

 

Testimonials 

“High level of professionalism, availability, very good negotiators, provide creative solutions, excellent team organization and coordination.” – Banking and finance Client

“They are the most commercial firm in Romania - in client service, commercial awareness and understanding of client needs.” – Banking and finance Client

“Their particular ability to find solutions in peculiar situations, with a particular capability to deal with widely accepted legal opinions in relation to loans backed by sovereign guarantee.” – Banking and finance Client

“Good lawyers, quite responsive.” – M&A Client

“The client orientation approach and the deep understanding of the business” – M&A Client

“Keen eye for detail, with a risk limitation approach.” – M&A Client

“we appreciate complex, complete and fast advice and support.” – M&A Client

“The team was highly professional and very well prepared, helping us navigate the complexities of the legal energy landscape and ensure compliance with various obligations. They demonstrated perfect mastery and in-depth knowledge of regulatory matters, market trends and pricing mechanisms, and proposed tailored solutions to accommodate our specific needs. We have been very satisfied with our collaboration.” - Project development Client


“NNDKP has a strong team with strong in-depth knowledge of all regulatory matters related with mining sector.”
- Project development Client

“The multi-disciplinary team that offered combined legal expertise and practical business insight, the excellent client service and the results obtained.” - Project development Client

“Adina is a very experienced lawyer in public procurement matters and very good in coordinating her work and understanding the client's specific needs and business.” – Adina Chilim Dumitriu

“Senior and knowledgeable.” – Adriana Gaspar

“Highly experienced and skilled lawyer, always anticipating our needs and providing pro-business solutions.” – Adriana Gaspar

“He is one of the best lawyers we have interacted well. Knows perfectly how to balance tense situations.” – Alexandru Ciambur

“Communication, expertise, solutions, collaboration.” – Alina Radu

“Exceptional communication and hands on approach to projects.” – Emmanuel Flechea

“Gabriela has excellent expertise in the energy sector, being best placed to advise on highly complex industry-specific matters requiring a detailed risk assessment and careful balancing of various aspects. She is a very organized person, a true problem-solver and an excellent project manager. She is very effective, the type of person that gets things done.” – Gabriela Cacerea

“She is quite up to speed in most of the relevant areas of expertise in the energy sector.” – Gabriela Cacerea

“Deep understanding of the energy sector.” - Ruxandra           Bologa

Ruxandra is an outstanding team leader. Her knowledge and experience in the Romanian natural resources sector gave us the comfort we have the best professional to assist us with our work.” - Ruxandra Bologa

“The best in class in energy & mining sector, including CCUS projects. Understand our needs and delivers all in time in a super professional way. Fully rely on her feedback and expertise, highly effective in the analyses.” - Ruxandra Bologa

“Legal knowledge, large overview of risk of any decision of customers, communication and all professional aspects.” - Ruxandra Bologa

“Provide innovative solutions” - Valentin Voinescu

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Deal Highlights
5 results5 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Banca Comercială Română; CEC Bank; Banca Comerciala Intesa Sanpaolo Romania; OTP Bank Romania; EximBank - Financing
2020-11-30
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Oman
Financing
Valentin Voinescu
Banca Comercială Română, CEC Bank, Banca Comerciala Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, OTP Bank Romania, EximBank
Lender
Aaylex System Group - Financing
2021-03-30
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Oman
Financing
Valentin Voinescu
Aaylex System Group
Borrower
Banca Comercială Română; CEC Bank; Raiffeisen Bank; Banca Românească - Financing
2021-02-23
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Oman
Financing
Valentin Voinescu
Banca Comercială Română, CEC Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, Banca Românească
Lender
Duro Felguera - Project development
2021-02-25
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Oman
Project development
Razvan Vlad
Duro Felguera
Contractor
ExxonMobil Development Company - Project development
2021-02-25
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Oman
Project development
Ruxandra Bologa
ExxonMobil Development Company
Project developer
Sponsored

Sponsored

  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
    Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted Magyar Posta Takarék Real Estate Investment Fund (MPTIA), a public fund managed by Gránit Asset Management, with the acquisition of Equilibrium 2 office building in Bucharest from Skanska. With this latest acquisition, Gránit Asset Management now owns the Equilibrium office complex in its entirety, following the successful acquisition of the Equilibrium 1 building last year, also with legal assistance from NNDKP.
  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
    Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted the syndicate of banks that provided approximately EUR 500 million in financing to Carmistin The Food Company, the new national leader in poultry meat and feed production.
  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
    Baker McKenzie Ukraine (global counsel) and Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) (local counsel) have provided comprehensive legal assistance to Metinvest, an international, vertically integrated mining and metals company, in connection with the acquisition of the majority shareholding in ArcelorMittal Iași. This complex transaction required coordinated efforts across multiple jurisdictions and legal disciplines, underscoring the strategic importance of the project for Metinvest’s regional expansion.