Ms Ana Popa > RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA
CHARLES DE GAULLE PLAZA, 5TH FLOOR
15 CHARLES DE GAULLE SQUARE
011857 BUCHAREST 1
Romania

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Intellectual Property

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Ana is a Senior Associate who joined RTPR in 2012. Her main area of practice is dispute resolution and arbitration, with a focus on commercial disputes as well as administrative and tax litigations. Ana is also specialised in intellectual property matters and labour disputes. Ana was part of the team that obtained a final win before the High Court of Cassation and Justice for an international car parts manufacturer in a complex tax litigation in which the court obliged ANAF to return EUR 1.5 million to our client. She successfully represented Electrica in a EUR 800 million litigation against the Management Company for Ownership in Energy (SAPE) for alleged breaches of the post-privatisation monitoring obligations regarding former distribution subsidiaries of Electrica. Also, she has been recently successful in assisting Bookster (a public library lending books to corporate clients) in a claim related to unfair competition filed by the majority of publishing houses in Romania (over 10 claimants).

Languages

Ana Popa is fluent in English.

Memberships

Ana Popa is a qualified Romanian lawyer, registered with the Bucharest Bar. She is also a member of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations.

Education

Ana Popa graduated from the University of Bucharest, Law Faculty, in 2012.

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > Dispute resolution

(Leading associates)

Ana PopaRTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA

Clients of RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA‘s dispute resolution department praise its ‘strategic approach’ and ‘knowledge and experience’. The multidisciplinary practice group is particularly strong in competition litigation, contentious IP work, tax disputes, and matters in strongly regulated sectors. Valentin Berea, an experienced litigator and arbitrator with a particular focus on competition and IP matters, heads the group. His team includes tax dispute specialist Alexandru Stanoiu, Ana Popa, who is well versed in handling commercial litigation, and Andrada Rusan, who assists with competition and IP cases.

Romania > Intellectual property

In the IP market in Romania, RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA is particularly strongly regarded for its assistance with contentious matters and is widely considered a go-to copyright litigation firms in the jurisdiction. Valentin Berea, ‘a rare gem of a versatile generalist’, has a focus on arbitration and litigation, but is also a certified intellectual property counsellor for trade marks and industrial designs. He co-leads the team with Lucian Mihai, who also has his strengths on the contentious side. Andrada Rusan and Ana Popa are both experienced in representing clients before the IP authority.