Banking & Finance
Romania
20 August 2025
As part of its full-service business law offering, Musat & Asociatii has a competition and antitrust group that frequently assists with those aspects of significant M&A and joint ventures in the Romanian market. The team is also able to take on investigations and other contentious matters in the field, with practice head Paul Buta receiving client recommendation for his ‘outstanding litigation skills’. Manuela Lupeanu focuses on competition law and is also a client favourite.
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Testimonials
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‘Their team is comprised of capable, highly experienced and sophisticated members, very committed and with very good response times. The team is highly knowledgeable and has a thorough understanding of both the legal and business aspects of cases, being able to very clearly explain complex business aspects so that they can be easily understood by the court of law. Our experience working with Manuela Lupeanu and Paul Buta is very good. Both are very professional, very proficient in their level of expertise, highly committed, with very good commercial awareness.’
‘Manuela Lupeanu has a very deep understanding of competition law, is very thorough and she is also very hard-working. Her commitment is unique. She is a real asset for the firm.'
- 'Paul Buta has outstanding litigation skills.’
‘The strengths of this team of lawyers are their experience in the field, the speed with which they provide the requested services and their willingness to participate in discussions.’
‘Manuela Lupeanu's experience helped us to conclude a transaction in record time, which stands out for her professionalism, very good dialog and ability to anticipate.’
‘Excellent knowledge of the sector, caveats and case-law.’
Key clients
- NAXXAR RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport
- Electrolux
- Eli Lilly
- Geely Holding Group, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited
- Friesland Campina
- Sig Sauer
- Servier Pharma
- Damen Shipyards Group
- Rewe
- Electromagnetica
- Ecro
Work highlights
Assisted Naxxar Renewable Energy with the development and sale of a 685.6 MW wind project consisting of +110 Wind turbine Generators (WTG), clustered under 7 (seven) SPV to Polenergia.
Assisted Geely Holding Group and Geely Automobile Holdings with the Romanian legal aspects of a binding 50/50 joint venture agreement with Renault Group to launch a new powertrain technology company.
Assisted Electrolux through its local subsidiary, with analysis of Electrolux Romania’s distribution relations and day-to-day competition law-related activities.
Practice head
Paul Buta
Other key lawyers
Manuela Lupeanu