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Romania
Banking, finance and capital markets
Banking, finance and capital markets - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA’s work includes Marian Dinu advising the Romanian government on multiple issuances under its global medium-term note programme, totalling €2.25bn. Senior associate Cristian Vlaicu advised Hypo Noe on a real estate acquisition financing.
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA is â€extremely responsive and able to provide spot-on commercially oriented advice’. Counsel Paula Corban-Pelin is â€a truly remarkable lawyer who provides excellent technical advice’ and along with practice head Marian Dinu advised Origin Enterprises on two agribusiness purchases totalling €50m.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA’s dispute resolution practice, which is led by counsel Radu BÄlaČ™, is representing bet365 in litigation regarding gambling regulation. Senior associate Daniela Bistrae represents AstraZeneca in tax litigation.
Employment
Employment - ranked: tier 1
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA covers the gamut of employment law, ranging from class action litigation to collective dismissals. Practice head Monica Georgiadis advised Wipro on employee benefits, employment termination disputes and TUPE transfers.
Energy and natural resources
Energy and natural resources - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA is â€professional and innovative – always delivering on time and to high standards’. Marian Dinu represents Chevron in litigation pertaining to its aborted hydraulic fracturing programme. Practice head and counsel Paula Corban-Pelin â€understands the risks and is quick to see the big picture’; she advises Nabucco Gas Pipeline International on midstream matters.
Gambling law
Gambling law - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA’s counsel Radu BÄlaČ™ represents bet365 in litigation against the regulator regarding the recovery of money given under the 2015 gambling amnesty policy. Other mandates relate to taxation.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA advises software developers, retailers and FMCG businesses on matters including licensing, anti-counterfeiting and franchising. Counsel Ana Maria Andronic, a new hire from BiriĹź Goran SPARL, advised a subsidiary of Naspers on reviewing its trade mark portfolio.
Real estate and construction
Real estate and construction - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA provides â€responsive and accurate’ advice on agricultural, logistics, industrial and retail transactions. Alin Buftea advised Rimo Holding on a proposed purchase of a company owning 20km² of farmland, and assisted Blackstone Group with acquiring €70m of logistics parks in Romania.
TMT
TMT - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA’s Livia Zamfiropol advised Telekom Romania on its network-sharing arrangement with Orange. Ana-Maria Andronic, a new hire from Biriş Goran SPARL, heads the department, which also handles software IP, data protection and advertising sales.
Tax
Tax - ranked: tier 1
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
DLA Piper Dinu SCA â€provides well-tailored and structured advice that is easy to apply in practice’ on matters such as employee benefits, M&A and tax litigation. Practice head Tudor Nedelea, who is â€appreciated for his wide industry knowledge and connections’, and senior tax manager Lidia Dutu advised Origin Enterprises on the tax aspects of two cross-border acquisitions.
Further information on DLA Piper LLP (US)
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and infrastructure
- Intellectual property
- Real estate
- TMT
Afghanistan
Angola
Australia
Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and trade
- Construction
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution : Class actions
- Employment
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- IT and telecoms
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Projects
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport : Road, rail and aviation
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : White-collar crime (including fraud)
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Belgium
Offices in Antwerp and Brussels
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition : EU and global
- Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory : Financial services
- EU regulatory : Information technology
- EU regulatory : Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotech
- EU regulatory : Privacy and data protection
- Employment
- Environment
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Food and beverage
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : IT and telecoms
- Industry focus : Media and entertainment
- Industry focus : Retail
- Industry focus : Transport
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Not-for-profit
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate and construction : Foreign firms
- Shipping : Foreign firms
- Tax : Foreign firms
Chile
Offices in Santiago
Canada
Offices in Yellowknife, Edmonton, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary
- Banking and finance
- Business immigration
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy : Mining
- Energy : Oil and gas
- Environment
- Infrastructure and projects
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Other
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction
Germany
Offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (sub-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- IT and outsourcing : Information technology (including contracts)
- IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
- Industry focus : Energy
- Insurance : Advice to insurers
- Insurance : Insurance litigation
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Media : Press and publishing
- Public sector : PPP
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
- Trade and distribution
- White-collar crime : Advice to companies
Denmark
Offices in Copenhagen
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- Information technology
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
- Telecoms
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Banking and finance : Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Industry focus : Food
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Manufacturing
- Industry focus : Retail
- Industry focus : TMT
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Patents
- Intellectual property : Trade marks
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Finland
Offices in Helsinki
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Maritime and transport
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
France
Offices in Paris
- Aviation
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property : Patents
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : LBO
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Construction
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Employment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Regulatory
- Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
- TMT
- Tax and trusts
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
Latin America: International firms
India
Italy
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Food
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Luxury goods
- Industry focus : Manufacturing
- Industry focus : Retail
- Industry focus : TMT
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Labour and employment : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate : International firms and joint ventures
- Tax : International firms and joint ventures
Kuwait
Offices in Kuwait City
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Privatisation and projects
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: Trade, WTO, anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : Investment funds
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, ÂŁ250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Corporate crime (including fraud, bribery and corruption)
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Gaming and betting
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Reputation management
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset based lending
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Commodities: physicals
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Data protection
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
- Transport : Shipping
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
Myanmar
Mongolia
Morocco
Offices in Casablanca
Mexico
Offices in Mexico City
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Environment and planning
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : IT
- Industry focus : Media and entertainment
- Industry focus : Telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Norway
Offices in Oslo
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property and TMT
- Real estate
North West
Offices in Liverpool and Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime: general
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Project finance and PFI
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate : Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning and environment
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- Transport
New Zealand
Offices in Auckland and Wellington
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Insurance
- Projects and resource management (including environment)
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
Oman
Offices in Muscat
Philippines
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Insurance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- Tax
Portugal
Offices in Lisbon
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Romania
Offices in Bucharest
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Gambling law
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
Russia
Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A : Moscow
- Commercial, corporate and M&A : St Petersburg and elsewhere
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
Scotland
Offices in Edinburgh
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm and Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- IT and telecoms
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property and media
- Real estate
- Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
South Korea
Offices in Seoul
Slovakia
Offices in Bratislava
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al-Khobar
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
United States
Offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Palo Alto, San Diego (Downtown), Boston, Los Angeles, Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Las Vegas, Raleigh, Austin, Houston, Reston, Virginia, Minneapolis, Atlanta, La Jolla, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego (Golden Triangle), Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Orlando, New Jersey, Maryland, Miami, and Wilmington
- Antitrust : Cartel
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation: defense
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Commercial lending
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus : Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
- Industry focus : Sport
- Intellectual property : Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: international trade commission
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits and executive compensation (transactions)
- Labor and employment : Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment : Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Private equity buyouts
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Media, technology and telecoms : Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Real estate : Construction (including construction litigation)
- Real estate : Land use/zoning
- Real estate
- Real estate : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious
West Midlands
Offices in Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime: general
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Real estate : Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
Yorkshire and the Humber
Offices in Leeds and Sheffield
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Licensing
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Human resources : Employment: Sheffield and South Yorkshire
- Human resources : Employment: Hull and East Yorkshire
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Professional negligence: claimant
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Energy
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate : Commercial property: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property