Filip & Company‘s restructuring and insolvency professionals are a suitable choice for creditors, debtors, and potential investors alike engaged in projects with cross-border elements, with the members adeptly managing cases across several jurisdictions. Ioan Dumitrascu leads the group, leveraging multidisciplinary expertise regarding corporate, M&A, and finance law. Other key members of the practice are financial specialists Alina Stancu Bîrsan, Alexandra Manciulea, and Rebecca Marina, and dispute resolution expert Catalin Alexandru. The group is aptly supported by Camelia Iantuc and Adrian Cristea.
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Testimonials
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- ‘I have been working with the Filip and Company team for over 10 years, and in all this time, I have not found a more prepared, united, and dedicated team than this one. Everyone involved in our projects was active, well-prepared, and professional.'
- ‘Filip & Company's Restructuring and insolvency practice is unique through the prism of lawyers who are very involved and passionate about every case they handle. For potential clients, it's good to know that the members have shown continuous availability, participating in numerous meetings to perfect the strategy in litigations in which they assist us. Also, we want to point out the lawyers' ability to plead at a high level, under the conditions of time pressure and stress, due to the extremely high stakes.’
- ‘Adrian Cristea stands out for his intelligence and vast experience in litigation. He supports us, always, in a prompt manner, being receptive to taking all possible steps to obtain a favourable court decision.’
Key clients
- ViaCon Romania S.R.L.
- City Insurance
- Raiffeisen Bank S.A.
- ING Bank N.V.
- Pandora
- Credit Europe Bank (Romania) S.A.
- Credit Europe N.V.
- Deutsche Bank AG
- The BlueBay Event Driven Credit (Master) Fund Limited
- Blantyre Mulanje III DAC
- BSSF III DAC
- Banca Comercială Română S.A.
- Banca Transilvania S.A.
- UniCredit Bank S.A.
- Versapak group
Work highlights
Assisting the finance parties in the bridge financing of VARTA AG as part of the ongoing restructuring under the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act (StaRUG).
Assisting the liquidator and the creditors in recovering approx. EUR 160 million in aggregate from three reinsurers based in the Cayman Islands and Barbados.
Assisting Pandora in clarifying the status of its receivables in the insolvency procedure of one of its debtors and stopping the supply agreement with the respective debtor.
Practice head
Ioan Dumitrașcu
Other key lawyers
Alina Stancu Bîrsan; Alexandra Manciulea; Rebecca Marina; Catalin Alexandru; Camelia Iantuc; Adrian Cristea