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Cornel Popa

Cornel Popa is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii. Cornel combines top technical skills with commercial acumen to deal with complex and diverse matters. His multi-disciplinary approach covers large domestic and international joint-ventures, mergers, acquisitions and privatization projects, as well as dispute resolution. Cornel Popa has represented buyers and sellers from a broad range of industries and various Romanian governmental authorities in relation to multi-faceted, sophisticated matters. He is acknowledged as one of the most experienced dispute resolution lawyers in Romania, having dealt with civil litigation, mediation, domestic and international arbitration and participated in many hearings before ICSID, ICC and the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. He also acts for clients active in the oil and gas industry, covering upstream and downstream matters (i.e. exploration, infrastructure and pipeline development and services contracts, related M&A issues etc). · Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

RomaniaCorporate / M&A, Oil & GasEnglish, French

About

Cornel Popa is a Partner at Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații with a multidisciplinary practice covering large domestic and international joint-ventures, mergers, acquisitions, privatizations and dispute resolution. He is acknowledged as one of Romania's most experienced dispute resolution lawyers — handling civil litigation, mediation and domestic and international arbitration (including hearings before ICSID, ICC and the Permanent Court of Arbitration) — and also advises clients in the oil and gas sector on upstream and downstream matters (exploration, infrastructure and pipeline development, services contracts and related M&A).

Practice areas

Corporate / M&AOil & GasInternational ArbitrationDispute ResolutionLitigation

Office

Expertise

Joint VenturesMergers & AcquisitionsPrivatizationInternational ArbitrationOil & Gas

Education

  • University of Bucharest (LL.B., 1995)

Admissions

  • Bucharest Bar Association
  • Court of International Commercial Arbitration (attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Romania)
  • ICC Institute of World Business Law

Languages

EnglishFrench