Romania: Real Estate

A cyberattack on Romania's National Agency for Cadastre and Property Registration has paralyzed the country's real estate market, preventing the authentication of property transactions and raising complex questions about force majeure, contractual obligations, and the legal status of pending registrations. This analysis examines the legal implications of the infrastructure failure, explores available remedies including VAT deadline extensions and alternative transaction structures, and assesses the broader

Pe 14 iulie 2026, Agenția Națională de Cadastru și Publicitate Imobiliară („ANCPI”) a descoperit un acces neautorizat în propria infrastructură informatică. Investigația tehnică, condusă de Directoratul Național de Securitate Cibernetică, a confirmat un atac cibernetic: atacatorii au criptat și șters o parte dintre serverele pe care rulau aplicațiile agenției. Rezultatul a fost imediat...

Romania's new residential real estate law introduces mandatory notarial registration, dedicated escrow accounts, and milestone-based payment schedules following high-profile developer insolvencies. The reforms fundamentally restructure how advance payments are protected and how sale promises must be documented, bringing Romanian practices closer to established European standards.

On 27 November 2019, the Romanian Parliament approved a Law on Regulation of Alternative Investment Funds (the "New AIF Law"),...

On 26 November 2019, Law no. 230/2019 on the approval of Emergency Ordinance no. 23/2019 for the supplementing of the National Education Law no. 1/2011 (Education Law),

I remember one of my first difficult title reviews as a lawyer in an international law firm. It was the year 2002; Romania had many unclear rules, and many state-owned companies and many properties had been confiscated by the state during communism.