Vernon | David > Bucharest, Romania > Firm Profile

Vernon | David
12A Dr. Burghelea Str
Bucharest
Romania

Romania > Employment Tier 2

The employment team at Vernon | David in Romania works closely with its Moldovan office to provide a cross-border service to clients within the region and internationally. Its expertise spans disciplinary terminations, sensitive investigations and disputes involving senior management; the team is skilled at handling day-to-day employment issues and has notable strength in compliance matters and investigations. Daniela David leads the team following the departure of Diana Neagu in January 2023. Described as an ‘extraordinary lawyer‘, David has wide experience in the market including in high-profile disputes involving breaches of internal rules and GDPR policies.

Practice head(s):

Daniela David

Other key lawyers:

Charles Vernon; Maria Nica

Testimonials

‘The team at Vernon David are competent and reliable. They strive to understand the issues and focus on delivering solutions, giving clients all of the information they need in order to make decisions and then see projects through to implementation.’

‘The combination of skills in the labour area, ethics and compliance area and investigative skills has proved invaluable in challenging situations, I recommend them without reservations.’

‘Charles Vernon and Maria Nica are licensed compliance professionals with experience in internal investigations, diligent in uncovering minute details, understanding complex matters and successfully completing projects.’

‘Daniela David is a very hard-working lawyer. She has both the knowledge and the experience to find the best and most cost-effective solutions.’

‘Daniela David provides wise advice and she is loyal to us as clients. Daniela has an emotionally intelligent view of the matter.’

‘Daniela David is well prepared, tenacious, attentive to details and oriented towards solutions for the client.’

‘Daniela David is an extraordinary lawyer who wants to provide and find solutions to the client’s demands.’

Key clients

Amring Pharmaceutical

Banca Transilvania

Oracle

Intesa SanPaolo Bank

Raycap Corporation

FIS Romania

Spearhead

Xannat Minerals (former Tarmac Romania,

part of Anglo-American Group)

TMK Group

Optaros

Exelia

Brown Forman

Bitron Electronics

Alpha Bank

Agrics group

Ideea Bank

Banca Romaneasca

Mills & Reeve

PayPoint Plc

CMR (Mills&Reeve)

TechVentures Bank

Coventry University

Romania > White-collar crime Tier 3

The white-collar crime practice at Vernon | David conducts compliance reviews and internal investigations, as well as representing companies and their management in relation to criminal and government investigations and in criminal litigation. Managing partner Charles Vernon and head of the corporate practice Maria Nica oversee the department. Daniela David is the lead litigation contact and Irina Parvulescu is a further name to note for litigation and civil law.

Practice head(s):

Charles Vernon; Maria Nica

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘They have the expertise, the creativity and thoroughness in order to provide solutions and preventive measures for preventing the risk related to white collar crime.’

‘Daniela David and Charles Vernon are extraordinary lawyers. Daniela’s knowledge or Romanian legislation is completed by Charles, who is an American lawyer and certified in compliance. We are very happy to be on our side in the investigation and cases we are involved in. Their assistance makes the difference.’

Key clients

Oracle

Victoriabank

Peace Corp

Casella Wines Pty

TMK Artrom SA

Raycap Corporation SRL

Xannat Minerals SRL

Spearhead Group

Freyrom (a subsidiary of Freyssinet International & Cie group);

SBR (a subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy)

Calarasi County Hospital

Arro

Romania > Dispute resolution Tier 4

Vernon | David's disputes team has a strong track record for representing clients in the agriculture, construction and natural resources sectors. Daniela David is a highly regarded litigator, with particular expertise in contentious labour law matters. She co-heads the group with Irina Parvulescu, who specialises in commercial litigation and contentious insolvency, civil and administrative law cases.

Practice head(s):

Daniela David; Irina Parvulescu

Other key lawyers:

Simona Rosca

Testimonials

‘ The team of Vernon|David is handling our most complex litigations, part of them related to contentious administrative and real estate. We appreciate their complex legal knowledge and very complex and inventive approaches. They have a very good understanding of the business.’

‘Daniela David is a highly appreciated professional. We have been working a lot with Irina Parvulescu, another partner, who is coordinating all our court cases. She is fast, very focused and very good at handling a lot of complex issues in parallel.’

‘Vernon David is a traditional consultant of the company for about three years. During that period of time, the lawyers have been involved in several projects, providing consultancy on a variety of legal matters. The experience of the lawyers on dispute resolution cases was demonstrated especially in labour law litigations, some of them being still in progress.’

‘Daniela David is a very open, involved and professional lawyer, her expertise being demonstrated every time the company asked for her support. Daniela demonstrated good theoretical knowledge and also, a good insight on the practical aspects of every legal matter. Her advice was well appreciated by the company and its representatives.’

‘Results oriented team of professionals.’

‘Our company and Vernon|David work together for a long time now (20 years). They provide us with high quality legal services for all our major legal issues/disputes. We appreciate their quick responses to our legal issues, their approach of the legal matters and the fact that they know and understand our business (which is key from our point of view). The team of the law firm is very united and work very well to provide us with great legal advice.’

‘Daniela David is one of the best lawyers on the Romanian market, in my opinion. She is well known in our company for her professionalism, innovative legal solution to our major legal issues and for being very responsive. We really appreciate her legal work and we consider her as being one of our team.’

‘Irina Parvulescu is very easy to work with and very responsive, having a great approach of the legal disputes. She is representing our company in several court cases against the state authorities with success. Most of the cases are unique on the Romanian practice with high complexity on the legal and technical part.’

Key clients

Artrom Steel Tubes

Raycap

Spearhead

Banca Transilvania

SBR

Intesa San Paolo

Abengoa

Lakeside Food Group

Tectonics

Ideea Bank

Arro Group International

Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 5

The team at Vernon | David stands out for its 'exceptional knowledge' in commercial and corporate law. The group has established strength in assisting clients from the agriculture and pharmaceutical sectors, and handles restructuring matters and day-to-day corporate governance issues. The ‘focused and insightful' Maria Nica is the practice head.

Practice head(s):

Maria Nica

Testimonials

‘It is a very good mixture of attention to detail, understanding the business and the commercial side, thinking outside the box, versatility and creativity on top of excellent knowledge and understanding of the law.’

‘I have been working mainly with Maria Nica. She is very focused and innovative. She has a very analytical approach and is very good at providing the best solutions.’

‘A combination of several factors as their expertise, excellent customer service, prompt response to any inquiry. Allocation of a team to refer and availability for calls whenever needed.’

‘Their availability, the way they analyse and identify an issue and providing more than one solutions whenever possible. Open to discussion in order to achieve a specific goal. Monitoring the progress of an assignment in a timely manner. You can depend on them, they meet deadlines and provide overall legal assistance of high standard.’

‘Professional team, high level of knowledge, always respond on time and very well organized on positive results.’

‘Very good communication, exceptional knowledge, very good in advising and presenting all option in helping you to have the best decision, able to create a good, welcome and relaxing relation with the customer.’

Key clients

Xannat

Brown Forman

Banca Transilvania

Oracle

Raycap

TMK

Spearhead

Paypoint PLC

Amring

ELIT România

Ben Shimon Floris Ltd

Optaros

Intesa San Paolo

Elite Insurance

Sante

EcoSmart Union

CORE

Salvation Army

Victoria Bank

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