Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) is a pioneer of business law in Romania.

For over 30 years the team has contributed to myriads of deals and projects in Romania, helping corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds, and entrepreneurs from diverse industries, move forward with their business initiatives.

NNDKP’s team brings together knowledgeable, talented, and dedicated lawyers and tax advisors active in Romania. Over 120 lawyers, and tax and IP counselors are supported by over 50 business services professionals working in Bucharest, and our regional offices offer integrated legal and tax services across virtually all industry sectors, including innovative and niche sectors.

NNDKP’s lawyers focus their practice on Banking and finance, Capital markets, Competition, and State aid, Consumer protection and Advertising, Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions, Data protection, Dispute resolution, Employment, Energy and Natural resources, Environment, EU law, Gaming, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals and healthcare, Public Procurement and PPP, Real estate and construction, Tax, Telecommunications and Media.

Guided by its commitment to helping its clients pursue their business interests, NNDKP has developed long-standing cooperation with major top-tier international law firms, and high-profile global and regional professional networks, and has formed alliances with non-legal advisers with deep knowledge of the Romanian market.

Also, to add value to the services that would benefit its clients, NNDKP formalized in 2019 its Center of Excellence in Fiscal Disputes (or NNDKP CELF), an initiative built with the aim to provide clients access to highly specialized advice and best practices in fiscal disputes. Through NNDKP CELF, local and international companies, as well as entrepreneurs, benefit from integrated legal and tax services throughout all stages of a fiscal dispute.

NNDKP has maintained outstanding rankings in the world’s leading publications like Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000, since the beginning of their research on the Romanian legal market. NNDKP is also a 6-time winner of the “Romania Law Firm of the Year” award by Chambers Europe (in 2022, 2021, 2017, 2013, 2012, and 2009).

“Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen covers a wide range of legal areas with very high competence and has enough qualified attorneys that it can cover multiple projects at the same time.” (Chambers and Partners, 2022)

“A complex team, with experts in all fields of legal practice, thus able to provide assistance in complex and large-scale projects.”
(Legal 500, 2022)

“The team combines great service with deep knowledge of and experience with Romanian law. Legal evaluations are to the point, focused on solutions, rather than over-emphasizing problems.”
(Legal 500, 2022)

“They are close to the clients, trying to understand the real needs of their clients and to provide them the best advice/recommendations.”
(Legal 500, 2022)

“What makes them unique is the human approach, the willingness to understand the context in order to give the best advice instead of enumerating a series of scenarios with the associated risks. They are professional and have the best response time to every query I’ve sent their way. They actually partner with the customer and give the best service.”
(Legal 500, 2021)