Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații triumphed at the Top Lawyers of Romania Gala, being recognised as Romania's top law firm in six areas of practice. The awards were announced at FinMedia's Gala held yesterday in Bucharest, marking the publication of the second edition of the Top Lawyer of Romania report. FinMedia honored the top law firms and lawyers in Romania in ten separate areas of practice with the prestigious awards for excellence. Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații received six out of ten prizes which is an indication of the firm's outstanding performance and leadership in major fields of law practice: Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, International Arbitration, Capital Markets, Competition and Environmental Law.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații has advised the investment fund Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Immobilienfonds (DEGI), part of Aberdeen Property Investors Group from Scotland, on the closure of a hundred million Euros deal for the takeover of the Iris Shopping Center in Bucharest which also includes an Auchan hypermarket. Ziarul Financiar, Romania's leading financial and business newspaper reported today that the transaction value amounts to EUR 147 million.

Florentin Țuca, Managing Partner with Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații was honored with the Leadership Award, one of the 6 presented yesterday at the Target Gala. The award recognizes exemplary work performance in emerging leadership, dynamic leadership, teamwork, extraordinary initiative and overall excellence in the management of a successful business practice.

The National Company of Motorways and National Roads signed today the consultancy services contract (technical assistance, financial and legal) regarding the concession project for the Bucharest Ringroad with the winning consortium consisting of Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații and other 2 companies.

The lawyers of Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații firm have obtained, for the benefit of the Romanian President Traian Băsescu, the annulment of the decision of the lower court, which had rejected as unfounded the challenge of the Head of the State regarding the warning of the National Council for the Fight Against Discrimination, in the case of the offense addressed to a television reporter.