Mr Markus Piuk > Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA
BLVD DACIA NR 30, ET. 7
SECTOR 1
010413 BUCHAREST
Romania
Markus Piuk photo

Work Department

corporate/M&A, regulatory/energy

Position

Partner

Career

Markus Piuk is partner at Schoenherr and has more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer, mainly focusing on corporate / m&a related work in South East Europe. He also has great experience in finance and tax law. Within Schoenherr, he has had a major contribution to the development of Schoenherr’s network in South East Europe and today is in charge of m&a teams in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. Markus has acted frequently for clients in the oil and gas, food/non-food retail an the financial industry (such as REWE, Verbund, Vienna Insurance Group and OMV), as well as financial investors advising them on their foreign direct investment in SEE. He also advises local businesses in this region on domestic and outbound investments.
Markus holds degrees from the University of Vienna (Mag. iur., 1998), the University of Virginia (LL.M., 2000) and ESADE Business School in Barcelona (MBA, 2004). He is admitted to the bar in Austria, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Croatia and Liechtenstein. Markus is a frequent speaker at conferences regarding investments in South East Europe. Markus has published a number of articles on the laws of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and the Republic of Moldova in Austrian and international legal journals, including eastlex (Manz Verlag, Vienna, in German language).

Languages

German, English, Romanian, Moldovan, Spanish, Italian, Serbian, Croatian

Memberships

Bucharest Bar Association (2004)
Vienna Bar Association (2004)
Sofia Bar Association (2007)
Chisinau Bar Association (2011)
Croatian Bar Association (2015)
Liechtenstein Bar Association (2016)

Education

ESADE Business School, Barcelona/Spain (MBA 2004)
University of Virginia/USA, Faculty of Law  (LL.M. 2000)
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Mag. iur. 1998)
Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna/Italy (Scholarship 1997)

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > Energy and natural resources

Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA‘s ‘deep knowledge of the renewable energy sector’ supports clients across the market – including oil & gas, electricity utilities, nuclear power producers, and renewables – with their transactional, regulatory, financing and development matters. This wide range of experience converges in assisting traditional energy companies with their move towards green energy sources and e-mobility. ‘Well-versed in energy-specific issues‘, Monica Cojocaru heads the energy practice, with particular strength working with strategic investors across the CEE region. Markus Piuk is equipped to assist energy sector clients with corporate mandates.

Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA is ‘a top regional law firm in CEE‘, and the Bucharest team garners praise as ‘an excellent option for sophisticated transactions in the region‘. The group has an established track record in acting for clients in highly regulated sectors, as well as advising investors in the private equity and venture capital arenas. Monica Cojocaru is well versed in handling transactional mandates, and advises on both the buy and sell sides of headline M&A deals in Romania, often within the energy, insurance, manufacturing and healthcare sectors, among others. Cojocaru co-heads the practice with corporate and M&A specialist Mădălina Neagu and Vienna-based Markus Piuk, ‘a brilliant M&A lawyer’. Senior associate Mihaela Popescu is a name to note.