About Reff & Associates

More than a decade of passion for law and for business

Reff & Associates is the local member of Deloitte Legal, the global network of over 2500 lawyers in 75+ countries.

For more than a decade, we have been putting our minds and hearts in M&A, real estate, finance and capital markets deals of billions of euro of aggregate value, in tax and commercial litigations of hundreds of millions of euros of combined value, and in a broad range of advisory services covering corporate and competition law, consumer and data protection, employment, insolvency, public sector, energy and others. We have enabled local and multinational investors to develop and operate their businesses safely, innovatively and efficiently, and we have passionately contributed to the success of our clients, the growth of our people and the development of the Romanian market.

Reff & Associates SPRL has a team of over 75 lawyers and is recognized as a leading law firm in Romania for the quality of services and ability to deliver solutions on complex legal matters. The law firm is one of the most active in transaction work in Romania, with deals of several euro billions in aggregate assisted by our lawyers per year. The areas of practice include Banking & Finance, Business Integrity, Capital Markets, Competition, Consumer, Data Protection & Intellectual Property, Corporate, Commercial and M&A, Employment, Energy & Environment, Insolvency, Dispute Resolution, Public Sector, Real Estate, Legal Management Consulting, Legal Managed Services.

Reff & Associates is a member of Deloitte Legal, the international network of legal practices working with Deloitte all over the world. The affiliation with Deloitte Legal gives Reff & Associates access to state of the art global resources and tools together with the ability to serve clients seamlessly across the world.

Where legal meets business
Blending business experience and legal excellence, we deliver comprehensive solutions designed to address the evolving needs of the Chief Legal Officer.

Attorneys at Heart

At Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal, we always say that we are not just attorneys at law, we are attorneys at heart. Our common passion for law and business is what brings us together. But what is the heart of Reff & Associates? How is our culture special? What stands behind our hard work and dedication? Here is what our colleagues say!

Awards and nominations

The awards and nominations received by Reff & Associates from international legal directories and the business media reflect our strength in several practice areas and our team’s efforts to provide excellent services to our clients.

Banking & Finance

Ranked by Legal 500 EMEA tier 2 for Banking & Finance
Recommended by Chambers for Banking & Finance
Ranked by IFLR1000 for Banking
Nomination for the most important banking transaction of the year 2010 - Ziarul Financiar, Lawyers’ Gala Awards
Legal 500: “provides timely and professional answers to complex issues, and provides tangible added value’ and has ‘top-level expertise in capital markets’. Highlights included advising on the secondary debt market and on regulatory matters. Andrei Burz-Pinzaru is ‘a creative lawyer who offers pragmatic solutions’.”
Chambers: "The turnaround time with this team is quick, and the advice is clear and pragmatic. The lawyers understand business and its imperatives, and act commercially."

Competition

Recommended by Chambers for Competition

Corporate Law

Ranked by Legal 500 EMEA tier 3 for Corporate
Recommended by Chambers for Corporate

Employment

Ranked by Legal 500 tier 2 for Employment
Legal500: “Reff & Associates SCA’s ‘very client-oriented’ practice delivers ‘inspired ideas to solve problems’. The team is experienced in TUPE transfers, discrimination claims and sensitive dismissals. Florentina Munteanu, who ‘prepares each case meticulously’, advised a technology company on agency worker regulation.”

Mergers & Acquisitions

Ranked by Legal 500 EMEA tier 2 for M&A
Recommended by Chambers for M&A
Mentioned by IFLR1000 as notable law firm for M&A
Award for the most important transaction of the year in Romania in Retail (selling of 12 hypermarkets) - Ziarul Financiar, Lawyers’ Gala Awards 2015
Legal 500: “Reff & Associates SCA has ‘a good understanding of the legal and business domains’. It handles significant M&A deals, spin-offs and intra-group mergers. Alexandru Reff, who is ‘great at a strategic level’.”
Chambers: “The team is available and always there for us. They also have good knowledgeable resources to tackle all issues encountered during the process."

Real Estate and Construction

Award for the Largest Real Estate deal of the year 2015 – Ziarul Financiar, Lawyers' Gala Awards, 2015
The Award for the largest deal in Retail in Romania (sale of 12 Hypermarkets) - Ziarul Financiar, Lawyers’ Gala Awards 2015
Ranked by Legal 500 EMEA tier 1 for Real Estate
Ranked by Chambers tier 2 for Real Estate
Seven awards for the most important real estate transaction of the year, Lawyers’ Gala Awards (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009)
Legal 500: “Reff & Associates SCA has an experienced team – clients appreciate its expertise, pragmatism and deal-oriented approach’. Alexandru Reff, who ‘has the ability to understand the implications beyond the usual legal input’, advised NEPI on acquiring shopping centers in Bucharest and Sibiu worth €90m and €100m respectively.”
Chambers: "They manage to organise and provide everything to make things happen in a timely and efficient way, and in our most preferred format. We really enjoy working with them."

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“Law firm of the year” Award from CIJ (CEE Construction & Investment Journal) (2016)

Award for 10 years of activity from Ziarul Financiar (2016)

Award for the most important transaction of the year 2010 - Avocatnet Gala, 2011
IFLR 1000 – generic statements: "Good cooperation and the team was open to discussion,” says one client. “The solutions obtained from the team have a prudential approach.” Another says the firm provided “very good services, timely responses, good advice”.