Lina & Guia has a team of 15 lawyers, coordinated by Cristian Lina and Mihai Guia, and its clients include Danone, Cosmote, RBS, Medicover and Volvo.
Eversheds has 46 offices in 28 jurisdictions, and some 4,500 lawyers.
Similar market entry moves were previously made by Clifford Chance, who associated with Badea & Asociatii, taking them over after several years. A similar model was also employed by Allen & Overy, associating with locals RTPR.
Some of the local law firms are generally seeking association with global firms in a bid to secure access to an international network, and a larger clientele.
“Our collaboration with such a prestigious global law firm will enable us to provide our clients with a seamless international service and in return, we will be able to share our local knowledge of the Romanian market and this region with our new colleagues overseas. We share the same perspective, to be committed locally but to operate as one firm globally,” said Mihai Guia, managing partner of Lina & Guia.