Press Releases

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) advised Raiffeisen Bank Romania on the financing granted to Monza Ares Group (held by Highlander Partners), one of the largest private healthcare networks in Romania, for the acquisition of Brain Institute, the country’s premier private neurosurgery center ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) successfully assisted PPC Group, one of the largest investors in the Romanian energy sector, in the collective bargaining process conducted to conclude new collective bargaining agreements for the group’s largest entities, i.e., Rețele Electrice România, PPC Energie, PPC Renewables and PPC România ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) was part of the international legal team advising the Spanish Saica Group, one of the largest European players in the development and production of recycled paper and packaging, on the acquisition of the German Thimm Group, a leading provider of sustainable corrugated packaging and display solutions ...

The High Court of Cassation and Justice has recently upheld a decision of the Timisoara Court of Appeal, with significant relevance for transfer pricing disputes based on the re-qualification of the functional profile of a company within a multinational group from independent producer to producer under the full control of the group ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) advised Holcim Romania on the acquisition of Uranus Pluton SRL, a granite quarry operator active since 2004 in Tulcea county.NNDKP assisted Holcim Romania at every stage of the transaction, from conducting due diligence on the target and its mining operations to advising on the negotiation of the share sale and purchase agreement, as well as drafting and reviewing the relevant contractual documentation ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has won the Future Lawyers Programme of the Year award at the 2025 Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact Awards, for its programmes dedicated to future generations of legal professionals ...

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 ...

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.The syndicate of banks included Banca Comercială Română S.A. (as Global Coordinator, Bookrunner, Documentation Agent, Facility Agent and Security Agent), ING Bank N.V. Amsterdam – Bucharest Branch (as Global Coordinator and Bookrunner), CEC Bank S.A ...

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 ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted PetStar group, the largest PET preform producer in Romania and the Balkan area by production volume and format variety, operating under the “Bottle-to-Bottle” circular model, in the transactions involving, on the one hand, re-acquiring sole control of the two packaging manufacturing companies within the group, and obtaining a new EUR 50 million financing, on the other hand ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) was named "Romania Law Firm of the Year" for the seventh time by Chambers and Partners at the Chambers Europe 2025 Awards gala, which took place on May 29th in Madrid.The award granted by Chambers and Partners, one of the most respected guides dedicated to the global legal market, recognizes NNDKP's performance in the Romanian business legal services market ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted MedLife, the largest private healthcare network in Romania and the only company with Romanian capital listed on the Stock Exchange, in increasing its syndicated loan by up to EUR 50 million, thus reaching a total of EUR 330 million. The syndicate of banks that granted the loan includes Banca Comercială Română (BCR), Raiffeisen Bank, BRD Groupe Société Générale, Banca Transilvania and ING Bank N.V ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted Grodiusz Private Equity Fund, an investment fund managed by the Hungarian company Gránit Asset Management, in the acquisition of Equilibrium 1 office building from Skanska Commercial Development, one of the largest developers of commercial and residential projects, in a EUR 52 million transaction ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) celebrates 35 years of activity, an important milestone in the firm's history, which is recognized today as a promoter of business law in Romania and a leader in the legal consultancy services market.The beginnings of NNDKP date back to 1990, when Ion and Manuela Nestor founded a legal consulting firm focused on the business sector ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) promotes 11 lawyers and 1 tax consultant in 2025, bolstering five key practice areas within the firm. 7 lawyers are promoted to senior managing associate positions, 2 lawyers are promoted to managing associate roles, and 2 other lawyers are named senior associates. Furthermore, one tax consultant is promoted to Senior Tax Manager and other 9 lawyers take a step forward in their careers ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has secured a final favorable decision for an important manufacturer of components for automotive safety systems, in a customs dispute. The final decision issued by the Timisoara Court of Appeal confirms the company’s right to recover the customs duties paid based on incorrect customs declarations, marking a significant benchmark in the legal field ...

The NNDKP Center of Excellence in Fiscal Disputes (NNDKP CELF) has successfully represented a client in maintaining the recognition, through a final court decision, of the right to deduct VAT on expenses incurred for investments necessary to start or continue certain real estate projects that were ultimately not completed.In this case, the taxpayer, a real estate developer, intended to start two real estate projects on the land they owned ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has assisted AAylex One, one of the leading players in the Romanian food industry and the producer of the Cocorico brand in connection with a EUR 20 million loan facility granted by a syndicate of banks.The syndicate of banks included CEC Bank S.A. and Alpha Bank Romania S.A. and the facility granted is secured by a guarantee issued by Exim Banca Românească in the name and on behalf of the State ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has recently 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. The transaction was part of a global reorganization process that Globant designed in order to continue and accelerate its expansion worldwide, including in Romania ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) was part of the international team of advisors that assisted the Chinese Inner Mongolia Mengtai Group Co., Ltd. with the acquisition of the Alu Menziken Group from Montana Aerospace AG.NNDKP provided legal assistance in the Romanian jurisdiction. The project was coordinated by the German law firm HEUKING, which acted as lead counsel in the transaction and coordinated local counsel in Switzerland, Austria and Romania ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has assisted CTP, Europe’s largest listed developer, owner, and manager of industrial and logistics properties by gross lettable area (GLA), in acquiring the logistics portfolio fully owned by Globalworth, the largest office investor in CEE, with leading positions in Romania and Poland ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) earns top recognition in the 2024 Legal 500 rankings, EMEA edition ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) announces it has achieved high rankings in the recently published 2024 edition of Chambers Europe. The results reconfirm the firm’s leading position on the Romanian business law market, NNDKP being ranked in each of the 9 areas of practice researched in Romania, namely Banking & Finance, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Intellectual Property & TMT, Projects & Energy, Real Estate and Tax ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted a syndicate of banks in providing a loan facility totalling EUR 101.5 to RodBun Group, by refinancing and increasing existing facilities by EUR 37.14 million. RodBun is an integrator of agricultural products and solutions, and one of Romania’s most important players in this field.The syndicate of banks included Banca Comercială Română S.A ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has 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.The syndicate of banks was coordinated by Exim Banca Românească and included Banca Comercială Română SA (BCR), OTP Bank Romania, CEC Bank, UniCredit Bank, Alpha Bank Romania and Banca Transilvania ...