On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the Bucharest Court of Appeal issued a final award of dismissal on damages of about 300 million Euros requested by Football Club U Craiova S.A. further to the decision of the Romanian Football Federation to exclude this club on July 20, 2011. After 8 years of litigation, all claims of Football Club U Craiova S.A., sustained through a whole suite of procedural steps, are irrevocably proven to be unfounded.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații’s lawyers were granted by the Bucharest Court of Appeal a review of a final judgment on public procurement on grounds of breach of EU law primacy. This is a special legal remedy provided at Article 21(1) of Law No. 554/2004. The relevant procurement procedure involved a goods procurement contract in the healthcare sector. The appellant company - a global leading supplier of healthcare infrastructure – challenged a final judgment based on which the contract had been awarded to another undertaking.

Europe’s most active and innovative law firms in banking and finance, capital markets and M&A were celebrated at IFLR’s 20th annual Europe Awards held in London last night. Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații brought home the “Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year in Romania” award for its work on the EUR 1.9 billion Sanofi/Zentiva – Advent International deal.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații won a coveted Deal of the Year Award last night, during an awards ceremony held in Budapest. The event is organised by CEE Legal Matters, an international publication, and has gathered more than 90 lawyers from leading international and domestic outfits from the CEE region.

Andersen Global today announced a collaboration agreement with Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații, a law firm with offices in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca and its tax arm, Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații Tax. This is the first collaboration agreement in Romania, and continues Andersen Global’s expansion in Eastern Europe.