Mr Octavian POPESCU > Popescu & Asociatii > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Popescu & Asociatii‘s tax team made up of ‘highly reputed lawyers’ supports clients in both contentious and non-contentious tax matters, with crossover experience in commercial, IP, banking and finance, and real estate law. Octavian Popescu, Dana Bivol, Nicoleta Tandareanu, and Gheorghe Buta co-lead the team. Popescu has particular strength in criminal matters, while Bivol is the name to note for insolvencies, and Buta is recommended for dispute resolution.

The PPP and procurement team at Popescu & Asociatii draws on its ‘broad expertise covering complex projects and transactions‘ to advise clients across the transport, urban planning, agriculture, natural resources, and energy sectors. Loredana Popescu co-heads the team and is praised for her ‘deep expertise in PPP and the procurement landscape in Romania’. Co-heads Dana Bivol and Octavian Popescu specialise in environmental law and dispute resolution; the latter is particularly noted for his arbitration work.

With an excellent reputation for handling insolvency disputes, Popescu & Asociatii‘s team is also recognised for its strength in representing companies in high-profile contentious matters in the Romanian market. The client base includes several prominent national and international companies, commercial banks and public institutions. Octavian Popescu is a highly regarded disputes practitioner; he co-heads the practice with Gheorghe Buta, Nicoleta Tandareanu and Dana Bivol, who focuses on energy and natural resources matters. Stefan Baiculescu is a name to note. Iuliana Bidalache has left the firm.

The corporate and commercial practice at Popescu & Asociatii regularly acts for prominent financial institutions, investment banks and funds, and listed companies in a broad range of matters. Loredana Popescu is very well known for her expertise in handling banking and real estate transactions; she co-heads the practice with Octavian Popescu and Anca Simeria, who is active on mergers and transfers of business operations and assets.

Dispute resolution is a core area of strength for Popescu & Asociatii, and the practice has extensive expertise in handling both litigation and arbitration. Gheorghe Buta is a very highly regarded dispute resolution practitioner in Romania, with an excellent track record in handling high-profile commercial disputes. Octavian Popescu is well versed in advising on corporate disputes, banking and finance litigation, and white- collar crime cases. Dana Bivol heads up the practice with Popescu and Buta. Litigator Andreea Mihalache is a name to note, as is Constantin Branzan.

The banking and finance practice at Popescu & Asociatii is regularly instructed by banks and financial institutions in financings and regulatory issues pertaining to the clients’ operations in Romania. The team has a specialist focus on advising digital banks, and is also recognised for its strength in handling contentious work in the sector. The practice is jointly led by the triumvirate of Octavian Popescu, who is highly regarded for his expertise in both finance and dispute resolution; Anca Simeria, who is especially strong on transactional work; and real estate finance expert Loredana Popescu. Senior counsel Constantin Branzan and Mirela Cazacu are names to note.

Popescu & Asociatii‘s multi-disciplinary team brings together a broad range of relevant expertise to represent clients in white-collar crime cases at every level of court in Romania. The department is also counsel of choice to a host of major companies for risk assessment and compliance in this area. The team is jointly coordinated by an experienced trio: Adrian Chirvase, who has extensive experience of criminal business law and tax fraud matters; Octavian Popescu, one of the Romanian law market’s most recognisable figures in contentious corporate and criminal matters; and Gheorghe Buta, who ‘brings a full bag of experience to the team‘ as a senior partner and seasoned trial lawyer. Senior counsel Mirel Radescu adds further experience.