Mr Catalin Baiculescu > Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
4-8 SOSEAUA NICOLAE TITULESCU
AMERICA HOUSE, WEST WING, 8F, SECTOR 1
011141 BUCHAREST
Romania

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions/Privatisation, Telecom, IT & Media, Banking & Finance, Shipping, Aviation & Transport

Position

Cătălin Băiculescu is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii. He has advised on many high-profile mergers & acquisitions and Romanian privatisations, and is recognised as an expert in the due diligence process, the negotiation of assets and share-purchase agreements, as well as post-acquisition restructuring matters. His expertise in the banking and finance area includes advising on banking regulatory legal issues and compliance, syndicated loans, project finance transactions, and bank restructuring and privatisation. Cătălin has also assisted international aircraft owners and financing banks in connection with aircraft lease agreements and mortgage agreements signed with local airlines. Furthermore, he is a skilled and resourceful lawyer in electronic communications & IT, where he has advised on licensing issues, telecom service agreements, software development agreements, data privacy and outsourcing agreements. His expertise includes the area of entertainment and media, providing legal assistance services to broadcasters and production companies on commercial contracts relating to television shows, betting and gaming, advertising agreements and regulatory issues.

Career

Partner, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii (from 2013 to present); Deputy Managing Partner, Muşat & Asociaţii (2008 to 2013); Partner, Muşat & Asociaţii (2001 to 2007); Senior Associate, Muşat & Asociaţii (from 1998 to 2000).

Languages

English, French and Romanian.

Memberships

Bucharest and Romanian Bar Associations; Honorary Fellow of the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria.

Education

University of Bucharest (Law, 1997).

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > TMT

(Leading individuals)

Cătălin BăiculescuTuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii ‘has an outstanding TMT team, they are highly specialised and easily cover all types of work relating to the telecom, media and technology sectors.’ The team includes a number of practitioners with experience at national regulatory authorities, and benefits from the firm’s broader data protection and data privacy expertise. Headed by Ciprian Timofte, the group regularly supports international clients in the financial services, IT, and healthcare industries. Vlad Cercel and Cătălin Băiculescu co-head the team alongside Timofte. Cercel is ‘well known for his experience in the telecom and audiovisual sectors’, while Băiculescu is ‘a one-of-a-kind TMT lawyer’ with particular experience in the entertainment and media space. Florentina Petrisor is also recommended.

Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Hall of Fame)

Cătălin Băiculescu – Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii is ‘at the top of the game‘ in the corporate and commercial arena. The group provides ‘clear, to the point, and practical‘ advice to clients in a broad range of industries. M&A work forms a key pillar of strength for the team, and the department works closely with the firm’s energy, real estate and tax groups to support clients on deals and corporate governance issues. The practice is led by the quintet of managing partners Florentin Tuca and Gabriel Zbarcea; the ‘sharp and talentedCătălin BăiculescuStefan Damian, who handles complex corporate reorganisations, public and private M&A, and post-privatisation issues; and Horia Ispas, who is well known for handling M&A and corporate restructuring matters in the banking sector. Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa and Sorin Vladescu have respective expertise in real estate and energy transactions. Silvana Ivan, Oana Ureche and Dragos Apostol are other recommended lawyers.