MUSAT & ASOCIATII
Tel: 00 40 202 59 00
Fax: 00 40 223 39 57
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.musat.ro
Most senior representative: Gheorghe Musat (Founder and Managing Partner); Mona Musat (Partner)
No. of local partners: 17
No. of lawyers: 100
Offices in Romania: Bucharest, Brasov
Partners and heads of practice
Gheorghe Musat, Senior PartnerPractice Areas: M&A, Privatizations, Litigation, White Collar Crime.
Mr. Gheorghe Musat founded Musat & Asociatii more than 30 years ago, becoming one of the “market builders” of business law practice in Romania. Presently the firm’s Senior Partner, Mr. Musat is renowned for his innovative approaches to successful handling of complex deals and transaction closing, alongside business and strategy development activities.
With more than 38 years in practice, Mr. Musat has a wealth of experience in foreign investors’ issues in Romania, and a deep understanding of the Romanian legal system, market and business trends. Mr. Musat has led lawyers in a variety of high-profile Mergers & Acquisitions transactions, as well as in most of the major privatization deals in Romania, acting either on the side of the Romanian Government, or on the private buyers’ side, most of them multinational corporations or large local companies.
Mr. Musat has unparalleled experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisations, Banking, Project & Corporate Finance, and Dispute Resolution (international and domestic arbitration included).
Paul Buta, Managing PartnerPractice Areas: Healthcare/Pharma & Intellectual Property, Competition/State Aid & European Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation & Arbitration.
Paul Buta, Ph. D. in Law and an University Lecturer at “Nicolae Titulescu” Faculty of Law, has more than 16 years of legal experience and specializes in Competition Law, Intellectual Property, and Civil and Commercial Litigation.
Paul advises foreign investors and multinationals on some of the most complex and sophisticated cases on the market, involving specific competition issues, intellectual property, and regulatory issues in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors. Paul has advises clients in various sectors, such as Media and audio-visual, Pharmaceuticals, IT and Telecom, FMCG, Banking and Finance, Automotive, Retail, Publishing, Rail, Textiles, Chemicals, as well as for NGOs and journalists active in Romania.
Monia Dobrescu, PartnerPractice Areas: Real Estate & Construction; Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions.
Monia Dobrescu has a stellar 18-year track record of advising top Banking & Finance and Real Estate clients. Over the years she coordinated and successfully closed a high number of financing deals and was involved in a large number of high-profile Real Estate transactions.
Monia advises on general finance matters, contractual relationships, syndicated loans, compliance & regulatory, mobile banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency related specific aspects. She is particularly well recognised for advising on project finance, with a special focus on real estate financing. On the Real Estate & Construction side, she advises on regulatory matters and authorizations, property portfolio restructuring, and real estate securities.-
Razvan Graure, Tax PartnerPractice Areas: Taxation, Mergers & Acquisitions/Privatisation, Restructuring & Insolvency/Bankruptcy.
Razvan Graure is a tax advisor with over 16 years of experience, eight of which were with Big Four companies.
Razvan has strong knowledge in tax planning and international tax structures, as well as in domestic VAT issues covering a wide array of industries, with a particular focus on manufacturing, automotive, logistics, energy and FMCG. His breadth of expertise also includes tax reviews, compliance work, VAT refunds, tailored training and seminars, collection of revenues, and tax compliance.
Iuliana Iacob, PartnerPractice Areas: Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, European Union Law, Civil law, Commercial law, Energy and Natural resources, Infrastructure, Environmental law.
Iuliana Iacob focuses her practice on domestic and international arbitration, public and private international law, public procurement, energy and natural resources, as well as infrastructure.
Iuliana acted as counsel in multiple commercial arbitration disputes administered under the auspices of major arbitral institutions (ICC, VIAC, SCC), across a wide range of sectors, such as privatization, construction and infrastructure, energy or international commerce, as well as in complex cases involving applications for provisional measures, annulment of Arbitral Awards or recognition and enforcement proceedings.
In addition, Iuliana assisted and represented numerous clients in front of the domestic courts of law in relation to complex litigations arising out of major infrastructure projects. As well, Iuliana assists clients in high-stake proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Iuliana is also an arbiter on the panel of arbitrators of the Bucharest Court of Arbitration and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).
Cosmin Libotean, PartnerPractice Areas: Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Insurance.
Cosmin Libotean has a 15 years track record of acting as a litigator in major dispute resolution cases for clients in a variety of sectors. A well-regarded practitioner, Cosmin has successfully represented clients in front of all important Romanian courts of law. Cosmin has a particularly strong expertise in commercial and administrative litigation, enforcement proceedings, as well as disputes relating to complex public procurement. Some of the most important local and international companies in the financial/banking, pharma, media and retail sectors turn to Cosmin to represent them in cases with considerable financial implications. He also advises clients in insolvency and forced execution procedures.
Andra Mihalache, PartnerPractice Areas: Dispute Resolution, Civil Law, Fiscal and Administrative Litigation, Corporate & Commercial Law, Enforcement.
Andra has a well-earned reputation for successfully representing clients in complex and controversial disputes. Her diplomacy and efficiency have seen her assist multinational corporations, local private companies, banks and other institutions in almost all types of disputes, including commercial, fiscal and administrative, as well as in relation to judicial reorganisation and bankruptcy procedures. She advises clients in a wide range of industries, including real estate and construction, banking, energy and public utilities. Andra also has an extensive experience in civil disputes related to the restitution of properties that were abusively taken over by the communist regime.
Dan Minoiu, PartnerPractice Areas: Healthcare & Pharma, Consumer Protection, Corporate & Commercial Law, Competition & Antitrust, Intellectual Property.
Dan Minoiu has been advising for over 14 years international clients active in highly regulated fields, including some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical, medical devices, healthcare, IT, insurance and FMCG companies, on corporate, regulatory, commercial, contractual and compliance matters related to the supply and promotion of products and services on the Romanian market. Dan represented clients in landmark cases and investigations before the courts and the regulatory authorities. Dan frequently writes and lectures on business, legal and compliance matters.
Mona Musat, PartnerPractice Areas: Real Estate & Construction, Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial Law, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Insurance.
Mona Musat has a diverse legal background in corporate finance and commercial property practice, acting primarily for top local and foreign companies, on matters ranging from the acquisition and sale of real estate to corporate and private leases, complex development projects and the implementation of large retail activities.
Mona specializes in the real estate & construction sectors with an emphasis on private equity and finance matters. Mona has extensive expertise in Banking & Finance, and is known for her ability to design and implement effective legal solutions related to project structuring, financing, development and project operation.
Andrei Ormenean, PartnerPractice Areas: Corporate & Commercial Law, Energy & Natural Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions Shipping, Aviation & Transport Law, Insurance.
Andrei Ormenean has a significant experience in the field of corporate and commercial law, assisting national and international clients from various industries in countless local transactions or with cross-border elements.
In his more than 12 years of professional experience, Andrei has been mainly involved in M&A transactions (mergers & acquisitions), group-level reorganizations, as well as the negotiation of commercial contracts, Andrei's clients including public and private companies, from blue chip multinational corporations to local companies, private equity funds as well as sovereign wealth funds.
Andrei constantly advises clients on a full range of issues related to the day-to-day running of companies such as shareholders agreements, shareholding restructuring/protection of minority shareholders/shareholding structures, management and administration of entities as well as aspects regarding special corporate vehicles (SPV), being constantly appreciated by customers for its lateral thinking.
Andrei is also specialized in aviation issues, constantly assisting both domestic and international customers in a wide range of transactions.
Mihai Popa, Deputy Managing PartnerPractice Areas: Restructuring & Insolvency/ Bankruptcy, Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Commercial Law, Employment, Insurance.
Mihai Popa has been advising clients for more than 15 years in all matters of reorganization and insolvency, as well as in areas of labour law. Mihai is both a lawyer and insolvency practitioner and this allows him to take a more comprehensive approach when assisting clients. Mihai advises clients on judicial and voluntary reorganization, pre-insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy and liquidation, asset recovery and/or negotiations with debtors and creditor, and also manages insolvency litigation, including recovery of receivables, cancellation of fraudulent acts, in all industries.
On labour matters, Mihai advises clients in all industries, in both advisory and litigation mandates, including employees’ benefits, restructuring plans, voluntary retirement schemes.
Iulian Popescu, Deputy Managing PartnerPractice Areas: Public Procurement & PPP/Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources, Corporate & Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom, IT & Data Protection, Environmental Law, Shipping, Aviation & Transport Law.
Iulian Popescu is an expert on international commercial relations, with over 18 years of experience in highly complex business advisory and regulatory projects across the SEE region, as well as coordinating large public procurement, PPP, concession and infrastructure projects across a wide spectrum of industries, from civil engineering projects, ICT system infrastructure to military equipment and logistics. He also advises on joint ventures, investor strategy, M&A, private equity, project finance, energy, oil and gas, and transport mandates, with extensive experience in TMT, Energy & Natural Resources, Infrastructure & Transport and Environmental Law matters. Iulian has represented over 600 European, US/Canadian, and Asian companies in complex contract negotiation and regulatory matters.
Angela Porumb, PartnerPractice Areas: Dispute Resolution, Public Procurement & PPP/Infrastructure, Corporate & Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Taxation.
Angela Porumb is a long standing and well-reputed litigation practitioner, with over 20 years of extensive experience in civil and commercial disputes in front of Romanian Courts, at all levels.
Angela acts on all types of disputes, including commercial, fiscal, and administrative. Her clients include leading multinational corporations, as well as private local companies acting in various sectors, such as pharma, financial investments, real estate and construction development projects, banking, energy, FMCG and public utilities. Angela also successfully represents both private and public actors and public utilities in disputes regarding PPP/ Public Procurement projects.
Razvan Stoicescu, Deputy Managing PartnerPractice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions/Privatisations, Banking & Finance/ Capital Markets, Energy & Natural Resources, Public Procurement & PPP/Infrastructure, Company & Business Law, Litigation.
Ravan Stoicescu is a highly regarded leading lawyer, with hundreds of transactions led and more than 17 years of legal advisory activity. Răzvan was involved in some of the most significant and representative deals for the Romanian market, advising buyers and sellers in acquisitions, mergers and divestitures or cross‑border transaction, and financers, borrowers, underwriters and issuers on domestic and international financings, capital markets offerings, structured products, and derivatives.
Razvan is also involved in some of the most complex and sophisticated disputes on the Romanian market (generally military/national security public tenders, or industry specific, capital markets).
Alexandru Terta, PartnerPractice Areas: Criminal Law/White-Collar Crime, Corporate/Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution.
For over 17 years, Alexandru has been known for his experience representing national and international clients in various criminal files, including white-collar crime, charges of fraud, bribery, embezzlement and money laundering. A highly reputed Criminal Law practitioner, Alexandru provides specialized assistance and representation both in front of the prosecution bodies and of the relevant courts of law in Romania, ranging from the lower courts up to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, including the Constitutional Court, achieving remarkable results in high important projects that include economic crimes, tax evasion and money laundering, cybercrime and corruption cases, as well as legal assistance to companies that are subject to criminal or administrative investigations.
Cristi Tudor, PartnerPractice Areas: Restructuring & Insolvency/ Bankruptcy, Taxation, Mergers & Acquisitions/Privatisation.
Cristi Tudor’s career spans more than a decade and during this time, he has been advising clients on some of the most complex restructuring mandates of our firm. He has been acting as economist, accountant and as an insolvency practitioner, also taking on the role of judicial administrator and liquidator in multiple wide complex restructuring and insolvency procedures.
Cristi handles projects in a wide range of industries such as infrastructure projects, energy, transport, construction, services and technology and is heavily involved in the majority of the practice’s most significant ongoing cases.
List of the most representative projects
Advising Damen Shipyards Group, in connection with the acquisition of the Mangalia Shipyard, one of the largest shipyards in Romania, subsequent joint venture with the Romanian State for the operation of the same, all post-closing matters related to the yard and ongoing compliance and performance of the joint venture with Romanian State.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Razvan Stoicescu, Paul Buta, Iulian Popescu, Adrian Danciu, Andrei Ormenean.
Advising Hidroelectrica, one of the leading players on the Romanian energy services sector, on the structuring of their acquisition of UCM Resita (under
insolvency), one of the biggest industrial manufacturers in Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Iulian Popescu, Adrian Danciu, Ana Maria Abrudan.
Advised KBC Bank on their bid to acquire the AEGON businesses in Romania, one of the biggest players on the insurance market in Romania. More
specifically, the deal concerned local life insurance branch of AEGON and the local pension fund management company, AEGON Pensii.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Monia Dobrescu, Andrei Ormenean, Cristian Cepesi, Adrian Danciu.
Advised FedEx in connection its worldwide acquisition of TNT and its integration into FedEx's business in Romania. The mandate also includes post-closing matters, including mergers with a cross border element, shareholding transfers, share capital increases, management changes, rebranding, regulatory support triggered by the change of control matters, and group restructuring.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Andrei Ormenean, Sirin Omer, Gabriel Oprea.
Advising Amazon.Com, Inc. (and its affiliates) on its corporate/business reorganization procedures, as well as the extensive expansion and integration of its presence in Romania on three business lines, including implementation of ancillary corporate matters, shareholding and management changes resulting from the integration.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Andrei Ormenean, Sirin Omer, Gabriel Oprea.
Banking
Advised Premier Capital group companies, operating the McDonald’s Franchise in Romania, as borrowers under a number of Senior Facilities concluded with BRD under LMA style facilities.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Adrian Danciu, Valentina Burada.
Advising the Ministry of Public Finance of Romania in connection with all Romanian law matters regarding the negotiations and conclusion of ISDA Master Derivative Agreements and related collaterals in view of entering into interest rates swaps, foreign currency swaps and cross-currency swaps for the management of public debt of Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Razvan Stoicescu, Adrian Danciu, Valentina Burada, Dumitru Varzari.
Advising PPF BANKA A.S. (PPF Group’s central treasury bank), on a multijurisdictional multimillion facility granted to a local real estate developer for the
construction of a large office building project in Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Cristian Cepesi.
Advising BCR Banca pentru Locuinte, a division of BCR – one of the biggest banks in Romania – on matters related to the “Bauspar” mechanism of collective saving and lending for housing (one of the largest regulatory litigation on the Romanian market).
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Angela Porumb, Adrian Danciu, Valentina Burada.
Advised European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with a multimillion facility granted to TeraPlast Group, an important construction materials manufacturer, for the implementation of three projects developed by group entities from Romania, and the CEE region.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Cristian Cepesi.
Energy and Natural Resources
Advising Hidroelectrica, one of the leading players on the Romanian energy services sector, on the structuring of their acquisition of UCM Resita (under
insolvency), one of the biggest industrial manufacturers in Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Iulian Popescu, Adrian Danciu, Ana Maria Abrudan.
Advising the Engie Group and in particular, Engie Romania in its preparation and implementation of a set of M&A best practices for M&A deals involving the company, its shares and shareholders.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Adrian Danciu.
Advising Wellbore Integrity Solutions, an affiliate of private equity firm Rhône Capital (multi-billion-dollar private equity fund), in the acquisition of the drilling businesses and associated assets of Schlumberger.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Iulian Popescu, Adrian Danciu, Andrei Ormenean, Ana Maria Abrudan, Sirin Omer, Bianca Iorga.
Advising Kaufland Romania S.C.S., the leading German retailer (part of Schwarz-Gruppe Selected) in connection with its intent to install own electrical stations for recharge of electric vehicles and other various projects.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Monia Dobrescu, Cristian Cepesi, Andrei Ormenean, Ana Maria Abrudan, Sirin Omer, Bianca Iorga.
Advising Solar Turbines Europe, a Caterpillar company and manufacturer of industrial machinery, in relation to contract negotiations and implementation of the Moldova Project: the development of a natural gas pipeline between Romania and Moldova.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Andrei Ormenean, Ana Maria Abrudan, Sirin Omer, Bianca Iorga
Competition
Sucessfully leading the defence for Sig Sauer GMBH & Co. KG, in an appeal against the Romanian Competition Council, in front of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, regarding an alleged bid rigging in certain tender procedures organised by the Ministry of National Defence for the purchase of infantry weapons and optical devices, following an antitrust investigation.
Specialist lawyers: Paul Buta, Manuela Lupeanu, Diana Panoiu, Constanta Carbune.
Advised IRUM S.A., a long standing national agricultural vehicles and equipment producer, with an investigation launched by the Romanian Competition Council into alleged anticompetitive behaviour of producers, importers and distributors on the market for the trade of agricultural machinery and equipment. Based on the work, the Competition Council deemed the client not to have been involved in the investigated anticompetitive behaviour, while sanctioning in December 2020 other nine companies with approximately €26.5 million.
Specialist lawyers: Paul Buta, Dan Minoiu, Manuela Lupeanu, Diana Panoiu, Constanta Carbune.
Advising Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport, concerning a Competition Council investigation for abuse of dominance in the ground handling market at airports.
Specialist lawyers: Paul Buta, Manuela Lupeanu, Diana Panoiu, Constanta Carbune.
Assiting Electrolux, the leading global appliance company, through its local subsidiary, with assessments regarding the distribution framework, relations with downstream service and products suppliers and clients, advertising and marketing initiatives, and overall conduct of business in Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Paul Buta, Manuela Lupeanu, Diana Panoiu, Constanta Carbune.
Acting for Frieslandcampina, the European dairy producer, through its local subsidiary, in front of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, in the final appeal phase of an antitrust litigation against the Competition Council, with a view to annul the fine imposed in connection with the first investigation started by the Competition Council with respect to anticompetitive agreements in the food sector.
Specialist lawyers: Paul Buta, Angela Porumb, Manuela Lupeanu, Diana Panoiu, Constanta Carbune.
Real Estate
Assisted Kaufland in connection with various real estate acquisitions in Romania during its expansion process in cities such as Alba Iulia, Bucharest, Mangalia, Braila, Baia Mare, Iasi, Craiova, Constanta, Galati, including on negotiating PreSPAs, SPAs, development agreements etc.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Madalina Trifan, Cristian Cepesi, Evelina Stoian.
Advising Adesgo, a European market leader in the production of women’s underclothing, in connection with the sale of Adesgo factory and surrounding land.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Madalina Trifan, Evelina Stoian.
Assisted MK Group Ltd in their bid to acquire various agricultural properties.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Madalina Trifan, Evelina Stoian.
Advising a leading global consumer products company, on the Romanian real estate law aspects of their worldwide carve-out and sale of the Home and
Personal Care division.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Madalina Trifan, Evelina Stoian.
Advising a leading European video game holding company on the real estate aspects of the envisaged acquisition of the Romanian subsidiary of an important European video game publisher.
Specialist lawyers: Monia Dobrescu, Madalina Trifan, Evelina Stoian
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Representing KMG international NV and its affiliated companies in relation to €1.6 billion civil liabilities and commercial claims following an investigation performed by the Romanian authorities (the Public Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice).
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Paul Buta, Cosmin Libotean, Andra Mihalache, Alexandru Terta, Serban Diaconescu.
Representing Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding BV before the Romanian Courts for claims aimed at cancelling the military public procurement acquisition of €1.5 billion multifuctional corvettes by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Razvan Stoicescu, Angela Porumb, Liviu Viorel, Adrian Danciu, Ana Maria Burada, Valentina Burada.
Advising and representing BCR Banca Pentru Locuinte in relation to the mitigation and cancellation of the effects of a High Court of Cassation and Justice’s decision by which the BCR BpL was held in breach of certain highly interpretable banking provisions related to the collective saving and lending mechanism for housing, known internationally as “Bauspar”.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Angela Porumb, Adrian Danciu, Ana Maria Burada, Valentina Burada.
Advising and representing the Romanian Government and the Ministry of Finance in a complex litigation case file following a large reorganisation of the Ministry of Finance, in the context of reorganisation of the whole Governmental apparatus.
Specialist lawyers: Angela Porumb, Cosmin Libotean, Pompilia Grigoras.
Advising and representing Radet Bucuresti, the largest heating system administrator in Romania in a €850 million dispute filed by Electrocentrale Bucuresti S.A. (ELCEN) against the Municipality of Bucharest, requesting that it be held liable for the entirety of Radet’s statement of affairs.
Specialist lawyers: Cosmin Libotean, Mihai Popa, Dana Buscu, Diana Dobromir.
Tax
Advising Amazon (US) on extending and restructuring its local presence in Romania, regarding tax incentives for local employees, including drafting the relevant documentation.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Graure, Alina Man, Roxana Bujoreanu.
Advising Limagrain, an international agricultural co-operative group, specialized in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products, with respect to various tax matters regarding the restructuring of their business in Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Graure, Alina Man, Roxana Bujoreanu.
Advising CHR. Hansen, a global bioscience group, on the tax law aspects regarding the sale of the Natural Colors division to EQT.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Graure, Alina Man, Roxana Bujoreanu.
Assisting various pharmaceutical companies, including Sermedic, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a multinational specialt y biopharmaceut ical group, Abbvie Investments, part of Abbvie group, Future Healthcare, a multinational group offering a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical services, Gilead, a research-based
biopharmaceutical group, in relation to a broad range of tax matters, from the tax implications of setting up business in Romania and day-to-day activities, to tax law aspects regarding share sales, to representation in court, including challenging of various tax assessment decisions issued by the Romanian
authorities.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Graure, Alina Man, Roxana Bujoreanu.
Advising Kaufland Romania in relation to a tax auditing process, including assistance with procedures during the audit, as well as subsequent tax challenge exercises.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Graure, Alina Man, Roxana Bujoreanu.
PPP Public Procurement
Advising Damen Group, one of the largest ship builders in the world, in multiple public procurement procedures, including the EUR 1.2bln tender for the acquisition of four multifunctional corvettes and the establishment of maintenance centers in Romania run by the Romanian State, or the acquisition of the Mangalia Shipyard, and the partnership with the Romanian State for the operation of the shipyard postacquisition.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Angela Porumb, Liviu Viorel, Adrian Danciu.
Assisted Motorola Solutions, a global leader in mission-critical communications products, in (i) the largest public procurement procedure in the region for TETRA infrastructure (a project run by the Romanian Service for Special Telecommunications), and (ii) multiple tenders for telecommunication equipment and infrastructure (body cameras, communication terminals and base stations) organised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other Romanian public authorities.
Specialist lawyers: Razvan Stoicescu, Angela Porumb, Pompilia Grigoras, Valentina Burada.
Advising Harris Corporation in relation to its involvement within the public acquisition procedure in Romania and follow-up offset investment obligation associated with the acquisition.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Ana Maria Abrudan, Andrei Ormenean.
Representing Leviatan Design SRL on the public acquisition project organized by Romanian Ministry of Defence, for the development of one of the biggest military NATO bases in Romania.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Ana Maria Abrudan, Andrei Ormenean.
Advising Ubitech Constructii SRL (a local leading company that offers technical and engineering services), in connection with the military public acquisition project for the realization of a static infrastructure of the South East Multinational Corps Command.
Specialist lawyers: Iulian Popescu, Ana Maria Abrudan, Andrei Ormenean.
White Collar Crime
Advising and representing Rompetrol Rafinare (including the companies within the KMGI group), one of the largest gas and refining businesses in Romania, in its defence in a white-collar related case.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Cosmin Libotean, Alexandru Terta, Stefan Diaconescu.
Representing Leoni AG and its Romanian subsidiary, a leading global supplier of wires, cables and wiring systems, in relation to an information technology fraud investigation across multiple jurisdictions.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Cosmin Libotean, Angela Porumb, Alexandru Terta, Stefan Diaconescu.
Assisting and representing Engie Romania (former GDF Suez Energy Romania), the leading player on the Romanian energy and gas market, in several criminal files involving mainly gas explosions or other severe deficiencies, both in front of the criminal investigation authorities and of the Criminal Courts of law, involving also complex settlements of damages claims.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Cosmin Libotean, Stefan Diaconescu.
Advising and representing a leading Romanian bank in relation to a complex criminal investigation with an estimated prejudice in excess of €70 million.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Cosmin Libotean, Angela Porumb, Alexandru Terta, Stefan Diaconescu.
Advising and representing Kaufland Romania in connection with a complex criminal file in relation to a large commercial and real estate transaction.
Specialist lawyers: Gheorghe Musat, Cosmin Libotean, Alexandru Terta, Stefan Diaconescu.
