The ruling of the Bucharest Court may be appealed at the Bucharest Court of Appeal, but it ends, starting right from the date of its pronouncement, the measure which suspended the Urban Plan for the Capital’s second District based on court rulings issued over the course of 2022.
“The solution reconfirms that, when they decide to exercise their rights in court, investors can obtain the protection of the Romanian courts, including in the urbanism field. We are glad that we were able to contribute to clarifying the fact that the authorities within the 2nd District are entitled to issue urbanism documentations and building permits based on the existing Coordinating Urban Plan,” said Ana Galgotiu-Sararu, Senior Managing Associate, Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal, the coordinator of the project team who ensured the client’s representation before the court.
This solution represents a landmark moment in the evolution of urban planning-related disputes, which generated uncertainty and affected very important investments in real estate and in the Capital’s infrastructure. The team of lawyers who obtained the solution included Ana Galgotiu-Sararu, Senior Managing Associate, Lucian Savin, Senior Associate, and Alexandra Tuta, Associate, from the administrative litigation practice, coordinated by Mihnea Galgotiu-Sararu, Partner, respectively Diana Stan, Managing Associate, and Andreea Caragea, Associate, from the real estate practice, coordinated by Irina Dimitriu, Partner.
“We are glad that this solution creates the premises for resuming real estate developments at least for the 2nd District and we hope that this is only the first step in restoring the legal clarifications needed to continue sustainable real estate developments throughout the Capital. This is only a first step in clarifying the various issues in the field of urbanism, to which the inherent complexities generated by the future adoption of the Code of land development, urbanism and constructions will add, which our team of experts is ready to solve in the most efficient and judicious way for our clients,” added Diana Stan, Managing Associate, Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal, the coordinating expert in the field of urban planning law within the law firm.
Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal’s litigation practices consist of more than 20 lawyers who work closely with professionals in all practice areas within the Deloitte network, including tax and financial advisors or experts in risk management and digital transformation, and thus are able to distinctively address the full spectrum of business disputes, including tax cases, commercial and administrative disputes or arbitrations.