07.05.2016

French-held Carrefour may use the Billa brand for the Billa Romania stores for 18 months from the date of the deal. The two parties signed the deal last December, which means only 12 months left. When more

05.23.2016

Lantmannen Unibake, held by a cooperative of 27,000 Swedish farmers, has bought the retail and bakery operations of GoodMills in Romania (the former Titan company) from Austria’s Raiffeisen group, more

04.25.2016

Polish-held real estate company Global Trade Center completed the acquisition of the Premium Plaza and Premium Point office buildings in Bucharest at the end of last week, says real estate consultant more

03.29.2016

Five sectors generated half of the 123 deals closed in Romania last year – IT, energy, real estate, services and pharmaceuticals/healthcare. more

02.17.2016

The local mergers and acquisitions market has thawed up in the last few months, after three international giants decided to spend about EUR100 million each in Romania, reveals a ZF analysis taking more

12.24.2015

BCR, the largest local bank, has sold a set of non-performing corporate loans with a face value of EUR1.2 billion to a consortium comprised of Deutsche Bank, IFC and APS. This is the largest NPL deal more

12.23.2015

Four large debt collectors, APS (Czech Republic), KRUK (Poland), Kredyt Inkaso (Poland) and EOS (Germany) reached an almost EUR6 billion non-performing loan portfolio at the end this year, which they more

12.17.2015

The transfer of the majority stake in KMG International (former Rompetrol Group) by KazMunayGas to CEFC China Energy Company Limited is a good thing, says Ion Sturza, the former deputy chief executive more

11.16.2015

Five deals involving sale of office buildings in Bucharest worth EUR180 million to EUR200 million together have been announced and closed or should be closed by the end of this year, ZF has found from more

10.16.2015

The top ten deals in the real estate sector in Romania in the first nine months amount to almost EUR300 million, or half the entire market, according to a ZF analysis based on the data supplied by more

10.08.2015

The ten largest office space rental deals in the first nine months of the year total more than 80,000 square meters, and the IT and outsourcing companies were the most active on the office space more

09.24.2015

Sweden’s Skanska group, one of the largest real estate developers in Romania, has bought a 2.1 hectare plot across the street from the Politehnica subway station in western Bucharest. more

09.09.2015

US fund J.C. Flowers shook hands with Romanian lender Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) stockholders to buy a 25% stake in the bank through a private investment worth nearly 80 million lei deal. more

08.21.2015

Although Bucharest holds half of the 2 million square meter industrial space stock in Romania, none of the five largest transactions in this sector in the first half involved space in the city. more

08.06.2015

The first half report of Hungary’s MOL shows it paid HUF15.5 billion (about EUR50 million) for the 42 Agip gas stations Italy’s ENI still had in Romania. The acquisition of the Agip gas stations more

07.16.2015

A 5.5% stake in Romanian abrasives maker Carbochim Cluj-Napoca (CBC. RO) was traded Wednesday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange in a deal transaction worth 952,000 lei. more

07.06.2015

The private medical services market is hectic this summer, with several deals involving the most important companies in the industry due to be concluded by yearend. more

04.01.2015

The mergers and acquisitions market estimated at about EUR4 billion last year is entering a busy period after a number of quiet years, driven by acquisitions or exits by private equity firms and by more

03.12.2015

Paravion, Vola and Bittnet are involved in deals worth millions of euros, confirming the new generation of local entrepreneurs has become attractive to investment funds. “Everybody is trying to get more

12.30.2014

Romania's antitrust authority has approved the deal whereby Cyprus-registered Tatika Investments, which owns the Ramada Parc and Ramada Plaza, takes over International Business Trading, owner of more

12.10.2014

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (TLV. RO) Wednesday said it approved the acquisition of Volksbank Romania, the local unit of Österreichische Volksbank en AG. more

12.08.2014

Auchan has completed the takeover of 12 shopping galleries near its hypermarkets in the third quarter, following a EUR261 million deal, one of the largest deals on the Central European retail market more

11.27.2014

Globalworth Real Estate Investments, founded by Greek businessman Ioannis Papalekas, has acquired from Swedish-held Skanska Romania the first building of the Green Court office compound in Bucharest, more

10.30.2014

Luxembourg-based investment fund Tavirama has bought two retail spaces and one luxury apartment in Bucharest for EUR1.2 million, its first transactions on the Romanian market, where it plans to reach more

10.13.2014

The price of land in Bucharest currently stands at about EUR70/square meter for large plots in areas like Soseaua Alexandriei or behind the plots bordering the boulevard in the Pallady area and may more