Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners is a reliable choice for labour and employment counsel, drawing expertise from various complementary practice areas to assist a client base of multinationals. Matters span the range of advisory work and M&A support, as well as disputes, drawing on the firm’s extensive group of litigators. Catalin Micu leads the department and excels in restructurings.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Testimonials

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  • ‘Very good specialists, very prompt in their responses, they quickly understand the case, even in niche situations, they have a very well trained and diversified team, able to offer solutions to various cases.’
  • ‘I have been working with Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners for seven years and Catalin Micu and his team have always had a professional attitude and have always supported us in a swift manner when the situation asked it.’
  • ‘The team is very well prepared, very professional and easy to reach out to.’
  • ‘The professional way in which legal situations are approached. The professionalism of the team and the response provided in a very short time.’
  • ‘Availability and constant attention to client needs.’
  • ‘They’ve been on the Romanian market for 30 years and that shows in every matter we’ve handled with them. We are very happy with our cooperation, their service is solid and dependable. You know you’re backed by a full team, but you’re always dealing with people who know the file. They don’t delegate for the sake of it. They scope the work clearly and stick to it. They bring partner-level thinking even to routine matters, which saves us time and internal cost.’

Key clients

  • UniCredit Bank S.A.
  • Patria Bank S.A.
  • Deli Group S.R.L.
  • Nemo Investment Vehicle S.A.
  • Menzies Aviation (Romania) S.A.
  • Nepi Investment Management SRL
  • Pirelli Tyres Romania S.R.L.
  • WNS Global Services (Romania) S.R.L.
  • Project1 General Contracting S.R.L.
  • Luxoft Professional Romania S.R.L.
  • AWP P&C Saint-Quen, Bucharest Branch (Member of Allianz Group)
  • Compania de Navigație Fluvială Română Navrom S.A.

Work highlights

Advised UniCredit Bank Romania on employment law aspects in relation to the merger between UniCredit Bank S.A. and Alpha Bank Romania S.A.
Advised Patria Bank in managing a disciplinary investigation concerning an employee occupying a key position within the company.
Advising Menzies Aviation Romania on all employment and labour law aspects of the company.
Practice head

Catalin Micu