Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații received a total of 275 points and was ranked 3rd in the Continental European Firms featured in this year’s „Financial Times Innovative Lawyers” report. On the 16th of October, the Financial Times launched its third edition of the „Financial Times Innovative Lawyers” report, in the presence of 400 lawyers and in-house counsels from law firms and leading companies across Europe. For the second year running, Romania has been represented among the elite of the European legal industry, alongside well-known firms such as Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Linklaters, Freshfields, Eversheds etc. „In this year’s FT Innovative Lawyers report, Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații is the only eastern European firm to be recognised”, stated the journalists from the Financial Times.

For the first time, the Financial Times shortlists a Romanian lawyer for the “Legal Innovator of the Year Award”. Florentin Țuca, Managing Partner with Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații stands alone as sole Romanian lawyer who was nominated and then shortlisted for the “Legal Innovator of the Year Award”.

The latest edition of IFLR 1000 highlights Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații's continued strong standing in the Romanian legal services market. The firm’s various practice groups secured top rankings, being recognized among the best in the market.

Romanian government and representatives of Austria's largest steel maker Voestalpine signed today the Memorandum of Understanding which moves the company one step closer to choosing a strategic location to build its steel mill on a greenfield site on the Black Sea coast.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații is one of the most active transactional law firms in Romania and South-Eastern Europe (SEE), according to the number of M&A deals concluded in H1/2008. As revealed by the ISI DealWatch „Emerging Market M&A Deal Activity” report, Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații advised on M&A deals with an aggregate value of USD 861 million. The league tables compiled by ISI DealWatch rank Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații first in Romania and second in the SEE region by deal count.