Firm Profile > Vernon | David > Bucharest, Romania

Vernon | David
12A Dr. Burghelea Str
Bucharest
Romania

Email firm Visit website +40 21 311 5654

Employment Tier 2

Vernon | David hosts an ‘outstanding and proactive employment team’, which delivers ‘very good results on labour litigation and collective bargaining agreements’. Practice head Diana Neagu is a ‘real problem solver’; she is supported by the ‘professional’ and ‘client-oriented’ Daniela David, who advises Banca Transilvania on all of its employment matters, including dismissals, compliance and agreements.

White-collar crime Tier 3

Vernon | David is representing several employees of Black Cube in a high-profile case that related to alleged crimes committed against the head of Romania’s anti-corruption authority. Daniela David and Maria Nica jointly lead the team.

Dispute resolution Tier 4

Vernon | David's highlights included representing TMK-ARTROM in a Court of Appeal dispute with the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority and the Romanian government. Practice head Daniela David is an ‘excellent lawyer with extensive knowledge’. Strengths for the team include civil, labour, administrative, tax, environmental and insolvency disputes.

Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 5

Maria Nica’s team at Vernon | David displays ‘attention to detail’ and a ‘personalised touch’. Recent work highlights include acting for Amring Holding on a pharmaceutical industry acquisition in Moldova and serving as general counsel to H&M on a range of corporate issues. Volksbank received advice on the restructuring of its work force.

Vernon | David is a boutique law firm specializing in complex commercial transactions and disputes, regulatory matters and compliance issues. We provide high-end bespoke legal advice to a wide array of domestic and international clients ranging from start-ups to large multinational companies and foreign governments. Currently, we have offices in Bucharest, Romania and in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Our law firm is structured to provide comprehensive, high-quality legal services to serve the domestic and international needs of our clients drawing on the combined resources and varied expertise of our lawyers. Our goal is to accomplish the client’s objectives in a succinct and efficient manner.

The law firm has worked on some of the largest deals and transactions in Romanian history, including advising TMK with its acquisition of Resita Steel (currently the largest steel producer in Romania), assisting Iulius Mall with the Palas Mall (one of the Romania’s largest retail centers) as well as representing Xannat (former Anglo-American group company and Romania’s largest aggregates mining company) with its management buy-out.

Our Chisinau-based team of American and Moldovan attorneys works closely with our Bucharest office in advising clients on a range of investment-related matters, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, real estate issues, labor matters, tax, IP, environmental regulations and general commercial transactions. We also have a dynamic commercial litigation practice.

As active members of the local and foreign business community, we have been involved in a variety of business and legislative initiatives, including drafting the leasing laws of Moldova and taking a leading role in the reform of the Moldovan labor legislation. In addition, members of our firm act on various local boards and charities, including being board members of the American Chamber of Commerce and the European Business Association (EBA).

Vernon│David today has five partners (Charles Vernon, Daniela David, Maria Nica, Corina Tiganas and Diana Neagu) and over 25 associates and staff in both Bucharest and Chisinau.

Practice areas: Since its establishment in 2001, Vernon | David has grown rapidly to become a highly-specialized law firm with a wide variety of experience and skills. Recognized for their legal innovation and pragmatic advice, our team has the knowledge, diligence and ambitious to get the job done. Practice include:

Agriculture
Banking and finance
Compliance, fraud and white-collar-crime
Corporate and commercial Law
Data, privacy and cybersecurity
Disputes, litigation and arbitration
Employment and labor law
Energy and natural resources
Food, beverages and retail
Mergers and acquisitions
Real estate and construction
Restructuring and insolvency
Tax audits and litigation

Name	Email	Telephone
Charles Vernon, Managing Partner	charles.vernon@vdalegal.com	+40-(0)21-311-5654
Daniela David	daniela.david@vdalegal.com	+40-(0)21-311-5654
Maria Nica	maria.nica@vdalegal.com	+40-(0)21-311-5654
Diana Neagu	diana.neagu@vdalegal.com	+40-(0)21-311-5654
Corina Tiganas	corina.tiganas@vdalegal.com	+40-(0)21-311-5654
Sergiu Bivol	sergiu.bivol@vdalegal.com	+373 (0)22-26-09-22
Roman Ivanov	roman.ivanov@vdalegal.com	+373 (0)22-26-09-22