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International capabilities

Market-Leading Cross-Practice & Cross-Border Capabilities for Clients of the Firm

Our team has outstanding international capabilities.  Our position as part of the PwC Legal global network, which unites over 4,000 top lawyers working in 100-plus countries around the world enables us to provide complex, cross-border and cross-practice counsel through a single point of contact.

PwC Legal has unique coverage in the CEE region, and we believe our connection with market-leading experts from the PwC network in consulting, tax, transaction and human resources gives our lawyers access to multiple perspectives on international business reorganisation processes and M&A deals, which in turn helps our clients adopt innovative, commercially-aware solutions in even the most challenging projects.  Our competition law and anti-trust capabilities allow us to assist our clients in both national and European procedures. Moreover, D&B lawyers have access to industry-specific knowledge and insights built across PwC, which increases our lawyers’ deep understanding of client’s business and context in which they operate.

This multi-disciplinary insight and service quality gives D&B the capacity to advise on the largest and most complex transactions and business reorganisation processes taking place with a nexus to Romania.

Diversity

D&B David si Baias Declaration of diversity Today’s world is subject to constant changes – primarily due to the ongoing globalization and development of technology. Such evolution brings new chances and opportunities, but also the challenges and difficulties, that our organization is facing. Diversity is a constant journey that requires focus and investment and it has never been a better time than now to embrace diversity.At D&B, we’re committed to creating a culture of belonging. We are focused on diversity and fostering an inclusive environment in which our people are comfortable bringing their whole selves to work and feel that they belong and are valued. We know that when people from different backgrounds and with different points of view work together, we create the most value-for our clients, our people, and society. Our core values of caring and working together guide us to recognize the contributions of each individual and develop a workplace with a range of people, perspectives, and ideas.

What is Diversity for us? Diversity is the understanding that each of us represents unrepeatable set of innate and acquired features, which make us unique. It is respect for features and experiences, that are different from our own. It is building bridges of understanding among people, based on the differences between them. In this way, we can fight with discrimination together, and strive to achieve common goals.

Why do we talk about Diversity? Diversity of the community means, that together we can achieve more. However, we need to find answers to the questions, that bother us, about how to implement the principles of gender equality, age, race, religion and other factors, that make us differ from each other. That’s why we need Diversity Management – by taking action to promote greater inclusion of our people from different backgrounds into the organization structure. Thanks to Diversity, we want to do everything, what we can, to enable our people to fully use their potential – for the welfare of D&B David si Baias and our clients. Promoting Diversity, we hope to strengthen trust in our local community – to the organization, but above all – to trust people in each other.

How do we care for Diversity? Bearing in mind the above,  D&B David si Baias undertakes to take care of the atmosphere and organizational culture and manage diversity within the organization, in particular through:

• increasing our people’s awareness of diversity and its level within D&B David si Baias;
• support for future parents and people bringing up children;
• promoting the voice of women in the organization and consideration of female perspective on matters relevant to the organization;
• enabling employees to actively participate in the life and activities of the organization regardless of their position;
• considerate the position of minorities in the organization – in particular in terms of age, nationality and culture, religion, sexual orientation and disability;
• equal treatment of individual social groups;

Client testimonials

CLIENT: Marius Badoi
COMPANY/FIRM: OMV Petrom SA
TESTIMONIAL: “I would highly recommend the Competition Team of David & Baias (D&B) here in Romania. They are very engaged, pro-active, always bringing in different perspectives on matters and making sure that we cover all possible blind spots. Along with being highly knowledgeable in this very specific legal field, aware on multiple markets landscape and their interactions, what really sets the D&B team apart is the client focused approach that they have, being empathic to both our needs and to those of other involved stakeholders, having great communication skills and tackling all matters with great professionalism.

In short, repeating myself, I highly recommend the Competition Team of D&B.”

CLIENT: Tiberiu Maier
COMPANY/FIRM: SIGNAL IDUNA ASIGURARE REASIGURARE S.A.
TESTIMONIAL: “We have been collaborating with D&B within a complex and important for us project. Given the quality of their legal opinions, their extensive knowledge of the field, as well as timely response and availability, we successfully completed the project and created a strong partnership.”

CLIENT: Bogdan Năstase
COMPANY/FIRM: RAMS BUSINESS PARK S.R.L.
TESTIMONIAL: “Extremely satisfied about the competency and hard work of Dan Dascălu, Andrei Iancu and the other members of D&B which was involved in our legal battle for the last 4 years.

Their activity in court, their legal strategy and their insistence in obtaining the prevalence of law in front of Romanian authorities was absolutely impressive.

Strongly recommend this legal team for civil, commercial and fiscal practise and for sure, personally and my companies will use their expertise anytime when is needed. “

CLIENT: Manuela Mercea
COMPANY/FIRM:H&M
TESTIMONIAL: “Amelia Teis is the lawyer we are working closely. She’s very dedicated, focused and determined to achieve the best result for us. While solving difficult legal situation of our daily activity is essential part or our contract, identifying legal requirements for the future situations plays a much more important role in creating guidance.

Amelia together with her team provide legal knowledge and commercial minded approach that are near-perfect solution in our specific needs. “

CLIENT: Sorin Alecu
COMPANY/FIRM: Complexul Energetic Oltenia
TESTIMONIAL: “I`ve worked with Anda Rojanschi (Partner) and Mihaela Papandreia (Senior Associate) at D&B David si Baias throughout the entire process for selection of investors interested to participate alongside CE Oltenia in the development of new energy capacities. In this very complex process, Anda and Mihaela demonstrated their experience, business understanding and personal commitment to delivering high quality work under pressure. I have no hesitation in recommending Anda, Mihaela and the D&B team to any company about to embark on a wide-scope corporate M&A process in the energy sector.”

CLIENT: Traian Luca
COMPANY/FIRM:Gemini CAD Systems  SA
TESTIMONIAL: “The D&B team ( Anda Rojanschi, Romana Petre and Cristina Paduraru ) offers a professional and unique experience. Very proactive and pragmatic, they always took the time to understand our needs and way of doing things. Anda is well-known for her negotiation skills and always provides great advice and looks for solutions. What makes Romana and Cristina outstanding is the really short time in answearing sometimes very challenging legal issues, as well as their practical approach.”

CLIENT: Maarten Keja, Johannes Busmann
COMPANY/FIRM: Prowind Group
TESTIMONIAL: “D&B David si Baias SCA has a first-class team, with very dedicated, supportive attorneys, that have a vast experience in all the disciplines needed for successful projects and transactions in the energy sector.

Delia Pachiu, a highly regarded specialist in the Romanian energy sector, and her team, are truly appreciated by our team. They are very knowledgeable professionals in energy law and the related sectors, like construction and urbanism laws and regulations, commercial and contractual matters, or financing and real estate. Compared to other competitors, Delia Pachiu and her team have a high level expertise and fully understand the RES sector and the energy market, the technical and commercial aspects of it, the particularities of the specific contractual arrangements needed in the energy sector and the related legal challenges.”

CLIENT: Marina Belz
COMPANY/FIRM: Metro
TESTIMONIAL: I am writing this letter in my capacity as Regional Legal Coordinator for South East Europe in METRO AG and Head of Legal Affairs & Compliance Officer for Metro Cash & Carry Romania (“the Company”/”Metro”).

Our longstanding partnership with David & Baias SCA provided a great deal of value to Metro in matters of tremendous complexity and importance, that required legal and fiscal assistance and representation.

The David & Baias team, represented by Mr. Mihail Boian and by Mr. Dan Dascalu, successfully supported Metro in winning the litigation against the Paulesti fiscal authorities, in view of the contestation of certain fiscal duties imposed on the Company. Further on, the scope of our collaboration expanded to yet another sensitive project, the ongoing litigation with the Constanta fiscal authorities, where both Mr. Boian and Mr. Dascalu are enabling us to build a strong strategy, which we are confident will prove efficient in upholding Metro’s position.

It is for the professionalism, dedication and business oriented approach of the two gentlemen, that David & Baias has constantly been our choice over the past years, for handling legal and fiscal matters of high complexity.