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 is ‘recognized in the Romanian market for its outstanding energy practice‘. Working in collaboration with the firm’s banking, regulatory, and construction teams, the group assists nuclear power producers, financial institutions, and utility companies with transactional matters, as well as the development and operation of renewable energy generation units and storage facilities. Monica Cojocaru is ‘an experienced lawyer with a strategic understanding of the energy sector‘, and co-heads the group with Markus Piuk, who handles financing matters. The ‘extremely dedicatedVlad Cordea often acts for mining clients.

Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA is a key office in the wider firm’s significant presence across the CEE region and continues to advise on both local and cross-border transactions of note. The team stands out for its reliable support to clients operating in some of the jurisdictions most highly regulated sectors, and also has strength in private equity and venture capital transactions. Three lawyers share leadership responsibilities: Mădălina Neagu, who has a strong track record on the buy and sell sides of major M&A involving Romanian law components; fellow experienced M&A practitioner Monica Cojocaru, who is well-versed in energy, insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare; and the ‘proactive’ Markus Piuk, who divides his time between the firm’s Austrian and Romanian offices.