GC Summit Romania 2023

The Legal 500 is pleased to host an exclusive summit for in-house counsel in Romania. In partnership with CMS, Dentons, NNDKP, Mares & Mares, Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA, and Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii, our networking sponsor IJDELEA, and media partner JURIDICE.ro, corporate counsel from across Romania will convene in Bucharest to consider contemporary issues for Romanian counsel, as well as the broader picture for Romanian business and foreign investment. Expert panelists will cover crisis management, compliance, business and legal leadership, the digital economy, and more. In addition, panel discussions will look at the challenges in-house counsel have and will face in Romania and the opportunities presented by the current market.

As one of the most open market economies in Europe, Romania has spent the last decade implementing major economic reforms that have left the country well-placed to enter into a new period of prosperity. Our panels will draw upon leading Romanian legal experts to highlight critical factors for in-house counsel.

Agenda

12.30pm–1.30pm Registration and lunch

1.30pm–1.40pm Welcome address

• David Goulthorpe, managing director, The Legal 500
• Livia Dumitrescu, member of the New York Bar

• Adina Calfa, group general counsel, E-INFRA

  1.45pm–2.30pm Navigating the digital economy: Disruptive innovation and the future of legal services

As an increasing number of business look to AI, digitalisation, blockchain, and a range of other new technologies to drive profits, we ask what disruptive innovation means for GCs and their advisers. Are GCs and law firms equipped with the relevant skills to help their businesses move fully into the digital economy and drive transformational change? And should legal teams and law firms look to structure themselves in response to the new business environment?

• Cornel Popa, partner, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
  
• Camelia Nicoara, legal and public affairs director, Michellin
• Arina Dobrescu, legal director, Tenaris
• Mihaela Dumitrache, head of legal department, Carrefour Romania

2.35pm–3.20pm What do clients want from their law firms?

This panel will explore the topic of managing legal resources in an ever changing and challenging business environment. Driving efficiency and added value for business will bring into discussion the training and upskilling needs for in-house legal teams, as well as the advantages of a long-standing collaboration with the same external advisors, including in case of crisis management. Our panel of leading GCs share their view on what they want to see from their external advisers, from proposing new ways of staffing matters to working with technology providers and specialising in niche areas of law.

• Roxana Ionescu, co-head of data protection and head of environment practices, NNDKP
  
• Alina Radu, head of banking and finance practice, NNDKP
• Alexandru Berea, general counsel, Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR)
• Alina Senchea, legal manager East Balkans, PepsiCo
• Mihai G. Popa, corporate legal department director, E.ON Romania

3.20pm–3.30pm Coffee Break

3.30pm–4.15pm Fireside-chat: From GC to CEO/Board Member

As a growing number of GCs are granted P&L responsibility within their organisations, we ask what they can do to break through the glass ceiling and ascend to the role of chief executive. We will hear the thoughts of senior business figures and a leading executive on how GCs should position themselves to land the top job

• Simon Dayes, partner, Dentons
• Livia Dumitrescu, member of the New York Bar
• Mark Davis, regional director, Romania & Bulgaria, EBRD

4.20pm – 4.45pm From risk hunter to a tactical adviser: The role of professional advisers in crisis management 

In this session we will explore how GCs and their external advisers can join together to plan an effective response to a corporate crisis. The session will look at practical strategies to manage different stakeholders in a range of crisis situations and deliver war stories that contain lessons for all GCs.

• Mihai Mares, founding partner, Mares & Mares
• Alina Arsene, general counsel, Interbrands Orbico
• Oleg Roibu, general counsel, eMAG Group
• Bianca Vlad, general counsel, CORA

4.45pm – 4.55pm Coffee break

4.55pm – 5.40pm The changing function of GC: Finding the right balance between legal advisory and leadership roles

• Sebastian Guțiu, managing partner, Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA
• Gabriela Popescu, legal director, Microsoft
• Florina (Olteanu) Homeghiu, legal director, Photon Energy Group

• Cristian Buzan, executive vice-president, ENGIE Romania

• Robert Ionita, legal director, NEPI Rockcastle

5.45pm – 6.10pm ESG, a game changer on GCs’ priorities agenda

This panel will explore the topic of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as a measure of corporate performance. GCs will discuss how an effective ESG strategy can help their company thrive in a sustainable way in both the short- and long-term.

• Horia Draghici, partner, CMS
• Alina Dumitrascu, head of legal and corporate affairs, Enel Romania
• Valentina Parvu, regional counsel co-head of CEE practice, Visa
• Adina Gutiu, associate professor, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

6.10pm – 6.15pm Closing remarks

6.15pm–7.00pm Drinks and networking

Speakers

David Goulthorpe, managing director, The Legal 500

Adina Calfa, group general counsel, E-INFRA

Adina is a C-level experienced advisor with 20+y wide-ranging legal background, combining top technical skills with business acumen in supporting and advising various boards on a variety of business, management and strategic planning matters, with critical focus on stakeholder relations.

Internationally recognized, Legal 500 recommended and included in the 2017 and 2019 Legal 500 GC Powerlist, Adina is a high-profile in-house professional and permanent attendant and Board advisor for various national and international companies during time, in multicultural environment.

Adina is a recognized influencer and mediator, proved strategic thinking and excellent in-depth business knowledge, rendering top quality advice on Corporate Governance, compliance, M&A, antitrust, business commercial, employment, litigation and intellectual property matters.

While acting as Group General Counsel for E-INFRA GROUP,  Adina is also a Board Member of Netcity Telecom and recently being nominated Director and CEO of Nova Power Solar 50.

Cornel Popa, partner, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Cornel Popa is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii. His area of practice encompasses domestic and international commercial arbitration, as well as joint-ventures, mergers, acquisitions projects. Industries covered by his activity include such areas as large infrastructure projects (road and railway building), energy and natural resources, shipping and fast-moving consumer goods,  During the past few years, Cornel Popa has advised on the legal implications of artificial intelligence and cloud computing, being a frequent speaker and a writer on such topics.

Camelia Nicoara, legal and public affairs director, Michelin Central Europe

Camelia Nicoară is the Legal and Public Affairs Director for Michelin Central Europe, a region containing 30 countries. She is also one of the active members of the board of directors of Michelin Romania.

Camelia has an extensive experience in business law, leading for more than 15 years the company’s legal and public affairs being a proactive partner for sustainable growth by supporting the company’s business objectives in an efficient, innovative and sustainable way. She contributes to business strategy implementation, including integrating new companies and business activities, standardizing, and simplifying legal processes and regulatory compliance matters, and driving a culture of integrity and ethics. In addition, she is representing the company in local and international organizations, promoting a sustainable business environment.

She is an advocate for sustainable growth and is highly motivated to support the company’s business objectives in an efficient, innovative, and sustainable way.

Arina Dobrescu, legal director, Tenaris

Arina Dobrescu is a Legal Director at Tenaris, a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the energy industry and certain other industrial applications. She has 12 years of experience as general counsel and 10 years as a lawyer with several domestic and international law firms. In her capacity as Legal Director at Tenaris, she leads a dynamic team who manages company’s local projects. Her legal background is extremely diverse, covering various areas of law such as corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, real estate. Arina Dobrescu is a graduate of the University of Bucharest and has also earned a LL.M. degree at the Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam.

Mihaela Dumitrache, head of legal department, Carrefour Romania

After more than 20 years in the legal field, acting initially as a lawyer and later on as in-house counsel, Mihaela Dumitrache gained an in-depth understanding and experience in several areas, focusing mainly on real estate, M&A and retail business.

In line with Carrefour’s complex and diversified business presence, Mihalea currently covers an exciting and challenging range of topics, from consumer law to e-commerce, data privacy and competition law. In the past years, she played an essential role in sustaining the constant growth of the company’s omnichannel business by co-ordinating the expansion of the network of stores on all formats, acquiring and integrating two supermarket chains and establishing a strong e-commerce presence.

Mihaela’s ambition is to reach the legal team’s ideal balance, ensuring compliance and preventing legal risks while being a true partner and support for the business teams.

Roxana Ionescu, co-head of data protection and head of environment practices, NNDKP

Having established NNDKP’s environmental and data protection practices and coordinating them over the past 17 years, Roxana Ionescu has consolidated her theoretical and practical background in these areas, which allows her to navigate the complex and sometimes highly uncorrelated legal frameworks in order to find practical solutions to clients’ projects and needs. Roxana is closely connected to EU data protection developments and she regularly assists clients on complex privacy matters related to core-businesses, marketing or employment activities, database sharing and data protection implications of business transfers, projects and mergers, both national and cross-border. In the environmental field, her expertise covers the full spectrum of environmental legal aspects, including regulatory and permitting requirements applicable in specific fields or assessment of environmental-related risks in the context of various projects.

Alina Radu, head of banking and finance practice, NNDKP

Alina Radu heads NNDKP’s Banking and Finance practice and has developed her expertise during more than 25 years of practical experience in a wide range of projects, including complex mergers and acquisitions projects in the banking sector, financing transactions, sales/acquisitions and development of real estate projects, as well as assistance on corporate matters, contracts and a large number of projects requiring thorough knowledge of regulatory matters in the financial services field. She has assisted clients in landmark deals on the Romanian market, advising on multi-jurisdictional or domestic financing and refinancing facilities, providing support on complex financing and security structures, as well as in relation to core aspects of activity of credit and financial institutions. Alina also addresses key financing aspects in various borrower default or insolvency scenarios.

Mihai Mares, founding partner, Mares & Mares

Mihai is the founder and the Managing Partner of Mareș & Mareș. Highly regarded by clients and peers alike as one of the brightest white collar crime attorneys, he specializes exclusively on criminal defense for senior executives, entrepreneurs, major industrial groups, financial institutions and large international and domestic companies, in a wide range of matters involving money laundering, fraud, bribery and other forms of corporate misconduct. Described by The Legal 500 as “an energetic legal brain” and named one of the top White-Collar Crime lawyers in Romania, he is recommended as a Leading Lawyer in disputes. With a Ph.D. in criminal procedure from the Romanian Academy’s Legal Institute, Mihai regularly publishes articles and studies on criminal law and criminal procedure and participates in international and national conferences related to these fields.

Alina Arsene, general counsel, Interbrands Orbico

Alina Arsene is Head of Legal at Interbrands Orbico Romania with over 15 years of experience, mainly in commercial business law, M&A, competition law and corporate governance. Alina has a track record in FMCG, tobacco, professional beauty and pharma distribution businesses thanks to Interbrands’ opportunities in playing among these industries.

Alina’s main achievement, besides being a strategic adviser for the management board of Interbrands, she successfully led the merger of 4 Orbico Group companies in Romania under one umbrella company – Interbrands Orbico and from the operational point of view, she acted as an integrator role.

Alina was also ranked and awarded in 2022 by the Romanian legal community “Lady Lawyer magazine and Juridical Universe” publications as the best legal leader in a private company.

Currently, Alina Arsene plays a strategic role in business development projects as a tactical legal adviser for both local and group development perspectives. At the same time, she continues her leadership role in coordinating the Romanian legal team.

Simon Dayes, partner, Dentons

Simon is a Partner in the Banking and Finance practice in Bucharest. Qualified as an UK solicitor, he has been advising banks, international financial institutions and project sponsors in cross border credit transactions in Central Europe from a Bucharest base for over 15 years.

Simon works on project finance, structured trade finance and financial restructurings, corporate and real estate lending, and syndications. With sector focuses including energy and renewables, concession-based infrastructure and hotels, Simon has worked widely across Central and Western Europe and Africa.

Sebastian Guțiu, managing partner, Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA

Sebastian Guțiu has been the managing partner of Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA since 2008. He is an experienced business lawyer with 24 years of practice in Romania. A recognised lawyer in these areas, Sebastian heads Schoenherr’s group-wide real estate practice in Central and Eastern Europe/ Southeastern Europe and the firm’s dispute resolution practice in Romania. He has been the main driver behind the development of Schoenherr’s dispute resolution and real estate & construction teams in the local market. He coordinates the legal advisory services these teams provide to clients active in various industries, including energy, consumer goods, financial services, manufacturing, real estate and construction, retail, and technology. Sebastian has a strong track record in advising on transactional matters, assisting clients who own and operate large portfolios of real estate assets, and advising on high-value disputes (with a focus on international arbitration). In addition, he has extensive managerial experience, managing complex legal projects and client accounts and the firm’s operations in Bucharest.

Gabriela Popescu, legal director, Microsoft

Gabriela Popescu is Legal Director of Microsoft, having accumulated 25 years of experience in local and international law, with several multinational companies.

Gabriela adopts a business tailored approach in her advice and acts as a support for her business clients. Her role is uniquely structured, as it gives the opportunity to partner very close to business and customers and to break the local paradigms and barriers in the market.

Gabriela is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, Bucharest University and holds an MBA Degree from the Institute for Business and Public Administration at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. She was recognized as one of the strongest counsels in the local market, being included in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist for Central and Eastern Europe in 2017 and 2019 editions.

Alexandru Berea, general counsel, Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR)

With professional experience spanning more than 20 years, Alexandru has been the general counsel of BCR, one of the top Romanian banks, part of Erste Group (the largest CEE banking group) since 2011. In his current role, in addition to managing legal affairs, Alexandru is also responsible for corporate governance and public affairs. He undertook specific project assignments during this period, such as implementing GDPR or reinforcing the AML/KIC area.

Alina Senchea, legal manager East Balkans, PepsiCo

With 20 years of experience in the legal field, Alina Senchea heads the legal team at PepsiCo Eastern Balkans. During the last years, she was responsible for managing and providing strategic direction for the group’s legal department, overseeing contracts, litigation portfolio, conflict resolution, IP, law enforcement engagement and M&A matters. Previously, she coordinated PepsiCo’s activity in Romania and Moldova, managing risks connected with or resulting from the business strategy and operations and ensuring business operations compliance with relevant regulations.

Mihai G. Popa, corporate legal department director, E.ON Romania

Mihai G. Popa is one of the most prominent professionals in the industry, including in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist. He heads E.ON Romania’s legal counselling and compliance practices, being involved in significant projects at the top management level in various areas such as corporate, competition, corporate governance, and compliance policies, and coordinating strategic projects at the regional level. Throughout his career, he implemented projects related to compliance policies, contributed to the transposition and harmonization at the regional and local level of the rules issued at the companies’ headquarters, coordinated the negotiation of international commercial contracts and the organization of training programs for employees in countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova but also globally.

Oleg Roibu, general counsel, eMAG Group

Oleg Roibu is the General Counsel of eMAG Group coordinating the legal, public policy and sustainability efforts of the group in CEE, but also Brussels. Oleg has been actively involved in promoting the e-commerce sector and digital economy from the position of Vice President of the Romanian E-commerce Association (ARMO). He is also a supporter of the development of the Romanian ICT sector as a member of the Board of Directors of the Services Industry Association (ANIS). He is the co-author of the documentary booklet “Digital Romania. Operational Concepts and Tools”.

Florina (Olteanu) Homeghiu, legal director, Photon Energy Group

Florina Mariana Homeghiu manages the legal affairs of Photon Energy Group in Romania. Throughout her career, Florina has collaborated with different law firms (both local and international) and coordinated the legal agendas of complex companies in various sectors, including FMCG, real estate, and the chemical industry.

Florina is an experienced and business-astute legal director (business lawyer). She supports the sustainable development and growth of companies. She contributes to the empowerment of healthy, ethically strong organisations by providing them with thought leadership in legal affairs and sound legal counsel relating (but not limited) to commercial and corporate law, contracts, M&A, energy, competition, regulatory matters, employment, and labour law.

Florina’s past work includes the successful coordination of major corporate projects, legal and due diligence processes organised by international clients concerning proposed acquisitions in Romania, the implementation of document standardisation processes, corporate-level compliance programs, and more.

She is a member of business and legal associations in Romania. She was included in the GC Powerlist Central and Eastern Europe 2019, Legal 500 and won the 6th Lady Lawyer Gala in November 2019 in the Legal Director category.

Bianca Vlad, general counsel, CORA

Bianca Vlad is the general counsel at CORA. The Cora hypermarket chain belongs to the Louis Delhaize international group. There are over 70 Cora hypermarkets in the world: in France, Belgium and Romania. In Romania, Cora currently has 11 stores.

Bianca has solid experience in business, regulatory and legal risk management in retail business and real estate.

Bianca is a Harvard business school alumni with business knowledge, broad global perspectives, and strong relationship management skills. Bianca Vlad has been inspired through example and empowers team members/colleagues to lead/work more effectively, improve their skills, and exceed themselves with the unique blend of skills and abilities deriving from diverse business, legal and industry exposure.

Horia Draghici, partner, CMS

Horia Draghici, partner, is currently coordinating the dispute resolution department of CMS Bucharest. Horia has a great deal of experience in commercial litigation and arbitration for both multinational clients and significant domestic companies in Romania.

His practice deals extensively with commercial litigation and arbitration, insolvency matters, employment disputes, disputes with public authorities, tax litigation and international investments disputes. He also has a solid background of internal compliance investigations, and he is also advising clients on contentious and non-contentious commercial topics in various sectors (energy, TM&C, consumer products).

Cristian Buzan, executive vice-president, ENGIE Romania

Cristian has been leading ENGIE Romania, the RES activities and is the Head of Legal, IT, Digital & Innovation, and Business Development of ENGIE Romania since 2021.

 With an extensive 25+ years of experience in the legal and energy business field, Cristian has been coordinating various teams aiming at ensuring coherence & sustainability across the organization. He focuses a lot on teamwork, leading by example, human values and people management.

 Cristian holds a PhD in international business from the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest and is a graduate of e Law School-University of Bucharest, Romania. He also has a Master of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Lille, France.

Livia Dumitrescu, member of the New York Bar

Livia Dumitrescu is a New York Bar member who served as a Board member, member of the Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee for Victoriabank SA (Chisinau), as a Board member of Vantage Towers (a Vodafone company), as a Board member of two trade associations, Concordia and British Romanian Chambers of Commerce and as a Board member of Vodafone Foundation.  In addition, during her professional life in Romania she was a member of the management boards of Vodafone, Renault Romania and Orange Romania Communications and has served as a Compliance & Corporate Affairs Director and Ombuds Director for OMV Petrom.  Livia’s international experience covers six and a half years in IFIs (EBRD, BSTDB and EIB) either as legal counsel or advisor and around 11 years in law firms in London and New York.

Livia holds a LL.M degree from Harvard Law School, a M.A. in European Cooperation and Integration from Hull University, a five-year law degree from the Law School at the University of Bucharest and she attended specialised programs at the Institute of Directors (London), Ashridge (Hult University), Columbia Law School (New York) and T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague).  She holds professional qualifications in Governance, Risk and Compliance (International Compliance Association Fellow), fraud investigation (CFE) and is admitted (not active) to the Bucharest Bar.  Livia has a strong interest in governance as a leading factor for business sustainability and in the role of technology in building new businesses which will support a humane future.

Robert Ionita, general counsel, NEPI Rockcastle

Robert Ionita is General Counsel for NEPI Rockcastle Group, a role he has held since 2017. The company is CEE’s largest listed owner, developer and manager of shopping centres owning a €6.6 billion portfolio of high-quality modern retail real estate assets across nine CEE countries.

Ionita manages a team of in-house and external counsels across more than 10 jurisdictions and was responsible for reorganising and strengthening the Group’s legal and compliance activities following the merger of NEPI and Rockcastle in 2017. He is also responsible for Group corporate affairs and communications.

Previously, Robert was a Partner at Deloitte Legal – Reff & Associates, where he led the real estate practice, which under his leadership was acknowledged by all major legal directories as being 1^st tier.

A recent career highlight was the completion in a record time of NEPI Rockcastle’s Gdansk Forum acquisition, the largest single asset transaction to take place in CEE in 2022.

Mark Davis, regional director, Romania & Bulgaria, EBRD

Alina Dumitrascu, head of legal and corporate affairs, Enel Romania

Alina Dumitrașcu is the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs for the Enel Group of companies in Romania and a board member of one of the supply companies.

She is a lawyer with wide and thorough experience who coordinated legal teams both in public and private companies.

Prior to taking over the current role, she held a global position in Enel Group focused on network technology, being involved from Rome in complex international projects. This came as a natural step after managing the legal teams of Enel’s distribution companies in Romania for many years.

Following the ”Do well by doing good” life philosophy, Alina is known as a woman of action, the author of the first book for children that explains the Romanian Constitution, and co-founder of an NGO supporting education towards rule of law.

As gender equality is a topic to which she pays much attention, Alina is also part of various women organizations and networks, such as Professional Women’s  Network Romania (PWN) and European Women on Boards (EWOB).

Valentina Parvu, regional counsel co-head of CEE practice, Visa

Valentina Parvu is the Regional Counsel Co-Head of the CEE Practice for Visa, with almost twenty years of extensive experience, mainly in law firms, advising on a variety of commercial and regulatory matters, and intellectual property /data protection issues.

In her current role, Valentina is involved in significant projects of Visa at CEE level, with a focus on the RCBS sub-cluster (RO, CR, BG and SL). Her role includes providing commercial law support to Visa’s core payments business, but also to its digital business and innovation activities.

Valentina holds a B.A. in Law from the University of Bucharest and a LLM degree in Intellectual Property Law from the Centre of International Industrial Property Studies (Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle), Strasbourg Law Faculty. She is a trademarks attorney qualified before the Romanian Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) and also holds wo certificates on fintech and managing cybersecurity risks in the information age from HarvardX.

Adina Gutiu, associate professor, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Adina Gutiu is a business lawyer with 20 years of experience and an Associate Professor of business law with the Faculty of Law at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE).

Between 2015 and 2021 Adina was the general counsel of LUKOIL Group companies in Romania, where she was responsible for the legal and compliance affairs related to the retail fuel distribution, refining and production, renewable energy, oil & gas trading, and upstream operations in the Black Sea. During this time, she was listed in the GC Powerlist in 2018 and 2019. Prior to that, Adina worked for several international law firms.

A member of Romanian Business Leaders (RBL) and Professional Women Network Romania (PWN Romania), Adina completed several programs at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloane School of Management, Wharton Executive Education on management, leadership, strategy, corporate governance/board readiness.

Adina is currently undertaking a doctoral research in environmental law and is passionate about business, legal and risk management and sustainability.

In association with...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) is a promoter of business law in Romania with more than 30 years of experience, independently acknowledged as a pioneer of the Romanian legal market. NNDKP offers full-service and integrated legal and tax advice to companies from diverse industry sectors. For the past three decades, NNDKP lawyers have provided expertise in landmark deals and projects in Romania, contributing to the evolution of the Romanian business environment, including in innovative and niche economic sectors that involved both international corporations and local entrepreneurs.  

NNDKP brings together 130 highly qualified lawyers and tax advisors, working in our offices in Bucharest, Timisoara and Cluj-Napoca, one of the largest teams in Romania. 

The firm is the exclusive member in Romania of some of the most prestigious international professional alliances – Lex Mundi, World Services Group, International Attorneys Club, and is a founding member of SEE Legal. NNDKP is one of the most awarded law firms on the local legal market, being constantly top ranked in all practice areas by renowned international legal guides. 

Dentons Bucharest is one of the leading and oldest international law firms in Romania, with a presence of over 25 years on the local market. The office has 50+ lawyers with diverse seniority and specialized in various practice areas.

The team combines international standards of services with an in-depth understanding of the local culture, the business environment and the local regulations. To clients they are trusted advisors, focused on comprehensive solutions and committed to offering a competitive edge while successfully completing deals, resolving disputes and solving business challenges.

Dentons’ lawyers in Bucharest provide clients with full scope business law advice, including Banking and Finance; Capital Markets; Corporate and M&A; Real Estate; Competition and Antitrust; Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Compliance and Investigations, Employment and Labor; Public Law and Regulatory; Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Intellectual Property, Technology and Data.  The team covers a wide range of sectors such as Financial Services, Energy, Real Estate, Agriculture, Technology, Media, Telecommunications (TMT), Life Sciences and Healthcare, etc.

Dentons is the world’s largest global law firm, connecting top-tier talent to the world’s challenges and opportunities with 21,000 professionals including 12,400 lawyers, in over 200 locations, in more than 80 countries. Dentons’ polycentric and purpose-driven approach, commitment to inclusion and diversity, and award-winning client service challenge the status quo to advance client interests. www.dentons.com

Mareș & Mareș is a leading criminal law firm specialized in white-collar criminality, with a secondary focus on civil litigation. The firm provides outstanding services to a diverse client portfolio, including multinational and local companies, senior management, high-profile politicians, entrepreneurs, both in Romania and abroad. The firm covers all areas of criminal law connected with anti-bribery and corruption, money laundering, bankruptcy, embezzlement, tax fraud, organized crime groups and investigations, as well as the subsequent related areas of civil litigation and asset recovery.  

Established in 2006, Mareș & Mareș has evolved constantly, becoming a market leader in the field of white collar crime and having formed a new generation of talented lawyers in this area.  

In order to keep updated with the latest trends in the business law and white collar crime globally and thus add value to their services, the firm has joined several high-profile associations: The ROXIN Alliance (member of the World Bank’s Global Forum for Law, Justice and Development), The American Bar Association, The European Criminal Bar Association, The International Bar Association, Global Criminal Law Counsel (GCLC).   

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii is one of the leading law firms in Romania and in its region, both in terms of the high-quality services it provides to its clients and the magnitude of the projects the firm has been involved in during recent years. The firm boasts a talented team of more than 110 lawyers in its Bucharest office. It also operates a secondary office in Cluj-Napoca (one of the most important cities in Romania), and has excellent national coverage based on correspondent law offices in major cities, including Iasi, Timisoara, Constanta etc. The firm employs a multidisciplinary approach to the legal practice including dedicated specialised divisions, such as Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii Tax S.R.L.

The firm’s client portfolio includes international corporations, financial institutions, as well as ‘Fortune 500’ category companies. It also works with local public authorities and bodies.

In addition, in a highly innovative move for the Romanian market, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii and Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii Tax team entered into a formal cooperation agreement with Andersen Global in March 2019.

Schoenherr is a leading full-service law firm in Central and Eastern Europe. Operating in a rapidly evolving environment, we are dynamic and innovative with an effective blend of experienced lawyers and young talent. As one of the first international law firms to move into CEE/SEE, we have grown to be one of the largest in the region. With 15 offices and several country desks, our comprehensive geographical coverage means we can offer solutions that perfectly fit the given jurisdiction, industry and company. Schoenherr started operating in Romania in 1996. Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA’s approx. 60-lawyer team advises multinational and domestic companies on the complete range of business law issues. 

CMS is one of the largest and most experienced international law firms in Romania, with over 60 lawyers and tax advisors, including 8 Partners, and has been active locally since 1999. Our team of experts includes Romanian and international (English and US qualified) lawyers on the ground who provide the specialist expertise, local knowledge and commercial insight required to help you with your legal, tax and strategic challenges in Romania, and beyond.

 

We are a “one-stop-shop” firm focused on efficiency and innovation. Many of our lawyers had previous in-house experience in the industries they now advise and our practice covers a broad spectrum of advisory, transactional, and litigation work across the full range of practice areas, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions, high-stake dispute resolution, and complex regulatory advice.

 

Whether you are a company with a complex legal issue that crosses jurisdictions or are seeking local law guidance, we have the specialists to help. Our team can support your mergers and acquisitions, investment, financings, employment, IP, real estate, and tax work, and if you are faced with litigation, our dispute resolution specialists can represent your interests before all major national courts, institutions and forums.

Media Partner

JURIDICE.ro is the leading information and membership law website in Romania. JURIDICE is the Google, Facebook and Linkedin of the entire Romanian legal environment. In a nutshell, we provide the following: (i) a massive database of all legal articles and legal opinions. (ii) news from over one hundred legal sources. (iii) written and video interviews with our community’s members. (iv) recruiting services. (v) branding and rebranding services (vi) the best legal events in town. At JURIDICE.ro, each legal professional is seen.

Networking Sponsor

Ijdelea & Associates is an independent law firm representing international corporations, major investment funds and domestic entrepreneurs in all areas of business law. Clients rely on us for both execution and advice and we take pride in first-class implementation and project management.  We work with a deep understanding of our clients’ industries and always factor in a commercial approach. This combination enables us to be always fit for purpose, helping clients to structure their transactions most advantageously, mindful of time demands and with a view towards meeting their legal and business objectives.

Ijdelea & Associates is the exclusive member in Romania of TAG Law, one of the most prominent law alliances in the world.

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