BACIU PARTNERS is the only independent business law firm recognized as Top Tier in both Intellectual Property and Gambling law in Romania by Legal 500 EMEA 2025 515a25
The comprehensive research performed by Legal 500 EMEA reconfirms BACIU PARTNERS as a TIER 1 firm, the highest position, for two highly competitive areas of practice: Gambling Law and Intellectual Property and as the only independent business law firm to achieve such a performance. This is the sixth consecutive year that Legal 500 acknowledged BACIU PARTNERS’ status as a leading business law firm committed to outstanding services and...
„SUCCESSES” OF PAST LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND NEW INITIATIVES THAT WILL IMPACT THE INDUSTRY 3d163z
The last couple of years have been a difficult test for the gambling industry in our country. As if out of nowhere, the war of the political class against gambling, led by the highest rulers themselves, „managed” to destabilize a well-regulated market and to send the gambling exploitation activity into the derision. ► by Lawyer Prof. Marius PANTEA, PhD It seems that the two years of chaos were not enough, after a short (election)...
Information sharing in the context of the new EU AML Regulation 4e3v4q
After a (rather long) absence from the editorial scene, I return with a relevant topic in the field of international efforts to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Especially since I ”owed” an article to my friends at Casino Inside. by Daniel Staicu, AML/CFT expert In the landscape of discussions in Romania, this topic has often been treated superficially, despite being a...
International sanctions regime and consequences for non-compliance by operators 61p4g
The gambling industry is among the most regulated fields of activity in the Romanian economic market. The aspects regulated by the law start from the legal requirements of licensing and authorization to legally carry out the activity and go up to obligations in related areas, such as the protection of personal data or the prevention and fighting against money laundering, which are of particular importance and whose non-compliance can...
Uniform, fair and non-discriminatory application of the legal provisions – utopia of the National Gambling Office 3m1j5b
In 2013, the creation of a specialised authority to monitor and supervise the gambling market was intended as a modern solution to the need to improve the legal framework and to ensure that the state has flexible control tools adapted to an industry that is developing around the technological component. by Teodora Luca, Senior Lawyer at C.A. Luca Mihai-Cătălin The role of the authority in of regulation and control of the field...
Unconstitutionality considerations: The tax liability surviving the right to carry on business 1h203m
by Teodora Luca, Senior Lawyer at C.A. Luca Mihai-Cătălin In the context of the measures adopted by the authority over the past year, some of which were censored, even temporarily, by the courts, but also in light of the challenges that 2025 seems to bring in the gambling activity, the need for substantial reform of the legislation seems to us to be the only solution to regain predictability and stability in the field of gambling....
