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

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii is recognised by clients as ‘a top-class firm‘ with a ‘wide understanding of the media market‘. Leveraging the expertise of a full-service firm which fields experienced corporate finance, M&A, regulatory, IP and dispute resolution practitioners, the multidisciplinary team is able to handle the full range of related issues, including growing areas such as data privacy – where partner Ciprian Timofte has developed a niche – and technology outsourcing. Other lead partners include Cătălin Băiculescu, who is recognised by one client as ‘probably one of the best TMT lawyers in the country‘, and Vlad Cercel, who has over 20 years’ market experience spanning IT-related transactional and regulatory matters. Senior associate Florentina Petrisor is recommended for data privacy work.

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii has an active banking and finance practice with ‘essential knowledge across wide areas of expertise’. Clients, including leading borrowers and lenders, commend the firm’s ability to ‘adapt to the requested deadlines‘. The firm handles a broad spread of domestic and international transactions, and continues to stand out for its advice to investment funds on NPL portfolio acquisitions. Cătălin Băiculescu‘s workload regularly includes assisting with syndicated loans and project finance transactions. Gabriela Anton is ‘able to facilitate deals with her practical approach‘. Mihai Dudoiu is noted for his strong transactional expertise, including major acquisition and mezzanine financings, while deputy managing partner Stefan Damian is highly experienced in regulatory matters.

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii has ‘a stellar team when it comes to corporate advice‘ and is described by one client as the ‘best and most reliable team for complex M&A transactions in Romania‘. The scale of the commercial group enables a comprehensive service that includes related compliance, competition, real estate and tax issues. Coupled with this is a strong track record across a wide variety of key industries, from consumer goods, TMT and retail, through to private equity. Clients benefit from a deep bench of senior and junior partners, including Cătălin Băiculescu, who is noted as ‘a go-to lawyer for transactional work‘; ‘excellent M&A practitioner‘ Stefan Damian; Gabriel Zbarcea, who is ‘an excellent project manager, negotiator and has outstanding people skills‘; and the ‘very efficient and hardworking‘ Horia Ispas. Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa and Dragos Apostol are also ‘lawyers whom you want to have by your side‘.