ROMANIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Manuela Guia, Otilia Vîlcu, Violeta Geru and Cristina Badea, GNP Guia Naghi & Partners
GNP Guia Naghi & Partners is a market-leading Romanian law firm recognised for its competition/ antitrust and litigation practices and is consistently ranked by Chambers Europe and other legal direc - tories for competition/antitrust. The team advises on market inquiries, compliance measures and regula - tory frameworks, including implementing the UTP Directive and price-capping regulations. GNP’s FDI practice counsels cross-border and domestic inves - tors in Romania, supporting the establishment, struc - turing and execution of transactions while ensuring regulatory compliance. The litigation team handles
complex antitrust matters, successfully obtaining an - nulment of antitrust fines by final rulings, as well as private enforcement of antitrust claims, representing both claimants and defendants, building on extensive experience against public authorities in the antitrust, energy, FMCG, oil and gas and pharma sectors. GNP has built one of Romania’s most experienced com - petition and private antitrust litigation practices. The firm also advises on digital markets, energy and pub - lic procurement, pharma, employment, M&A, con - sumer protection and IP matters.
Authors
Manuela Guia is GNP’s managing partner and head of the competition/ antitrust department. She has over two decades of experience in Roma - nian competition law and is recog - nised by Chambers and Partners as
Violeta Geru is GNP’s head of dispute resolution and arbitration, with extensive experience representing clients in complex disputes against public authorities, particularly in competition, energy and insurance
an eminent practitioner in antitrust. She represents clients in proceedings before the Romanian Compe - tition Council and served as lead coordinator on the EUR1.3 billion Ahold Delhaize/MidEuropa acquisi - tion of the Profi supermarket chain and currently oversees the related divestment and commitments process. Her client base spans the pharmaceutical, FMCG and oil and gas sectors. Regulatory markets constitute a second area of her practice.
regulation, public procurement, tax and digital services matters. Leading legal directories have recognised her as a leading practitioner in commer - cial litigation. Her practice focuses on antitrust and competition litigation, where she has represented clients in some of Romania’s most high-profile investigations and successfully secured the full annulment of competition fines before the courts. She also advises and represents clients in energy (including market manipulation), public procurement, tax and complex commercial disputes. In addition, she led the drafting of Romania’s national assess - ment report on the implementation of the EU Plat - form Workers Directive.
Otilia Vîlcu leads GNP’s competition and state aid practice, being listed in Band 3 in Antitrust by Chambers and Partners. She has represented clients in RCC investigations, including commitment procedures and a
Cristina Badea is a key co-ordinator in the dispute resolution and arbitra - tion practice, with particular expertise in litigation and competition law. She holds LLM degrees in international arbitration (University of Bucharest)
gun-jumping case. She serves as primary competi - tion counsel to renowned clients and manages UTP Directive compliance for them. She also leads the energy department, leading the defence against market manipulation allegations and contributing to economic reports and market assessments. Since April 2024, she has served as Deputy Chair of the AmCham Competition and State Aid Committee.
and European competition law and regulation (University of Amsterdam, with honours). Her practice focuses on private antitrust litigation, consumer protection, digital services and intellectual property disputes. Cristina has represented clients in
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