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As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection pose challenges for your organisation.
We have unmatched geographical coverage and more English and US qualified banking and finance partners on the ground in CEE than any other law firm. We are your first port of call whether you are planning a cross-border transaction with a multi-jurisdictional security package or loan portfolio or implementing a first-of-a-kind financing structure in your domestic market.
The 15-strong team at CMS Romania is ‘extremely competent from partner through to junior lawyer’.
The 15-laywer strong Banking & Finance team in Bucharest is top-ranked by all the main international legal directories. Within our Bucharest team, we have four English and/or New York qualified finance lawyers. We are a recognised centre of excellence for English law governed finance transactions in the region and provide English and Romanian legal advice and transaction management directly from our Bucharest office across CEE and the Balkans.
Whether you are a financial institution, equity house, asset manager, mutual fund, accountant, privately owned company, corporation or public entity, your business is only as good as the products and services you sell.
That’s why we organise our teams along the business lines of your sector, giving us deep insight into the commercial and legal issues you face. From general corporate lending to acquisition and leveraged finance, derivatives and securitisations to real estate finance and corporate recovery, we can help you achieve the best outcome, both locally and across jurisdictions.
CMS Romania connects you to over 500 banking and finance lawyers in 34 countries worldwide.
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See all Regulatory News - Banking & FinanceEBA: 2027 EU-wide stress test
EBA has released the final methodology, draft templates, and template guidance for its 2027 EU-wide stress test, together with the key milestones for the exercise. Following engagement with industry, EBA has significantly streamlined the process and reduced the number of required data points by 55% through simplifying reporting templates and ensuring closer alignment with supervisory reporting. The 2027 EU-wide stress test will formally start in January 2027, following the release of the macroeconomic and climate scenarios, with the results scheduled for publication by the end of July 2027.
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- https://www.eba.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2026-11/2a077772-ee1f-4aac-8184-e12e70e438d3/2027%20EU-wide%20stress%20test%20-%20Methodological%20Note.pdf
- https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eba.europa.eu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2026-11%2Ff2562dfb-6aa9-4ba1-8f3d-dde29ad891fc%2F2027%2520EU-wide%2520stress%2520test%2520-%2520Templates.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
- https://www.eba.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2026-11/a9292ddc-ebcf-452e-a635-fe28a0613b4a/2027%20EU-wide%20stress%20test%20-%20Template%20Guidance.pdf
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