Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution, Investment Arbitration, Civil Procedure, Private International Law, Enforcement, Intellectual Property

Dr. Cosmin Vasile, managing partner of Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners and head of the firm’s Arbitration Practice Group, has extensive experience of more than 22 years in handling crossborder disputes and boasts already an outstanding track-record of around 100 international arbitration proceedings as counsel and arbitrator conducted under various laws and sets of arbitration rules, including ICC, LCIA, CAM, SCC, VIAC, UNCITRAL, ICSID and CICA. In court, Dr. Vasile has an impressive record, being popular among major domestic and international corporations for advice in high-profile commercial, administrative-contentious, public procurement, enforcement and capital markets disputes.

Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Restructuring & Insolvency, Corporate & Commercial, Criminal Law 

Senior Partner and founder of Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners, Calin-Andrei Zamfirescu is Head of the Dispute Resolution department. Calin is a leading Romanian expert in litigation and arbitration, acting as counsel for major clients in important domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, being praised for his experience in banking, finance, insolvency, liquidation, and bankruptcy-related contentious matters. He is Honorary President of the National Union of Romanian Bars, the National Union of Liberal Professions as well as Head of the Romanian Delegation before CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe).

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Energy & Natural Resources, Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition

Ioana Racoti, Senior Partner and founder of ZRVP, heads the Energy & Natural Resources, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets departments. A seasoned business lawyer, Ioana belongs to the group of professionals that pioneered the world of business law in Romania back in 1995. Highprofile mergers & acquisitions deals and privatization projects propelled her to the international elite of the legal profession. Since then, she has been growing longlasting business partnerships with clients from different industries, providing trusted legal counsel for over 29 years in multibillion-dollar projects.

Practice Areas: Restructuring & Insolvency, Enforcement & Debt Recovery, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, Fiscal Litigation, Real Estate Litigation

Mr. Tirnoveanu leads the Restructuring & Insolvency practice as well as the Banking Litigation practice, being one of the most reputed lawyers in Romania in the area of liquidation and reorganization in the banking system. He has broad expertise in representing clients in insolvency and bankruptcy, debt recovery and dispute resolution, ensuring legal assistance and representation for both creditors and debtors. Stan Tîrnoveanu is a member of the European Association for Banking and Finance Law, Romania Branch and deputy editor of the Banking and Finance Law Magazine.

Practice Areas: Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisition, Real Estate, Employment Law, Banking & Finance

Anca Danilescu has developed a significant practice in project finance, corporate, commercial and mergers and acquisitions. She has been involved in intricate financing transactions, including bank facility agreements, syndicated international loans and securitizations. Anca was also involved in complex transactions ranging from cross-border business ventures to private stock and assets acquisitions for major domestic and international corporate clients in various fields, such as multinational lime and glass producers, leading companies in telecommunications, shipping and aviation areas.

Practice Areas: Litigation, Administrative Contentious, Public Procurement, Competition, Labor Disputes

Andrei is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer focusing on complex commercial litigation and contentious administrative disputes, including public acquisitions, tax and competition law. Furthermore, Andrei specializes in the settlement of court and pre-court matters, assisting clients in mitigating imminent litigation or amiably solving open court procedures. Andrei has completed several postgraduate courses in Intellectual Property held by WIPO in association with the University of Bucharest (2006, 2007).

Practice Areas: General Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Environmental Law

Mihai has coordinated during the last 17 years an interdisciplinary team of attorneys providing ongoing legal assistance to big industry clients in daily business matters. He has extensive experience in business start-ups, corporate housekeeping, collaterals, debt restructuring and asset securitization. As a trademark of his professional expertise, he specializes in brokering commercial agreements and acting on behalf of clients in negotiations with third parties ranging from commercial partners and financial institutions to public authorities.

Practice Areas: Litigation, Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Contentious-Administrative, Labor Disputes, Construction & Infrastructure Disputes

Alina Tugearu, coordinator of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice, specializes in civil and commercial litigation, with a focus on international arbitration and administrative/contentious disputes. She has solid experience in trying arbitration cases before national and international arbitral panels in arbitration proceedings held under the auspices of the ICC, LCIA, VIAC, the Court of International Commercial Arbitration (Bucharest) and under the UNCITRAL arbitration rules in ad hoc arbitration, in complex projects involving construction disputes, including matters regarding FIDIC contracts, post privatisation-related disputes and energy related disputes.

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Public Procurement, Capital Markets, Competition, Corporate & Commercial

Elena has extensive experience in banking and finance, capital markets and competition. She has assisted numerous banks and non-banking financial institutions in statutory and regulatory matters, being involved in complex transactions ranging from project finance, restructuring, assignment of portfolios, mergers, acquisitions and regulatory projects. Elena successfully coordinated the project for the European Investment Bank regarding the transposition of the new EC Procurement Directives and Remedy Directives into Romanian legislation, and acts for clients in all matters of public procurement law.

Practice Areas: Labor Law, Corporate & Commercial, Public Procurement, Energy & Natural Resources

Catalin has an unsurpassed practice in employment law with an exceptional reputation for advising clients on all aspects of individual and collective labour law. Having thorough and solid knowledge of the Romanian corporate regulations, Catalin is popular among major domestic and international corporations for advice on agreements negotiation, implementation of sophisticated management organization systems, important business transfers, corporate restructurings and collective bargaining agreements. Catalin has also a notable reputation for advising on medical law and commercial law matters, acting for a client roster encompassing companies acting in a variety of industry sectors.

Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Corporate Law, Capital Markets, Contentious-Administrative Law, Public Procurement

Monica is specialized in civil litigation and administrative-contentious disputes across a variety of business sectors, including capital markets litigation, public procurement, energy & natural resources, partnerships and corporate governance. Monica coordinates complex disputes between issuers and shareholders, investors and authorities, as well as litigation matters concerning listings, delistings, public offerings. Monica assists also with a variety of public procurement disputes. During the last years, she has been also involved in international arbitration mandates referring to complex commercial, public international and private international law matters.

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Litigation, Construction Disputes, Energy Disputes, Public Procurement, Contentious-Administrative Law

With legal experience of more than 20 years, Cosmin Cojocaru is a partner in the dispute resolution team of the firm. He has extensive experience in the field of construction disputes, including disputes arisen from the non-performance or inappropriate performance of FIDIC agreements. Cosmin also handles high-profile disputes in the energy field, covering both court litigation and international arbitration.

Practice Areas: Real Estate & Construction, Commercial Contracts, Employment & Regulatory, Corporate Governance

Crenguta has over 14 years of professional experience and is specialized in real estate and corporate & commercial law. She advises local and international clients on urban and industrial development projects, construction (including FIDIC contracts), leasing transactions, regulatory and licensing matters. Crenguta has also extensive experience in corporate governance, being involved in highly strategic commercial projects and providing legal assistance regarding the day-to-day business activity of clients.

Practice Areas: Family Law, Fiscal Litigation, Civil & Commercial Law, Labor Law

Ovidiu Serban is coordinator of the civil law and family law practice of ZRVP. A litigator with over 17 years of experience, Ovidiu specializes in civil and family disputes and currently handles, together with his team, over 100 mandates, mainly divorces with children, division of assets, international abduction, adoptions and inheritance. Ovidiu’s practice focuses also on administrative and tax law, including disputes between professionals.

Practice Areas: Real Estate, Agricultural Law, Construction Law (FIDIC), Energy & Natural Resources

Robert’s practice covers a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, being well versed in real estate and agriculture matters. He has assisted clients in a wide variety of transactions covering legal issues regarding land acquisition, development and concession, public and private construction, public works and leasing of properties.

Practice Areas: International Arbitration, Construction Law, Real Estate Litigation, Competition Disputes, Administrative-Contentious

Violeta is specialized in international arbitration and litigation across a wide range of industry sectors and variety of projects, such as construction and engineering, plant manufacturing, turn-key projects , FIDIC-based projects, large-scale privatization matters and other disputes in relation to share sales, real estate sector etc., as well as in competition disputes.

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Insolvency, Insurance Law, Civil Law, Labour Law, Bill of Exchange Law

Alexandru Iorgulescu is a seasoned expert in financial and banking law, bills of exchange, insolvency, and enforcement, providing legal counsel to some of the most prominent companies on the Romanian market. He has extensive experience with financial payment instruments, advising clients in complex disputes arising from cross-border transactions. Additionally, Alexandru plays a key role in advancing the firm’s insurance law practice, representing leading Romanian companies in numerous high-stakes disputes.