Romania Insider is launching the Romania Insider Legal Series, a new video series produced in partnership with law firm Gruia Dufaut & Asocia\u021bii. Over the coming episodes, we will explore the legal questions that matter most to companies and investors doing business in Romania, in clear and practical conversations with the firm’s lawyers.<\/p>\n
The first episode focuses on a question many foreign investors are asking right now: is Romania still worth it?<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWGrItLc-ZU&t=2s<\/a><\/p>\n Foreign direct investment in Romania fell to \u20ac1.1 billion in January-July 2026, down from \u20ac4.9 billion in the same period of 2025. In other words, inflows have been divided by more than four in a single year.<\/p>\n The drop raises a fair question for companies weighing Romania against other markets in the region. But headline figures do not tell the whole story, and the legal framework around foreign investment, from due diligence to FDI screening, comes with requirements that investors cannot afford to overlook.<\/p>\n The first guest of the series is Cristina Bojica, Partner at Gruia Dufaut & Asocia\u021bii. In conversation with Dylan Delhommois, Cristina explains why Romania remains on investors’ radar and walks through what foreign investors need to check before they commit capital.<\/p>\n The conversation covers:<\/p>\n Why Romania’s structural advantages have not disappeared, despite the drop in FDIWhether Romania is falling off foreign investors’ radar, and which countries are investing in the country todayThe sectors with the greatest opportunities: energy, defence, agri-food and ITThe legal due diligence required for a share deal compared with a greenfield projectThe \u20ac5 million FDI screening threshold and when an investment must be notified to the CEISDWho is covered by FDI screening and how long authorization takes, from 45 to more than 90 daysThe most common, and most costly, mistakes investors make before signingCristina’s final advice for foreign investors looking at Romania<\/p>\n Watch the full episode above or on YouTube<\/a>. For more on Gruia Dufaut & Asocia\u021bii, visit gruiadufaut.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romania Insider is launching the Romania Insider Legal Series, a new video series produced in partnership with law firm Gruia Dufaut & Asocia\u021bii. Over the coming episodes, we will explore the legal questions that matter most to companies and investors doing business in Romania, in clear and practical conversations with the firm’s lawyers. The first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A sharp drop in foreign investment<\/h2>\n
Episode 1: Cristina Bojica, Partner at Gruia Dufaut & Asocia\u021bii<\/h2>\n
Watch and listen<\/h2>\n