Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted Lafarge in connection with the sale of its assets in Romania as part of a selection process won by the Irish company Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH). As a consequence of the merger between Lafarge and Holcim, one of the largest worldwide deals on the construction market, the Irish giant will take over the shares of Lafarge and Holcim in several jurisdictions, such as France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, UK, Canada, US, Philippines and Brazil.
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has announced the refinement of its identity by adding the “Legal & Tax” tagline. This reflects the synergies, built over the past six years, between its legal consultancy/dispute resolution and the tax consultancy.
NNDKP announced the consolidation of its Marketing and Business Development department with Anca Toma joining the team as Business Development Manager. With approximately ten years of experience in managing activities in this field for international law firms, consultancy firms, and financial institutions, Anca will help develop customized tactics for optimum relationship management of NNDKP’s clients.
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen won the appeal filed by the National Forest Administration against the an Orthodox Church fund. The Cluj Court of Appeals admitted the appeal filed by the forest administration and dismissed the action , filed by the church fund,for the restitution of over 166,813.5 hectares of forest – over 75% of Suceava county’s forestland. The litigation started in 2001, and in 2008 the Suceava Trial Court admitted the claim filed by the church fund, thus ordering the national forest administration to hand over this land to the fund.
One of the largest German infrastructure providers, represented by Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, was awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport (Constanta county). The Court of Appeals dismissed the complaint filed by another consortium against the decision of the National Council for Solving Complaints, confirming its lawfulness and, implicitly, that of the assessment of the submitted bids. The decision of the Court of Appeals comes eight months after the publication in the Electronic System for Public Acquisitions (SEAP) of the participation notice for the award of the contract.
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen successfully represented a major Israeli generic drug producer in obtaining the revocation of the supplementary protection certificate (SPC) issued by the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (SOIT) to the largest Japanese pharmaceutical company.
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen successfully represented a major Czech generic drug producer in a dispute related to the request of the world ‘s largest research-based pharmaceutical company for a supplementary protection certificate. The Bucharest Court of Appeals admitted the second appeal filed by OSIM and the Czech drug producer, annulled the initial decision of the Bucharest Court, and dismissed the motion to issue a supplementary protection certificate for the sildenafil product.
For the third time, NNDKP and Musat & Asociatii have obtained a dismissal of the extraordinary means of challenge filed by a Romanian steel manufacturer against a major German producer of steel and industrial components.
The head of the French operator’s legal department commented:Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen assisted the Romanian subsidiary of the largest French telecom company in implementing one of the most innovative projects launched in Romania, consisting of television services which will be provided both via the DTH (satellite) and the OTT technologies (over the top – receiving TV services via internet).