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EU and competition

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

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Full-service law firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has longstanding experience in the EU and competition space in Romania. The practice is home to a 'great competition law team with a good understanding of the market'. The group is well known for advising on all M&A-related competition matters, and has established strength in representing clients in investigations brought by the Romanian Competition Authority. The 'very resourceful' Anca Diaconu heads up the practice; the highly experienced practitioner Georgeta Dinu is now of counsel at the firm.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A dynamic team.’

  • ‘They have a desire to understand the business area in which the client operates, so that advice is tailored and not just general legal advice/solutions.’

  • ‘Great competition law team with a good understanding of the market.’

  • ‘Anca Diaconu is a young and aspiring partner.’

  • ‘Anca Diaconu has been a dedicated member of the team, leading the associates, and guiding us directly. We've appreciated the input and dedication, the preventive measures given by all departments within the law firm for the best, fairest, and safest results in pursuing our plan. Andra Grozavu followed in her footsteps, contouring to be as capable as the partner, ensuring the perpetual development of the team, bringing in new, capable additions so that they could deliver more, better services to us and new clients as well.’

  • ‘Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen team stands out from other lawyers in the market due to their vast experience and deep understanding of the business needs of the clients.'

  • ‘Anca Diaconu is a very resourceful lawyer and her legal advice is always extremely clear, helpful and practical.'

Key clients

  • PepsiCo
  • Kedrion SpA
  • Egger Romania
  • Roche Romania
  • Renania
  • The Romanian Brewers Association
  • Auchan
  • Mega Image (Ahold Delhaize Group)
  • Grupo Bimbo
  • Globalworth

Work highlights

  • Assisted Renania Trade with the competition authority’s investigation into alleged price fixing and market sharing in the personal protection equipment market.
  • Assisted The Romanian Brewers Association with the EU and competition aspects of the implementation of the deposit-return system for primary non-reusable packaging in Romania.
  • Advised Grupo Bimbo on the competition aspects of its entry into the Romanian market through the acquisition of local bakery Vel Pitar.

Lawyers

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Georgeta Dinu
Georgeta started her collaboration with NNDKP in 2004. She became familiar with a diversity of business models while assisting both large multinational companies and domestic clients. She gained significant industry expertise and was constantly connected to the business environment, benefitting from the variety of the clients’ industries, as well as from her active role in the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Romania) Competition Committee. Georgeta has focused on projects with great impact on companies’ business: investigations and related competition litigation, including pleading before EU courts (General Court), merger clearance in multijurisdictional M&A transactions, competition compliance in the clients’ day-to-day business.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Anca Diaconu
Anca Diaconu has significant professional experience in competition, state aid and EU Law matters and acts as Head of NNDKP's Competition, State Aid and EU Law practice. She combines robust academic background with practical experience in high profiles cases. Anca focuses on all aspects of EU and Romanian competition law, including merger clearance, cartels and abuse of dominance cases. She also advises regularly on complex state aid matters and assists high-profile clients with FDI filings. On top of her expertise in transactions and compliance measures, she has a significant track record in competition litigation before national courts, including private damages.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anca Diaconu

Other key lawyers

Georgeta Dinu, Andra Grozavu

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